We buy excellent wine straight from the winery. If you have one in your area then I would highly recommend a visit. You can sample a wide boquet of wonderful flavors and aromas and make your decision then. It's really hard going to a "liquor" store (or something comparable) to buy wine when you personally haven't sampled it yourself.
My wine cellar is filled with wines that
I enjoy as opposed to what other people enjoy. In fact, some of my most favorite wines are in the $10 - $15 price range believe it or not.
I've enjoyed a $95 bottle of wine as well as a $15 bottle of wine. Like I said, go test and make your decision. I would recommend a wine festival if you can ever make it to one.
Also, get yourself a very nice wine glass like a Riedel. I don't recommend the $80 price tag for this fine wine glass because I bought a comparable hand blown wine glass for only $10.
You've excited my taste buds by this thread, I think I'll go to the wine cellar and extract a bottle of "Estate Red" from Vyneyard Crest. Don't try to look for it, I bought the last five cases of this delicious red wine so it's gone, forever....
Enjoy....
Penn