Wine Recommendations & Alternatives
Wine lovers often have a go-to wine but have trouble identifying similar wines they’d like, too. I’m trying to close that gap with personal wine recommendations, which I then share with everyone.
Wine recommendations by: Jessyca Frederick |
My Wine Recommendations
Malbec Alternatives
#1: Black Cabra Malbec Mendoza
#2: Organic Malbec
#3: Zuccardi Malbec
#4: Malbec Blends
#5: South American Bordeaux Grapes
#6: Syrah
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Pinot Noir from Santa Lucia Highlands Alternatives
#1: Mer Soleil Pinot Noir Santa Lucia Highlands Reserve
#2: Morgan Twelve Clones Pinot Noir
#3: Really Good Boxed Wine Pinot Noir
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Quintessa Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Alternatives
#1: 2018 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
#2: 2019 Duckhorn Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon
#3: 2018 Frank Family Vineyards Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
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2019 Ruffino Ducale Riserva Chianti Classico Alternatives
#1: Altesino Rosso Di Altesino
#2: Querciabella Maremma Toscana Mongrana
#3: Marchesi Frescobaldi Nipozzano, Chianti Rufina Riserva
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Stags’ Leap Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Alternatives
#1: True Myth Cabernet Sauvignon
#2: Tiny Umbrellas Cabernet Sauvignon
#3: One Stone Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon
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Notice: I hold no formal wine credentials. I am a wine geek who has consumed 1000+ of bottles from 100+ different wine clubs and 1000s more bottles that didn’t come from those wine clubs. I do not accept payment for inclusion here, and I do not accept payments to influence my recommendations.
Then why am I recommending wine? I know a lot about wine. Particularly I know some things average wine drinkers don’t usually know — like how to research a wine and decide if it’s worth buying. Typically wine buyers rely on critics reviews and scores when evaluating a new-to-them wine. Sometimes they search on Reddit.
Most of the time, the information uncovered isn’t truly useful because everyone has a different palate. The trick is in learning what you like and why, and then seeking similar wines to try.
Instead of telling you what I like (which I do in my wine reviews), this is about telling you what you might like, based on what you know you like (and sometimes don’t like). So I recommend wines to help wine lovers expand what they are currently drinking in the hopes that they’ll learn how to find wines on their own, too.
How do you make money at this? I find the wines I think are of interest using my wine marketplace (no AI is used anywhere in this process). It has inventory from most major online wine stores (Total Wine, Wine.com, and Wine Access) and dozens of other places to buy wine, too. Each wine I recommend comes with a "Shop this wine" link, which sends you to my marketplace. When someone buys a wine from my marketplace, I sometimes earn a commission.
I’ll probably spend around 30 minutes assembling your personal wine recommendations, but you are not obligated to buy anything. If you do buy something I recommend, whether locally or online, please let me know if you liked it! (Or if I missed the mark.)
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