My House Wines for 2020

Each year I try to find “house wines”; wines that are delicious, but inexpensive enough to serve every day. I’ve found four so far this year, two reds and two whites. All four wines sell for well under $20. Since the Odd Lot wines may not be familiar to some of you, I'll include an image of the bottle and label. Enjoy!


Reds:

2017 Odd Lot



This is a blend of 80% Petite Sirah, 20% Petit Verdot from the Scheid Vineyards of Napa Valley. A lot of bang for the buck. The grapes are from Monterey County. Odd Lot also does a blend of 50% cabernet sauvignon and 50% Syrah. It’s good, but not nearly as good IMO. The 2018 Odd Lot is out now, and while I have a couple of bottles of it in my wine fridge, I haven’t tried it yet. I don’t expect a drop off in quality though. So far every vintage of this wine has been excellent.


2017 Bogle Petite Sirah

I loved the 2016, and the 2017 is very close in quality. 88 points from Wine Enthusiast; 89 from Wilfred Wong


Whites:

2019 Joel Gott Sauvignon Blanc

This is a very consistent wine year in and year out, but the 2019 vintage is especially good. 92 points from Wine Spectator.


2019 Kendall-Jackson Vintner’s Reserve Sauvignon Blanc

This was a surprise for me because it's not a wine I normally buy. A blend of 94% Sauv Blanc, 5% Semillon, 1% Roussanne. Wilfred Wong, the reviewer for wine.com gave it 89 points. Had a bottle of it last night with spicy Thai food and it was a match made in heaven