It doesn’t matter how much money you’ve got—everybody loves a great deal, which is why we’re sharing our top-rated under-$30 wines of 2022. These bottles inspire rave reviews and don’t break the bank—and best of all, they’re all in stock and ready to ship. That means you won’t have to wait long to enjoy the most overdelivering wines we’ve got!
2020 Weingut Stadt Krems Gruner Veltliner Kremstal
Stadt Krems’ Grüner Veltliner is as satisfying and refreshing as we could ever want a white wine to be—and we aren’t the only ones to notice. Their vintner was named Winemaker of the Year by Austria’s most prestigious wine magazine and our members buy us out every vintage to adoring reviews. Their 92-point 2020 is as good a bottle as we’ve tasted from the winery.
2020 Ca Dei Frati Lugana Lombardy
“This one hits it out of the park,” raved members about the top-selling 2019 Cà dei Frati—and the 2020 is even better. With 91 points AND Editors’ Choice honors from Enthusiast, this northern Italian gem is a no-brainer for lovers of Chablis and Sancerre.
2020 River & Vine Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve Napa Valley
This rollicking, rich, and earthy Cabernet Sauvignon comes from a more than 100-year-old winery—one whose Cabernets routinely sell for $100 and up—not far from Chateau Montelena in Calistoga. That is prime Cabernet country, and this is the kind of bottle you’d expect to pay four times as much for.
2018 Concept Album Mixtape Red Blend Napa Valley
This is the blockbuster red blend that our 100-point rockstar winemaker friend always wanted to make. Sourced mainly from the top Napa vineyard that goes into his $75+ single-vineyard reds, it’s a blockbuster from the 99-point 2018 vintage.
2017 Canonica a Cerreto Chianti Classico Tuscany
Made by Matteo Bernabei, one of the most pedigreed winemakers in Tuscany, and hailing from the same commune that produces legends like Felsina, Castello di Bossi, and San Felice, Canonica a Cerreto’s Chianti Classico may just be our biggest Chianti steal of 2022. With its 92-point score—higher than their own 2017 Riserva!—and an incredible price, it’s a spectacular buy, pure and simple.
2019 Domaine Haut Ventenac L’Authentique Francs Cotes de Bordeaux
With prime vineyards in the Francs Côtes de Bordeaux—a region Wine Enthusiast called “a tiny jewel”—young winemakers Rémi Bucherie and Grégoire Clerc have already been tapped for stardom by French publication Terre de Vin. Their wines are impossible to find on US shores—but we’ve got access to their 2019 L’Authentique, a classic Merlot-dominant blend that pulls off the magic trick of the “self-emptying” bottle.
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