Great news—loving cheap wine doesn't mean you're a standard-less monster with a terrible palate. We're no elitists ourselves—if it comes ina canora box, we're all over it—but even the snobbiest sommeliers are getting down withthis $8.99 bottle of rosésold by Aldi, theawesomely dirt-cheapsupermarket chain.
Yup, this year'sInternational Wine Challenge(referred to as "the Oscars of the wine world") crowned theExquisite Collection Côtes de Provence Rosé 2016as the best rosé under £8, or about $10. That means that over the course of two weeks and many blind taste tests (where was our invite?), a panel of wine experts agreed that this wallet-friendly bottle deserved the gold medal in its category, and the silver overall. Critics werestruckby the summer-friendly notes of "ripe summer stone fruits with generous acid palate and crisp bright finish” in the French rosé.
Naturally, frugal winos went nuts over the news and flocked to wine stores in the U.K—so much so that Aldi brought another roséto its Chicagostore, where shoppers bought out the bottles overnight. If you didn't manage to get your mitts on one, not to worry—Aldi actually sells a bunch ofaward-winning bottles.
Let this be a lesson to us all—there's no shame in the "can you point me to themost affordable (and most delicious) winein this section?" game.
