July 19, 2012 | 9:30 AM
Blake Gray of The Gray Report comments on Second Cheapest Wine from Second Cheapest Grapes
If you know absolutely nothing about wine and just want something drinkable, it's not bad advice. In that situation you don't want to overpay. The cheapest wine may be on the list just because it's cheap.
It's easy to say, "ask the sommelier for advice," but often there's no somm on the floor, and servers' recommendations are a very mixed bag. I'd rather buy the 2nd cheapest wine than something about which the server says, "This is very popular."
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