Here are my favorites right now (prices are with the 10% mixed case discount): Whites 2008 Benaza Monterrei Gode llo , $11.70, Jose Pastor Selections, Vinos & Gourmet Imports. 2008 Knebel Mosel Riesling Trocken , $12.60, Mosel Wine Merchant, USA Imports. 2008 Clos la Coutale Cahors , $13.50, Kermit Lynch Imports. or $13.50 MORE >>

left some meat on the ribcage and there were some thin flaps of muscle that I decided to remove from the main loin portions. So yes, it is possible to buy on of the greatest white wines in the world for closeout for $30, and the new vintage (2008) costs under $65, by the way. The other night, I cooked a rabbit for the first time. MORE >>

He sells directly to consumers on line thru his website and retails mainly at Costco. Lot 159 Santa Barbara Chardonnay 2008: new release $14 Musky aromas, citrus, creamy oak. Cameron Hughes is a Negociant in the wine world, delivering small "Lots" of high-end wines at very affordable prices. To me they were all great value wines. MORE >>

My favorite wine of the lineup was Domaine Le Garrigon , a 2008 Cotes du Rhone. Other notable wines in the lineup are Chateau les Maines, a 2009 rosé from Bordeaux that I wish I had discovered at the beginning of the summer, and the 2007 Chateau Moulin de la Roquille, with right-bank Bordeaux that has a nice note of cabernet franc. MORE >>

2009 Domaine de la Pépière Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie Clos des Briords, $16, Louis/Dressner Imports. 2008 Jean et Gilles Lafouge Auxey-Duresses 1er Cru La Chapelle, $30, Imported by Fruit of the Vines. 2008 Reinhard & Beate Knebel Riesling trocken, $14, Imported by Mosel Wine Merchant. Yes, I do. MORE >>