French wine I've purchased in the US has never been anything but disappointing. Italy, Spain, and S. America are far better values. However, I once spent a wee

French wine I've purchased in the US has never been anything but disappointing. Italy, Spain, and S. America are far better values. However, I once spent a week in Paris buying mostly the cheapest not-obvouisly-bad wine I could find, down to 3€ a bottle, and all of it was really, really good, which, given my experience with French imports to the US, surprised me. I suspect that 1) markup on French wine shipped to the US is much higher than other imported wines, and 2) a lot of what is shipped at this markup isn't the best stuff at its French price point to begin with.