> in the 10-15 range there are awesome wines that you don't find if you descend in the 5-7 euro range I'd second this, and say that the most interesting and va

> in the 10-15 range there are awesome wines that you don't find if you descend in the 5-7 euro range I'd second this, and say that the most interesting and various wines can be found around the 15 euro mark. In Australia (Where red wine snobs like myself abound) the best local wines are usually around the $20 mark. You can pay hundreds of dollars for Grange, but if you're going to spend that money I'd prefer to go for something like the Wild Duck Creek Duck Muck (Awesome wine, way too expensive). My current favorite is actually the Artigiano Primitivo from Puglia in Italy. $17 at the local bottle shop, and absolutely brilliant :-) For those interested in Californian Zinfandels I'd highly recommend looking into Primitivos: "In 1993, Meredith used a DNA fingerprinting technique to confirm that Primitivo and Zinfandel are clones of the same variety. Comparative field trials have found that "Primitivo selections were generally superior to those of Zinfandel, having earlier fruit maturity, similar or higher yield, and similar or lower bunch rot susceptibility."" [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinfandel#Relationship_to_Primitivo.2C_Crljenak_Ka.C5.A1telanski_and_Tribidrag http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinfandel#Relationship_to_Primi...