There was some discussion of keeping a "recommended wines" list in the FAQs in other thread. That might be a little unwieldy, so here's an alternate idea. On the first of each month (obviously too late for September) some start a thread entitled "QPR Wines for September". Please post up to 5 wines that you thought were a great value and feel others should look for.
1) Does a price limit of $15US or your local equivalent seem about right (we can also do a splurge thread). 2) I'd encourage each poster to limit themselves to one post of 5 value wines per month, to keep things from being dominated by a few. I could easily name 15-25 ,but if a few of us did that it would make it so that the suggestions of those who only suggest one would get buried. 3) Please just post the wines, no commentary. This might be hard on verbose people like myself, but might encourage those who might otherwise be hesitant (if 7 people posted before you, each with comments, might not feel as comfortable just posting your wine). Certainly feel free to start a thread of your tasting impressions of any wine(s) and be as verbose as you want! 4) No bashing of others' suggestions. Let's try to be supportive as possible. If someone posts a wine you hate, feel free to start a thread of your tasting impressions of the wine and be as verbose as you want as to how horrible is. 5) Please try to be sure that the wines you suggest are reasonably available (wines only at one store, or at a winery is less valuable as a monthly resource) 6) If we continue this, how about a 2 month limit on posting any wine. This will ensure the list is a bit fresher.Whew. Sound ok? This is an experiment, but I for one am willing to give it a try. To keep this thread as clean as possible, I'll post a second thread where you can make suggestions, call me an ass for trying this, etc. Can we try just posting suggested wines here? I'll follow with my suggestions.