Why does cheap Gallo wine get snubbed by wine drinkers?
I am a wine afficionado, and former label rep for Gallo. Gallo got put on the map of the wine world for its very cheap, very bad quality wine, the same time as mondavi was getting going. they primarily dealt with bulk wine shipments across the country as far backs prohibition. In one word, that wine was considered nasty. Thunderbird comes to mind. When Gina Gallo, the daughter, went out on her own and started up Gallo of Sonoma, things started to change. They do some pretty amazing stuff up there with Zin, Cab and Chard. The Twin Valley that you refer to is one step above Two Buck Chuck to me. The other equivalent to the wine you tried is the Woodbridge line from Mondavi. About the same sort of average C+ or B- wine to me. I wouldn’t turn it down at a party, but for a couple bucks more a bottle I could get a little bit more decent wine from Kendall-Jackson, Fetzer, etc. I actually don’t laugh at Gallo at all. They aren’t the #1 wine producer in the world for nothing…. So I do complet
