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1. Colle Secco should have made this list!

   January 4, 2010 at 7:41 pm | by Margie

2. It’s hard to leave out the big seller Fusion shiraz/malbec from Argentina at $7.45!

   January 5, 2010 at 7:38 am | by Doug Wills

3. Has anyone tried “Passion”? It’s a Portuuese wine costing a mere $7.95. It has a great nose and terrific for those every-night-of-the-week meals!

   January 5, 2010 at 11:04 am | by Valerie

4. Can’t get my head around Fuzion…tried them all a few times and all I get is plonk. I don’t know what the excitement iws about. I’ve tried almost everything on David’s list and they are stellar.

   January 5, 2010 at 2:52 pm | by Peter

5. Anyone know good S.A. wines for under $10.00?

   January 5, 2010 at 2:54 pm | by Ken

6. Nothing from Ontario?

   January 5, 2010 at 4:31 pm | by Pedro

7. Under $10 from Ontario is not a pretty picture.

   January 6, 2010 at 12:56 pm | by Andrew

8. I totally agree. Fuzion does not live up to the rep everyone is giving it. Tastes like vinegar!

   January 6, 2010 at 3:07 pm | by Johnny

9. The new Fuzion vintage is way better than what everyone was raving about. I truly think the reviewers were given another version of Fuzion because they never would have said it was good.

   But as someone else mentioned, Passion from Portugal is one of the best “value” picks I’ve ever tasted.

   January 6, 2010 at 4:03 pm | by Don Mills Resident

10. Great list! Of those mentioned above, I think that the 2007 Open Cab2-Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot V.Q.A., Niagara is an amazing value!

    Cheers,
    Natalie

    http://www.nataliemaclean.com

    Nat Decants Wine Online

    January 7, 2010 at 2:59 pm | by Natalie MacLean

11. I would agree with the other posts about the Fuzion being overated, but the Fuzion Vintage is a different story and well worth the $10!

    January 8, 2010 at 3:38 pm | by Grant

12. All of the wines mentioned are heavily subsidized by their respective countries’ governments.

    Its called ‘dumping’.Those wines are so loaded up with doctored grapes – particularly Fuzion, that anything under 10.00 I wouldn’t drink.
    Scale back on how much you drink – and put that coin toward a decent Ontario VQA wine.

    January 10, 2010 at 10:55 am | by Urs

13. There is so much crap wine out there that lists like this one are good guides for us consumers so we don’t waste our money on poor quality products (important in this price range but even moreso in the $10-20 range – hey 10 bucks is 10 bucks).
    BTW, Fuzion has become undrinkable – who knows where they source their grapes from, they MUST be buying from other growers to keep pace with increased production, I suspect they can’t keep the quality up.
    Urs, why would a bankrupt government like Argentina “heavily subsidize” Fuzion exports??? The bodega in Argentina gets only about a buck a bottle for their efforts, the rest is the import agency profit and govt. taxes/profit (shipping is not much due to the high volume).
    PS. don’t forget CITRA montepulciano d’abruzzo, quite old world style and complexity for less than $10. Way better than Fuzion.

    January 10, 2010 at 11:32 pm | by Crush

14. We went out and bought the list last night.
    CASTILLO DE MONSÉRAN 2008 GARNACHA tried it first.
    Delicious :)) We really enjoyed it.
    Looking forward to the rest.

    January 14, 2010 at 11:07 am | by Gerri

15. So we boutht all 3 Fuzion’s, nothing to brag about.
    We also bought Passion as someone mentions it deserved
    to be on the list ! WRONG ! awful :(( Maybe if we
    needed to get some paint off the walls !
    The top ten list is good for a reason ;)) Thank you !

    January 17, 2010 at 9:33 pm | by Gerri

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