What Makes a Good Cheap Wine?

Lesley Reidy of www.winefairy.co.nz writes about a topic near and dear to my heart, finding good cheap wines.  The title says it all.    I agree with all the recomendations in this article:

• Individuality
• Drinkability
• Not ’soft drink sweet’
• Tasty
• Look beyond the label

Of particular note: “smaller, lesser known vineyards are making some great value for money wine.”  How true.  Time and time again I’m finding myself more pleased by smaller vinyards than the larger one’s.  I think I should start phasing out major vinyards from my reviews… they are just underdelivering, and I have some bad reviews for them in the queue.