Les Cotes Dolt, 2006 (Cahors, France) - This was a peculiar find.  I was in a store in Brighton I almost never visit, most of their selections were ordinary, this was one of the few unique things I found.  The label is a nice antiqued brown with a castle on it but it's cheap paper, and instead of showcasing the Les Cotes Dolt name it says Cahors in large print and has a little box where it looks like something else (like the year) was supposed to be stuck on separately, yet it does already have a year printed under Cahors.  Oh, what was inside?  It wasn't bad, in fact I've had weaker samples from Cahors, but it still was quite weak and had far lighter tannins than I'd expect from a wine which included Tannat grape.  Anyway, at best it's a 5 out of 10 for lower average, and I suspect the peculiar label and obscure store I found it in are evidence this is simply a cheap mass produced wine which they weren't quite sure how to dress up for sale in the US (although clearly they're marketing strategy looked good enough to get me to buy one).

Undurraga, Chardonnay, 2007 (Maipo Valley, Chile) - This $7 Chardonnay is OK, simply lower average for 5 out of 10, but still a decent buy since it was cheap.

J.W. Morris, Merlot 2006, Gewurztraminer 2007 (Sonoma, California) - This is a $3 brand carried by Trader Joe's.  The Merlot was very weak but the flavor was OK.  The Gewurztraminer failed to exhibit the traits normally expected from that grape but still was mildly sweet and for that reason Nancy really liked it.  Both score 4 out of 10 for below average but whereas I usually refer to that score negatively in this case I'd say the phenomenally low price combined with the acceptable flavor means these wines are actually still worth buying assuming you're in the market for a $3 wine.