7 Cheap Wines Made by the World's Most Expensive Winemakers

The families behind some of the most expensive wines on earth also make bottles you can buy for under $40. Same winemakers, same cellars, a fraction of the price. Here are 7 of them, plus the one time I broke my own price rule. 🍷 THE 7 WINES (approximate U.S. prices, they vary by store and vintage) #7 Guigal Côtes du Rhône Rouge, about $15 The same family makes the "La La" Côte-Rôties (La Mouline, La Landonne, La Turque) #6 Villa Antinori Toscana, about $20 From the Antinori family, makers of Solaia #5 Oremus Mandolás Dry Furmint (Tokaj, Hungary), $25–35 Owned by the Álvarez family of Vega Sicilia #4 Álvaro Palacios Camins del Priorat, about $27 Same winemaker as L'Ermita ($950+) #3 Tenuta San Guido Le Difese, about $30 From the makers of Sassicaia, aged in barrels previously used for Sassicaia and Guidalberto #2 Peter Sisseck PSI (Ribera del Duero), about $38 Same winemaker as Pingus (close to €1,000 a bottle) #1 Domaine A. et P. de Villaine Bouzeron, about $54 From Aubert de Villaine, longtime co-director of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti #wine #winetips #budgetwine #winereview #redwine #winedeals #sommelier