Sorry Mr Bergman, Californian wines just do not make the grade any more. Overpowered and overpriced, with no subtlety, they have been overtaken by the wines of Argentina and Chile.

Graham, London,

What? No California wines?

William Bergmann, Hollywood, CA

Responding to DJH Hale, as you find Cortes de Cima (same name as the winemaker, orange pot label, I suppose) a bit expensive in the UK, why not "downgrade" a little and try Chaminé (blue grapes label)? Still a pretty good wine, one of the best value wines over here at this moment. Then you may celebrate, in a fairly good style for sure ! :-)

J. P. Brito, Faro, Portugal

Very interesting video, I would like to try these two, but it did make me laugh: what on earth are 'frigs'?!

Sarah Phillips, Angers, France

I tried a bottle of the Berberana Reserva and thought it was worth exactly what I paid, £4.49. Yet another supposed half-price deal that turns out to be a mirage.

Rick, St Albans,

I'm no expert but the girlfriend and I opened a bottle of Berberana Reserva Davalos Rioja 2003 last night (from a Tesco store) and there's half of it left today you're more than welcome to...

Barry Cooper, Belfast,

Absolutely loved the video of Jane tasting two of the wines. Could this be a regular feature please?

Micheal O'Donnabhain, Hampton Hill, England

I have been unable to source Berberana Reserva Davalos Rioja.
My local Tesco said it was only available to wine club customers. We joined,; but still couldn't access it.
Are we missing anything ?

S. Robinson, Seaford,

I entirely agree with J.P.Brito. And I have said almost the same before.
As I don't see any reason for The Times nt mentioning Portuguese wines more (because sometimes they have writen about them, favourably) I often wonder if the fault lies with the people in charge of marketing? Mabe we could do more!

Raquel Seabra, Lisbon, Portugal

Berberana - just had a bottle and not overly impressed. You can buy much better in Spain for the same price that this sells over there. Casillero del diablo (Chile) Merlot is only £4.50 - a much better drink.

Steve, York,

Just as against the Portuguese cited above...there's an obvious English prejudice against Hungarian wines on this list. You have several Chilean, Australian and California plonk, none of which could come near to some of the similarly priced, award-winning greats from the historic wine growing areas Szekszard, Villany, Eger, Badacsony and Tokaj. If you can't deal with these famous place names perhaps a few clicks with a search engine can produce astonishing variety of - until now - unknown brands or vintners: Attila Gere, Istvan Szepsy, Huba Szeremley, or József Bock, to name a few. Time to learn new names and give some flair, panache, class, not to mention quality to your list.

Laszlo Hege, New York, USA

J.P. Brito
I echo your sentiments regarding the quality of wines such as Cortes de Cima. However, bear in mind how much we poor Brits are taxed on beers, wines & spirits. For example, a bottle of Cortes 2003 will set us back just under £10. When I can get hold of a bottle of that for under £5 (as for the bottles reviewed this week) I will be celebrating in style.

DJH Hale, London,

the berberana recommended is the best bargain red wine for a long time

Stuart, helensburgh, Scotland

who cares? this is a list for english people. wine is to be mixed with coke anyway.

pepe, Madrid, Sapin

It's even funny, how we can see Australian wines in this selection, but none Portuguese... Maybe someone took all them home before your tasters could have a sip ;-) Did anyone taste wines from Herdade do Meio, or from Cortes de Cima, just to name a couple of good Alentejo winemakers? And so many others, from other regions too, are amongst the best wines in the world (it's not me who says so, I'm only repeating :-). Then please take some care when putting this kind of top-100 list together...

J. P. Brito, Faro,