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The 50 Best Wines Under $50 From Our Critic, Who Tasted 2,874
Our annual value-forward, globe-trotting list is the ultimate wine buying guide showcasing the top new bottles of the year.
The 50 best new bottles of wine from 2025, under $50.
Source: VendorsIt’s that time again.
I’ve been paging through my 2025 tasting notebooks, reviewing how many good and great wines I’ve sipped, as well as the number of boring overpriced duds. This year, my total of reds, whites, rosés and sparklers hit 2,874, from 26 countries. Admittedly, I sampled only a few from Moldova, Bolivia and Peru, but I plan to up that in 2026.