It’s been a busy year for JamesSuckling.com. Our team of 11 tasters rated more than 42,000 wines in 2024, traveling to dozens of wine regions in our quest to discover the best that the wine world has to offer. We are always hunting for great quality regardless of price, but we also keep an eye out for great values since we, too, are wine lovers with budgets!
The wines below widely retail for $40 and below, according to Wine-Searcher. Our Top 100 Value rankings are based on a price-score metric, as well as global availability and production volume. We excluded wines with limited offerings on Wine-Searcher, and we ranked wines that are only available in a few regions (or only one, such as Europe) further down the list. We also limited each producer to one wine only.
Of the 12 countries that made this year’s Top Value list, France (15 wines), Germany (14) and Italy (13) topped the charts, followed by Argentina (11), Australia (10), New Zealand (9), Spain (9), Chile (7), the United States (5), Portugal (3), Austria (3) and South Africa (1). The wines are mostly rated 95 points and above, along with a select few extremely affordable 94-point wines. France, Germany and Italy in particular gave us plenty to choose from in terms of quality – their 2024 Top 100 lists exclusively featured wines scoring 96 points or higher.