Before Yugoslavia fell apart into the various republics, I found three nice whites and two reds my wife and I really liked. Then Intendance came, and with no stability of a central government, the ability to fulfill business contracts prevents exporting to America. (to Ohio at least!)
The nation of Chilie makes some very good Reds, as well as Australia. (Yellow Tail on the low end and some great Cabernets and Cab. / Sharitz blends.) For the quality, these run 1/2 price of comparable California wines.
Before Prohibition, Ohio was a major wine producer. Now mostly small vineyards by Lake Erie and sweet fruit wines all over the state. They are freshly bottled and 100% State Maximum price at the Vineyard, many distributors have far less expensive "Case" (10 bottles or more) pricing as well as actually properly aged grape wines. There are a few wine producers that do it right, but they aren't in the tourist areas! The magic number is always 10+ bottles for good prices.
Ivan
