Sutter Home Fre Merlot

Very expensive grape juice. If you want to drink grape juice, you can get it much cheaper than this. No wine taste at all. Don't even bother with this stuff.

Didn't like this at all. Look one mouth full and then poured rest away.

Weird taste, Ribena with a twist.

Good color, sweet raspberry flavor was pleasant but tasted very watered down. I was disappointed.

The one star flatters it, but you can't give no stars.

Like others, I thought I would try and cut down on my wine consumption with an acceptable alternative. This most certainly isn't it - sweet and cloying, it is as much like wine as orange juice would be. Avoid like the plague.

Not worth buying as it tastes like grape juice.

YUCK! Was so looking forward to a nice alternative to red wine. I wasn't expecting much and this was a huge disappointment. Tasted like watered down grape juice. Not even worthy of 1/2 a star.

Very, very, sadly dissapointed. Having given up alcohol for lent after two weeks I was a little desperate for a lovely glass of red, and thought I could cheat. You cant. Looked forward to it all day,on opening the smell was encouraging but sadly that is as close as it got. Can only be described as foul, like a watered down grape juice with quite a sharp but also sickly taste. Not at all like the real thing by any stretch of the imagination. Kids thought it was cool though 'cos they got to drink it.

Really bad! At first I was quite excited because it smelled quite authentic. I'm a huge red wine fan but being pregnant I have had to temporarily give it up! I was desperate for anything that resembled red wine so couldn't wait to try this. So disappointed. It had a vague after-taste of an awful red wine but the actual drink it's self tasted like watered down grape juice... only not as nice! I won't be buying it again but will continue in my search for a half decent alternative!

Each varietal of Sutter Home Fre takes like Welch's grape juice. That is great if all you paid was $1.97 to $3.99 for Welch's grape juice. There is no semblence of any traditional wine grape varietals. Fre tastes of Concord grapes, with a sugar content usually reserved for Kool-Aid based drinks at college parties . . . At $8/bottle you're better off with Welch's for the same flavor.

Sutter Home Fre 2005/06 Merlot is grape juice with undertones of vinegar. Nice color. After taste is awful.