With the holidays fast approaching you may be looking for the perfect bottle of wine for a feast or that special someone. But you don't have to spend a bundle to toast the season.

Wine expert Robert Simpson of Liberty Wine Merchants says one of his favourite hostess presents is Prosecco.

"It has really taken the place of champagne," he said.

This holiday season if you are looking for value, Robert says you can find many wines that cost under $20 which taste like they cost much more

Quail's Gate features a three-white blend that retails for $19.99.

"It's a style of wine I think you are going to see more of," he said.

The wine blends chasselas, pinot blanc and pinot gris grapes.

From the Alsace region, a white Manbach wine has a fresh crisp clean taste for under $20.

"So where a good Alsatian would be $30 to $60 this is half the price, Simpson said.

Pino rosa is like a Prosceco but made from pinot noir grapes. It's a multifaceted wine you can have anytime.

'It goes great with turkey, sushi, curry -- really any type of food you could like," Simpson said.

The widely available Stump Jump is an Australian blend of three reds, Grenache, syrah and mourvedre, for just $17.

"It's a really delicious spicy full bodied red you could drink a little bit chilled," he said.

If you're partial to Italian wines and looking for value, a 2007 vecchia cantina Chianti retails for $16.99.

If you've got a slightly bigger budget, consider B.C.'s Lake Breeze meritage for $25. Simpson calls it B.C.'s Bordeaux.

"It gives you all that interesting character and quality of a meritage wine, is delicious and is half the price so that's a good thing," Simpson said.

Chateau rousselle, a 2005 French Bordeaux, is a great counterpoint to the Lake Breeze.

"Which is one of the greatest vintages of the past 50, 60 years," he said.

You can enjoy it with dinner tonight or 25 years from now.

For port lovers on a budget consider Smith Woodhouse 1995 late bottle vintage port. It's a taste like port without the price.

Simpson's bottom line is -- don't be afraid to ask for value

"Cheap is bad. Good value and good is great. Just because a wine is inexpensive doesn't mean it isn't very high quality."

With a report from CTV British Columbia's Chris Olsen