Subject: Wine, Wine, Wine
Posted by: Lochalsh
Date: Mar 09 10
Do you drink wine? What type do you like best? Is there one label you prefer above the rest? Do you drink wine by itself or with food? Do you think one country dominates over others in the quality of its wines?
I have many attachments to Spain, professional and otherwise, and I choose its red wines practically every time.
Posted by: Lochalsh
Date: Mar 09 10
Do you drink wine? What type do you like best? Is there one label you prefer above the rest? Do you drink wine by itself or with food? Do you think one country dominates over others in the quality of its wines?
I have many attachments to Spain, professional and otherwise, and I choose its red wines practically every time.
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daver852 
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Just had a bottle of Chileam wine called Albis. Just wonderful. Keep hoping the entire economy of Europe will collapse so I can afford to drink Bordeaux again. I believe I will get my wish within a few months. Reply #21. Jun 16 10, 9:47 PM |
redwaldo
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Have been drinking a dry shiraz called 'Oomoo' McLaren Vale ,South Australia,lately;delicious! Reply #22. Jun 16 10, 10:47 PM |
Hermit007
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I don't drink much wine, but I had to buy a New Zealand wine " Cat's Pee on a Gooseberry Bush". It appealed to my warped sense of humour, and the wine wasn't bad...Kept the empty bottle to show my friends. Reply #23. Jun 21 10, 9:58 AM |
Hineboxing
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Hermit007 -- LOL I would love to give that one a try. Speaking of funny wine names, I saw one in Germany called "Kroever Nacktarsch", which translates to Kroever Bare-ass. It tasted good, in spite of the name :) Reply #24. Jun 21 10, 1:48 PM |
| daver852
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There's a store where I live that often has outstanding wines at simply unbelievable prices. A few weeks ago I scored eight bottle of Senorio del Cid 2001 (a Ribera del Duero) for $4.49 each. It was very, very good. Reply #25. Feb 01 11, 1:54 AM |
CmdrK
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We like wine a lot, red and white. I wish I could afford more French wines - and California wines, for that matter. Australia and Chile make good wines, Argentina is coming along well and lately we've found a lot to like from Columbia Crest winery in Washington. I like white zinfandel with Asian food. Reply #26. Feb 05 11, 7:13 PM |
turbotude
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I enjoy wine, either a glass by itself, or with a meal. My favorites are robust, woody red wines, not sweet, but not lip-puckering dry. No particular brand. Love those Italian, Argentinian and California wines. Upstate New York has put out some tasty vintages as well. As for price? Well....I've got to say that I've had a $10 bottle of wine that tasted nicer than that $200 bottle. No snobbery going on here! Reply #27. Feb 05 11, 7:27 PM |
MotherGoose
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Maynooth and I like wine - he prefers red, I like white. Let me state, however, that I do not consider myself a wine buff. We have had many occasions over the years to drink both cheap and very expensive wines and quite honestly, the cheap ones were generally better. I don't recall ever having had an expensive wine that I thought was worth the price. We don't buy expensive wines ourselves, but we belong to a club where one of the members is a wine connoisseur (hope I spelled that correctly) and he has the financial means and the industry contacts necessary to purchase expensive wines for us to taste. Every month, he brings a different wine for us to taste, and sometimes we have blind tastings where we taste a very cheap wine, a very expensive wine, and a medium-price wine. I almost always prefer the cheap one! I am sure that I don't have much of a "palate". To paraphrase that old saying about art - I may not know much about wine but I know what I like. We are fortunate in having a small family-run winery nearby that makes really great wines for budget prices. They win a lot of prizes at the Royal Show (= state fair). And Maynooth also makes wine here at home which isn't half bad. A friend of ours has a stone fruit orchard (peaches, plums, nectarines etc). He caters for the gourmet market and gives us fruit that isn't saleable (e.g. fruit that has blemishes) which Maynooth makes into wine. We live near the Swan Valley in Western Australia, which is a wine region, so we can buy wine easily direct from the vineyard. So why is it that I can buy a bottle of West Australian wine direct from the vineyard and pay twice the price that I paid for the exact same wine in Europe? We paid $11.99 for a bottle of Houghton's wine from the Houghton's vineyard, and then bought it in the supermarket in Holland for $6.50! Go figure! Reply #28. Feb 06 11, 10:42 AM |
| MotherGoose
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"I don't drink much wine, but I had to buy a New Zealand wine " Cat's Pee on a Gooseberry Bush". It appealed to my warped sense of humour, and the wine wasn't bad...Kept the empty bottle to show my friends." If I ever get to New Zealand, I'm keeping my eye out for this one! Reply #29. Feb 06 11, 10:44 AM |
lesley153
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About ten years ago, Jonathan and I were invited to a supermarket chain's customer meeting. We were given chocolates and a bottle of something red made in Chile. We had a glass each of the Chilean wine and tipped the rest down the sink. Last night he opened a bottle of Burgundy he found in the kitchen. I only had a mouthful of that - I don't really drink now - but it was rather nice. When I was buying wine, I was perfectly happy with a bottle for a fiver, and very happy with the very drinkable Australian wines. The Burgundy was seven years old and I can't remember where it came from. Reply #30. Feb 06 11, 11:35 AM |
Lochalsh
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One of my favorite reds is Torres Coronas, a tempranillo with a bit of Cabernet Sauvignon. It sells for about $11- a bottle. It's from the Penedès region of Catalunya. Reply #31. Feb 06 11, 11:49 AM |
| Lochalsh
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(That hyphen before "a bottle" is killing me, but I'll let it go. :)) Reply #32. Feb 06 11, 11:55 AM |
| daver852
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Bordeaux is faced with the same situation it had in 1988, 1989 and 1990; three outstanding vintages, back to back. That should lead to some bargains, for those patient enough to "lay down" their purchases. I have no patience whatsoever, so I prefer wine that ready to drink. My favorite Bordeaux vinatges to drink now are 1996, 1998 and 2001. Reply #33. Feb 06 11, 12:30 PM |
| MotherGoose
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Reminds me of that old Monty Python sketch - "... this is not a wine for drinking, this is a wine for laying down...and avoiding". Admittedly, I haven't tasted many wines that have been "laid down" but those I have mostly tasted like vinegar! Reply #34. Feb 06 11, 1:09 PM |
| CmdrK
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"Admittedly, I haven't tasted many wines that have been "laid down" but those I have mostly tasted like vinegar!" I hear that. The only wine I've ever tried to age for several years was a 1986 Robert Mondavi Cabernet. When I finally opened it in 1996 I found the cork had leaked. That was pretty disappointing. Reply #35. Feb 06 11, 3:44 PM |
| ingraham
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Here in South Africa we are turning out some really brilliant wines, not expensive in the rest of the world. Our unique cultivar is pinotage, it produces a medium , sometimes full bodied , red.Other reds are cabernet sauvignon, shiraz, pinot noir and merlot. Whites vary from really dry through to dessert wines. Also bottle fermented sparking wine, can't call it champaigne so we call it MCC (methode cap classique)and it can be really lovely. Look out for : Graham Beck, Nederburg, Groot Constantia, Fairview ( they also farm goats for milk and cheese, and have a white wine called "Goats do Roam!)Kanonkop to name a few. Reply #36. Feb 13 11, 8:11 PM |
| CmdrK
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We've tried some South African wines, including "Goats Do Roam." Very nice! Reply #37. Feb 14 11, 9:33 PM |
| turbotude
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I'll be sure to try some of those yummy south African wines. Enjoyed 3 different Argentinian Malbec wines last week....all were delicious! Reply #38. Feb 16 11, 6:20 PM |
redwaldo
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Had a Peter Lehmann Shiraz 2006 with dinner last night-delicious! Reply #39. Feb 16 11, 6:34 PM |
| daver852
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I'm very fond of South African Cabernet, Pinotage not so much. Also not a big fan of Australian Shiraz, even the good stuff. I once bought six bottle of Two Hands, drank one and gave the other five away. I like other wines from Australia, though. Aussie Chardonnay can be surpringly good. But I think the best wine values in the world today - hands down - are from Chile. Reply #40. Feb 16 11, 9:09 PM |
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