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Trying some Yellow Tail (made in Australia) Cabernet Sauvignon tonite, and its pretty good tasting and goes down easy peasey for the price. Hasn't hit met yet though.

Gonna heat me a Chicken Fajita CPK pizza (frozen) later to test out the sipping and then eating qualities.

Any wine fans here? Or is it too paisley for you guys

Yep drinking a cheap Pino Grigio right now. The draw backs of not having a job.
My fiance's mom has fallen in love with an Argentinian Malbec called Layer Cake that I've been drinking a lot of lately. Pretty good stuff. About $14 at trader Joe's.
My all time fav is a Nappa winery called Luna. Great Pino Grigio and an awesome Sangiovese. About $20 a bottle but worth much more. That one I would definitly reccomend trying.

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Originally posted by DJ Reese Yep drinking a cheap Pino Grigio right now. The draw backs of not having a job. My fiance's mom has fallen in love with an Argentinian Malbec called Layer Cake that I've been drinking a lot of lately. Pretty good stuff. About $14 at trader Joe's. My all time fav is a Nappa winery called Luna. Great Pino Grigio and an awesome Sangiovese. About $20 a bottle but worth much more. That one I would definitly reccomend trying.

whats the Pino Grigio like? Yellow Tail had one. Is the Malbec good with food, cause im a drink wine before eating sushi, CPK pizza, or korean bbq person. This Yellow Tail Cabernet Sauvignon is shaping up nicely as I get through the 2nd glass.

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Originally posted by Kismet7 whats the Pino Grigio like? Yellow Tail had one. Is the Malbec good with food, cause im a drink wine before eating sushi, CPK pizza, or korean bbq person. This Yellow Tail Cabernet Sauvignon is shaping up nicely as I get through the 2nd glass.

Try the Yellow Tail Pino Grigio. For a cheaper winery their stuff is pretty good. I even like their chard and I don't really like chard. I'm more of a red wine drinker but I love pino grigio. It's a lighter white generally with a little higher alc content. Be good with CPK probably. Good with pastas for sure. I generally like wine after dinner tho. Not much for pairing although I will do it sometimes.

I'm addicted to the Sauvignon Blancs from New Zealand right now and the grocery stores are all stocking them - Nobilo, Kim Crawford, Matua valley, Oyster Bay, The Crossings, etc.

Not a big fan of normal wine, prefer the sweeter, desert wines.
Currently drinking Takara plum wine, $5 a bottle yet served at a number of restaurants that serve plum wine, for $5 a glass haha. Really sweet though so that may turn some of you away.

Favorite type of wine is icewine, particularly Jackson Triggs Vidal Icewine. A bit expensive at $20 for a small bottle, but it tastes amazing.

Most Malbec is especially great paired with steak (im vegetarian but i had to try it with a bite of beef lol). I really enjoy Tapiz Malbec and Cab. its 16$ sometimes ive seen it for 12$

i also love spanish wine. i def recommend trying a spanish blend especially for their high bang for their buck. You can find some great bottles for 5-10$. They are a bit trickier to find. The best places I know for those is Bevmo and La Espanola (harbor city).

also if you're in the mood for something sparkling.. try a cava instead of champagne. They come from the catalunya region of spain and are excellent paired with almost anything! at least thats how i feel about it haha. The frexienet (sp?) is only about $8 and i love it!

One rule i try to follow for myself is try to buy something i haven't tried b4, along with something I love.

Love wine. Went wine tasting in Tuscany & Chianti while in Italy this summer. A really good and affordable wine is the Coppola Cab/Merlot Black label. Cant go wrong with the Yellow Tail either

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Originally posted by djjoshuaallen Love wine. Went wine tasting in Tuscany & Chianti while in Italy this summer. A really good and affordable wine is the Coppola Cab/Merlot Black label. Cant go wrong with the Yellow Tail either

ahhhhh lucky!!! any highlights of the tasting you'd care to share

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Originally posted by meDina i also love spanish wine. i def recommend trying a spanish blend especially for their high bang for their buck. You can find some great bottles for 5-10$. They are a bit trickier to find. The best places I know for those is Bevmo and La Espanola (harbor city).

Spanish wines are great as well as most South American wines. So for those who haven't tried them, hit up you're local BevMo. You don't have to spend more than $10-$15 for some really good stuff.

Anyone else been to Nappa? Went about 5 years back. Did the wine train which has a tasting car, but you don't end up tasting a whole lot on the wine train. It's more like doing a bunch of really good wine shots Good times. I want to get out there again and just go winery to winery, but it's a bit of a trip to get there for me. Oh...and speaking of Nappa...if you haven't scene the movie "Bottle Shock," you should check it out.

A list of great wines:

Australia:
Graham Beck Shiraz
Marques Phillips - Sarah's blend 2005
Woop Woop Shiraz 2002 2003 and 2005
Water Wheel Shiraz and Cab 2006
Glaetzer's Bishop, Godolphin, Wallace, and Amon-Ra 2005 and 2006

New Zealand:
Silver Beach Sauv blanc 2007 and 2008
Nobilo Chard and Sav Blanc

South Africa:
Black Pearl Oro (2004 and 2005)
Bilton's Matt Black 2004

Argentina:
Altos Malbec 2006
Accuro Malbec 2006
Don Miguel's Gascon 2007 and 2008 Malbec
Clos de la Siete Malbec

Chile:
Casa Lapostolle Cabernet, Merlot 2005 and 2006


German:
Valkenberg's Madonna series of Riesling, Dornfelder, and gerwurstraminer.
Ch Schonborn Spatlese
Joy Auslese 2006

Spain
Allende Rioja 2004
Numanthia Vineyards. Anything from this place is incredible.
Gladius Tempranillo
Campo Viejo Gran Reserve 2001 and 2002
Clio 2004 and 2005

Italy:
Racemi Portile Primitivo and Giravolta
Layer Cake Primitivo
Castello D'abola Chianti and Pinot Grigio
Poggerino Vineyards <-- all wines are amazing
Ca D'gal Moscato D'asti (sparkling)
Tosca Prosecco (sparkling)

France:
any 2005 Bordeaux and any 2007 Cotes De Rhone are the best
Mumm Carte Classique (champagne)
Moet Chandon Necter Imperial (champagne)
J Phillipe Blanquet (sparkling)

California:
Reds:
Duckhorn Decoy 2005 and 2006
Duckhorn Paraduxx 2004 and 2005 (and most likely 2006)
Duckhorn Goldeneye Pinot Noir
Duckhorn Merlot Estates Grown 2004
Caymus Cabernet 2006
Northstar Merlot
Earthquake Zinfandel and Cabernet
Bravante Vineyards
Belle Glos Pinot Noir
Shafer Merlot 2004
Silverado Reserve Cabernet 2002 2003 2004 (2000 if you can find it)
Frank Family Vineyards
Phelps Insignia 2003

White:
Cakebread Chardonnay
Edgewood Chardonnay 2007
Mer Soleil Chardonnay 2006 and 2007
La Crema Chardonnay
Ferrari Fume Blanc
Toasted Head Russian River 2007
Wildhurst Chardonnay and Sav. Blanc


A list of a few wines I have had in the past few months. If you are into or getting into wine, look no further than this thread.

And most of these can be found at any BevMo store as well as the smaller wine shops anywhere in Cali. That's where I bought most of them.

Yellow Tail... the worst wine ever made.




ever.

I actually just started getting in to wine a lot over the past few months (reds for the most part). Right now I'm enjoying the Syrah by Chateau St Michelle and the Merlot by Red Diamond. Pretty decent wines in the $5 - $10 category. You can find both at BevMo.

for the price, Red Diamond is good.

I am not into Yellow Fail at all. If you can find Ashwood Grove, it is a much better Australian variety than Yellow Fail.

Chalk Hill is my favorite, a great wine imo

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Originally posted by meDina ahhhhh lucky!!! any highlights of the tasting you'd care to share

The 8 hour tour was a 45 min bus ride from ioutside of florence. Went to an old roman castle turned into a winery, tasted and had cheese and cold cuts. Then wandered to a little old village for more tasting at a family winery and restaurant. Stops at a few vantage points and and old roman church. All for a measly $97 USD. I brought home 3 bottles, all of which i still have not opened. Best bargain we had the entire month.









Temecula has some nice wineries as well, we did a tasting tour down there. Our company just opened a new Westin Verasa Napa so Jess and I are going to do a Napa tour there probably later this year.

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Originally posted by llavoe A list of great wines: Australia: Graham Beck Shiraz Marques Phillips - Sarah's blend 2005 Woop Woop Shiraz 2002 2003 and 2005 Water Wheel Shiraz and Cab 2006 Glaetzer's Bishop, Godolphin, Wallace, and Amon-Ra 2005 and 2006 New Zealand: Silver Beach Sauv blanc 2007 and 2008 Nobilo Chard and Sav Blanc South Africa: Black Pearl Oro (2004 and 2005) Bilton's Matt Black 2004 Argentina: Altos Malbec 2006 Accuro Malbec 2006 Don Miguel's Gascon 2007 and 2008 Malbec Clos de la Siete Malbec Chile: Casa Lapostolle Cabernet, Merlot 2005 and 2006 German: Valkenberg's Madonna series of Riesling, Dornfelder, and gerwurstraminer. Ch Schonborn Spatlese Joy Auslese 2006 Spain Allende Rioja 2004 Numanthia Vineyards. Anything from this place is incredible. Gladius Tempranillo Campo Viejo Gran Reserve 2001 and 2002 Clio 2004 and 2005 Italy: Racemi Portile Primitivo and Giravolta Layer Cake Primitivo Castello D'abola Chianti and Pinot Grigio Poggerino Vineyards <-- all wines are amazing Ca D'gal Moscato D'asti (sparkling) Tosca Prosecco (sparkling) France: any 2005 Bordeaux and any 2007 Cotes De Rhone are the best Mumm Carte Classique (champagne) Moet Chandon Necter Imperial (champagne) J Phillipe Blanquet (sparkling) California: Reds: Duckhorn Decoy 2005 and 2006 Duckhorn Paraduxx 2004 and 2005 (and most likely 2006) Duckhorn Goldeneye Pinot Noir Duckhorn Merlot Estates Grown 2004 Caymus Cabernet 2006 Northstar Merlot Earthquake Zinfandel and Cabernet Bravante Vineyards Belle Glos Pinot Noir Shafer Merlot 2004 Silverado Reserve Cabernet 2002 2003 2004 (2000 if you can find it) Frank Family Vineyards Phelps Insignia 2003 White: Cakebread Chardonnay Edgewood Chardonnay 2007 Mer Soleil Chardonnay 2006 and 2007 La Crema Chardonnay Ferrari Fume Blanc Toasted Head Russian River 2007 Wildhurst Chardonnay and Sav. Blanc A list of a few wines I have had in the past few months. If you are into or getting into wine, look no further than this thread.

thread bookmarked, thanks mayn. haha Yellow Fail. What about Kendal Jackson, thats another I get from time to time.

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Originally posted by Kismet7 thread bookmarked, thanks mayn. haha Yellow Fail. What about Kendal Jackson, thats another I get from time to time.

KJ Chard and Meritage are pretty good, but there are many other things out there for the same price that are better tasting wines.

Ahhhhh gotta love wine. In a few months I'll be in Napa for a week....can't wait.

As for wines in the California area try anything by:
Duckhorn
Joseph Phelps
Heitz Cellar
Dominus
Opus One
Raymond
Silver Oak
Provenance
Raymond


Unfortunately good wine doesn't come cheap. Pay the extra cash for the good stuff....its worth every penny.

What divides good wines and bad wines, besides the price of course. How do you know your drinking a good wine? Taste? Effect?

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Originally posted by Kismet7 What divides good wines and bad wines, besides the price of course. How do you know your drinking a good wine? Taste? Effect?

Do some tastings. Start with the basics. Do you're chards, merlot, cabs, maybe pinos. Then get into the more complex blends. Blind tastings are a lot of fun, but you want to have a taste for some of the more common wines to really be able to enjoy it. BevMo does some tastings but I would look around for some local wine shops and see what they offer.
Price doesn't really mean a whole lot. Obviously a $8 bottle won't compare to a $40 bottle. I've found some of the better ones I've tried right around $30. Usually a blend.

just letting everyone know.. ralphs is having a 30% off all cabs in stock sale this week!

A subscription to Wine Spectator is a good place to start. The more you learn about the various styles, regions and histories the more you will appreciate the end product. I even grow my own table grapes just to observe how that part of the process works.

I buy the majority of my wines from Costco, Trader Joes's & Whole Foods. We drink it daily.

I am a huge fan of French Rhone�s and Argentinean Malbecs at the moment. Much value there.

I am not a big fan of tasting. I tend to drink to fast and the wines start to run together. The best way for me to taste is to share a bottle of wine anyway. The first sip can be hugely different than the last.

Enjoy

Cakebread makes one of my favorite Cabernets. It's pricey, but it's velvety smooth and pairs perfect with red meat.

Also check out Tobin James, which is based in San Robles. Their "Primo" Sangiovese is very nice as well as their "Notorious" Cab. Not too pricey at under $20 apiece.

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