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| astroboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vigilante
Hey does anyone here drink Lambrusco?? That stuff is so nice.
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Tried the red stuff... tastes more like a soft drink than a wine to me.
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Also, Verdi (Italy) is a nice, cheap sparkling wine.
Riccadonna is gold as well.
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eeeeeeeeewwwwwww :nervous: :nervous: :nervous: :nervous: ssoooooo damn sweeet. It's like that Passion-pop crap u see kids getting drunk off these days. |
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| astroboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by DaveSaenz
But, if you want to go for ghetto drunk, you can get a wine box:
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Aaaaah cask wine a.k.a. "goon-bags" in the local dialect (you gotta rip the box away to see the "bag"... makes it easier to carry/drink too). Reminds me of when I was 15. This is what all the girls used to get drunk on at parties.... heheh great memories. |
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| KLINGKLANG77 |
it really depends on your own personal preferences.
my favourite wine is wines from the south african region, (with france a close second) in particuliar the pinotage variety. and the value is great! if you ever get a chance to go to south africa definatly check out the vineyards, it is so worth it.
other wines i like are from australia, chile, spain and france.
types i like are: pinot noir, beaujolais, burgundys (both red and whites), riojas, sauvignion blanc, pouilly fuse, sanceres etc. i tend to like a lighter wine as compared to something heavy like a cabernet, only once in a while i will drink a cab.
find out if you like a lite taste or a more full bodied taste. then go from there. for example if you like full bodied wine and you like cabernets then start exploring cabernets from different areas. this might get a little confusing when you want to explore french wines as the wines from france are named for the regions, not the grape....
so if you like heavy go with cabs and some merlots. some mixes of these 2 are great as well. if you like lite start with a pinot noir. then work yourself around there....like someone said before, ask your local wine seller, they will be more than glad to help you, just have a few ideas of things that you have liked and tasted in your head. |
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| MisterOpus1 |
Some of my current favorites (subject to change):
Red:
Blackstone Merlot - ~$10
Blackstone Cabernet - ~$11
(great wine for the price you pay!)
Bogle Merlot - ~$10
Rodney Strong Merlot - ~$16-18
(current favorite)
Coppola Black Label Cabernet - ~$14-16
(actually anything Coppola is damn good)
Guenoc Cabernet - ~$12
De Loach Cabernet - ~$12-14
(their Pinot Noir's good too)
J Lohr Seven Oaks Cabernet - ~$15-17
(current favorite)
Beaulieu - BV California Cabernet
(2nd favorite)
Cline Zinfandel -~$10
(great bang for buck)
Leaping Lizard Zinfandel - ~$11
(2nd favorite)
Wild Horse Zinfandel - ~$14
Valley of the Moon Zinfandel - ~$15-17
David Bruce Zinfandel - ~$17-19
(current favorite)
Black Opal Shiraz - ~$9
(good bang for the buck, their blends are pretty good too)
Rosemount Diamond Shiraz - ~$11
(anything Rosemount is pretty good)
Buckley's Shiraz - ~$9
Beaulieu - BV Coastal Pinot Noir -$13
(current favorite)
Kendall Jackson Pinot Noir - ~$11-13
(wife's favorite)
Smoking Loon Syrah - ~$13
Meridian Paso Nobles Syrah - ~$17
And my favorite of Reds:
Opus One Cabernet - ~$200-300
(I've got a '98 and a '99 in my closet tucked away)
Whites:
Kendall Jackson Chardonnay - ~$12-14
(pretty standard and popular, still very good)
Echelon Chardonnay - ~$11
La Crema Chardonnay - ~$15-18
(current favorite)
Rabbit Ridge Chardonnay - ~$15
Cakebread Chardonnay - ~$35-40
(wife's favorite)
Iron Horse Chardonnay - ~$22-25
Wild Horse Malvasia Bianca - ~$15
(pretty sweet, almost desert wine)
Echelon Pinot Grigio - ~$13
(don't drink too many Pinot Grigios, but this one's my favorite)
*And honestly, anything from Yellow Tail is pretty damn good for the price you pay. We get Yellow Tail all the time. Rosemount is great all around as well. Australian wines are kicking ass right now, as they should. Haven't had any 2-buck-chuck yet, but from what I've heard it's not too bad at all.
HTH |
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| MisterOpus1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by EvilTree
^Wine snob. :D |
Blame the Mrs. for that. She had to give me a little "culture". Now I love da .
Truthfully, I'll take a good Porter anyday over a glass of wine (Sam Smith Taddy Porter's preferably). |
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| biznology |
the rule if you dont know what to get - go with Chilean wines or French wines. Of course not every wine from those regions is awesome, and that doesnt mean you cannot get decent from somewhere else.
all the 'pinot grigios' 'merlots' 'shiraz' etc are not brands of wines, merely flavors based on blends and grape choice.
personally i like shiraz and gewurztraminer(sp?) and according to S Park i must be metrosexual or something. you cant go wrong with Bristol Cream Sherry - esp when stumbling around Finland.
and as the Beastie Boys said:
'like a bottle of Chateau-neuf-du-pape, fine like wine when i start to rap'
du Pape is excellent, but if you get it in the US youll get ripped off. it usually retails for $25+ where as in Europe it is often much more reasonable, but just as delicious| |
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| KLINGKLANG77 |
| quote: | Originally posted by MisterOpus1
Some of my current favorites (subject to change):
Coppola Black Label Cabernet - ~$14-16
(actually anything Coppola is damn good)
Guenoc Cabernet - ~$12
De Loach Cabernet - ~$12-14
(their Pinot Noir's good too)
Cline Zinfandel -~$10
(great bang for buck)
And my favorite of Reds:
Opus One Cabernet - ~$200-300
(I've got a '98 and a '99 in my closet tucked away)
Cakebread Chardonnay - ~$35-40
(wife's favorite)
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i have heard great things about coppola wines.
Guenoc- good.
De Loach is great and the people that own the vineyard are SUPER nice! i work (but am on leave ATM) at a nice restaurant on long island and they used to have great wine tasting dinners and it was a pleasure to work with them!
Cline- good
opus one- hmmmm....i tried it a couple of times and i must admit, i didnt like it much, didnt think it was anything special.
cakebread- AWESOME!!!! i love their sauvignon blanc.
if your wife really likes cakebread wines try out frogs leap wines, they make a great product as well.
i see you are a big fan of california wines.
another recomendation is something from new zealand, by cloudy bay. good product as well. |
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| Fundamental |
Jeez, I didn't realize wine was so popular. Looks like I'll need to get myself cultured (i.e. drunk).
Never really understood the whole spitting-out-the-wine thing. I mean, why pay for the wine just to spit it out?!
Ah, so tempted to grab a random bottle from the booze shop and just fill up my pint glass. :D |
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| crchingtiger |
the reason for my leave of absense from the boards the past three weeks is because of the wine binge i went on in philly after ferry at glow...
first 3 days there...2 people...8 bottles of wine
woot woot! i'm so dumb after all that lol :gsmile:
we drank strictly red wine...with only a glass or two of pinot grigio on new year's...
the majority was cabernet sauvignon...
but there was a lot of merlot...
some shiraz...
those are what i like the best...
hmmm i love wine
(oh and note to all those who care...it's the best thing ever for a comedown...not that i'd know or anything ;) ;) ) |
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| astroboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by biznology
all the 'pinot grigios' 'merlots' 'shiraz' etc are not brands of wines, merely flavors based on blends and grape choice.
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These are the names of actual grape varieties.
Perhaps the classic are:
Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir, Semillon, Syrah (Shiraz in Australia), Riesling, Merlot, Chenin Blanc, Grenache, Gewurztraminer, and Gamay...
Of course wines made with a blend of several varieties (such as "Cabernet Merlot") are extremely common. And (as someone has already noted) French wines tend to be categorised by region rather than grape variety. |
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| tubby |
| quote: | Originally posted by KLINGKLANG77
my favourite wine is wines from the south african region, (with france a close second) in particuliar the pinotage variety. and the value is great! if you ever get a chance to go to south africa definatly check out the vineyards, it is so worth it.
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another pinotage fan!! i wish someone would start planting this stuff outside SA. Do you have any idea how hard it is to carry 8 bottles through customs whilst pretending your carry-on bag really doesn't weight much? i doubt you'll ever get a truly great pinotage, but you never get a really bad one either.
must agree on the vineyards around stellenbosch, well worth the visit. saxenberg is my favourite, although I have a bottle from simonsig that's been put aside for my 30th birthday.
interesting how so many people point out good years, but not the region. A good year in one part of the world is crap for some others. 1998 in Aus was one of the best vinatges anywhere ever. and corks are being slowly replaced by stelvin caps on a lot of top end wine,especially whites.
And remember, the best wine is the one you enjoy most, forget all the other pretentious crap that goes on around it. if you cannot tell the difference between a $20 bottle and $40, get two of the cheaper one instead. |
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