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what is your favorite kind of wine???

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I haven't tried their reds...honestly, I picked the riesling up because of the pretty blue bottle. I figured if I didn't like the wine, I could at least keep the bottle for something! LOL!

I'll see if whole foods or henrys has tablas creek. I was surprised at how good the organic wine tasted. :)

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Hard to say favorite, much like food and movies:

$10ish
Big House Red
Ravenswood Vinters Blends
Toasted Head Chardonnay


$20ish
Bonnie Doon Cardinal Zin
Penfolds Bin 128

Just to name a few.

Grab a book on wine, nothing complex, even a simple one, you will learna lot. Grapes are actually pretty amazing.
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My favorite "whine"

Honey, I need a new .45 auto:P

other "wines" for enjoyment

Grgich Hills Napa valley top notch reds & whites:)
Stags Leap Napa valley excellent Cabernet SauvignonsB|

Trefethen vineyards Napa valley reds & whites:)

Clos du val (also Napa Valley) outstanding reds ;)

for "swilling".......Beaulieu Vineyards,Ravenswood,Hogue,Toasted Head,Clos du Bois......

and if a bunch of thirsty skydivers are headed your way,"Franchi in the box":D:D:P
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Forgot to mention in my other reply, Rombauer chardonnay. While there are some better domestic chards every year, there's nothing as consistently good, especially in the $25 range.

I'm having a glass of it right now. :)
Hmm...sitting at home alone, drinking pretty good wine at 4 in the afternoon means it's probably gonna get pretty drunk out tonight. :D

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I'm by no means a connoiser (sp?), but the best wine I've ever had is Gamay Rouge. It's a red wine, very smooth, not too sweet or too dry, just right. You won't find it in stores anywhere. Have to buy it straight from the winery in California.

Nothing else comes close to its quality that I've tried, and I've done the winery-hopping tour in the Napa Valley once before.
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If you are not a big wine drinker, you can still be a hit and impress your pretentious friends by ordering or buying imported wine (and also avoid embarrasing yourself by hauling out the Franzia box out of the fridge). Consider these two wines (which taste good)...

- Port. Other countries besides Portugal produce port, but the best port is a Portuguese one, and they all taste good and go with any kind of meat entree; although typically you want to order this when you are eating seafood and shellfish. At a restaurant, DONT jump to the more expensive ports on the wine list, they are typically are too rich (in flavor) for most people who aren't wine drinkers.

- Reisling. It's a white, and French and German reislings are very sweet. It's a good wine to offer a date and you typically order this when you are going to be eating something starchy (pasta) or an entree with a thick creme or sauce, since it does have a vodka-like aftertaste to it. If it's a choice between French or German, always go for the German one.

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I like mead once in a while.

I had a bunch of mead at a small, informal homebrew party on the 23rd. That stuff is potent!

and its supposed to be an aphrodisiac, so its a good thing to have in the house when you have the right sort of company.
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I love anything red.....and drink crap/cheap wine most of the time. This time of year, however, August Busch sends my family a box of twelve bottles of wine. I do not drink the whites, but damn were there some good reds this year....if only I had been sober enough to remember what they were....

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- Reisling. It's a white, and French and German reislings are very sweet.
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So are French and German (males~~heehee)...

But if you know about those regions, check out the Reislings from Washington and Oregon. You will be suprised there too. (I prefer the German) but if you find a really nice vineyard in the U.S. , let us know~~April


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- Reisling. It's a white, and French and German reislings are very sweet.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
So are French and German (males~~heehee)...

But if you know about those regions, check out the Reislings from Washington and Oregon. You will be suprised there too. (I prefer the German) but if you find a really nice vineyard in the U.S. , let us know~~April




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- Reisling. It's a white, and French and German reislings are very sweet.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
So are French and German (males~~heehee)...

But if you know about those regions, check out the Reislings from Washington and Oregon. You will be suprised there too. (I prefer the German) but if you find a really nice vineyard in the U.S. , let us know~~April



That really depends on what kind of Riesling do you got.
There are differend levels of wine in Germany.
QbA, Kabinett, Spätlese, Auslese, Trockebeerenauslese and Eiswein.
QbA can be really dry, especially a Riesling, Eiswein (Icewine - the grapes getting harvested only at an outside-temperature around -0°C mostly in January) are the sweetest.

Robert Weil from Rheingau is making one of the best Riesling ever imho.
His Eiswein is about 250 Euro/Bottle. ;)
I'm selling the Spätlese for 21,90 Euro (here in Germany...).
That's a really good wine which everyone should taste if you like Riesling.

(common) good wines for a good price:

Vitiano from Falesco - Italy (awesome) ~ 9 Euro
Le Serre Nuove (2001) (2nd wine of Ornellaia) - Italy ~ 30 Euro
Pesquera Crianza - Spain ~ 16 Euro (Riserva and Gran Riserva rocks you but they are (too) expensive)
Lorinon Riserva - Spain
some of the 3-4. Cru from Bordeaux (expensive)

Try to get a Brancaia (Italy) if you can.
It's Merlot with Sangiovese from Chianti...my favorite!! =)

I'm selling old vintage wines mainly and made some tastings in the past.
Thats how you can earn money and drink some of the best wines in the world at the same time. ;P
My one-and-only favorite is Chateau Petrus 1961...thats really one of the best out there!!

When you have some money left, try to get maybe a weaker vintage of Petrus (1973 or the '70s in general (don't pay more that $300)).
It's a Merlot but not to compare with any other Merlot I've tried yet...

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- Port. Other countries besides Portugal produce port, but the best port is a Portuguese one, and they all taste good and go with any kind of meat entree; although typically you want to order this when you are eating seafood and shellfish. At a restaurant, DONT jump to the more expensive ports on the wine list, they are typically are too rich (in flavor) for most people who aren't wine drinkers.



Port with meat entrees, seafood, and shellfish??! Only if they're really, really bad dishes that you don't want to taste!

Blues,
Dave
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(drink Mountain Dew)

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I love wine. My favorites are Vidal and Reisling, but any kind will do. Yeah, thats right, i'm a winno. When I took a bartending course some years back, it included a wine certificate, so I know enough about my favorite beverage. Back in the day I used to drink bottles & bottles of the stuff at bush partys. I think the reason why I still drink it is because it keeps me up and partying, unlike hard alcohol that knocks me on my ass and beer that makes me sleepy.

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Port with blueberry cheesecake. YUMMY!!!! B|



A much better combination than port with meat or seafood, though I prefer turtle cheesecake to blueberry (the candy turtles, not the dz.com turtle!) ;)

Blues,
Dave
"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!"
(drink Mountain Dew)

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I am by no means a connossieur but I have been drinking it with my family for proabably the last 18 years if not a little longer (I am 33). My favorite for every day are your cabs, some merlots. Don't drink whites hardly ever. Absolutely love petite syrahs because of the the thickness and taste.

Got a decent cab from my cousin for X-mas. Called Chateau de Negly. Give it a try.

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Oooh....never tried with with turtle cheesecake. I just may need to. B|



Go with a decent tawny port. Graham's 20-year springs to mind. :)
Blues,
Dave




You know, I love port. I really do. And I even enjoy it with deserts (and by the way, dark chocolate based deserts are just awsome with port;)), but I still much rather have a tall, very cold glass of low fat milk with my choco... :)
That being said, IMO an even nicer option for desert wines are Sauternes. They are not cheap, but oh so good. A nice option is Croix du Mont which is not a Sauterne technically, cheaper, and as good as many.
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You know, I love port. I really do. And I even enjoy it with deserts (and by the way, dark chocolate based deserts are just awsome with port;)), but I still much rather have a tall, very cold glass of low fat milk with my choco... :)



If you're being decadent, why skimp with low-fat milk?

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That being said, IMO an even nicer option for desert wines are Sauternes. They are not cheap, but oh so good. A nice option is Croix du Mont which is not a Sauterne technically, cheaper, and as good as many.



Oh, I totally agree that port isn't the be-all, end-all of dessert wines. It pairs better than any other with an after-dinner cheese plate, but there are several late harvest and ice wines that go better with desserts (but stay away from the Greek sweets!). I have to admit I haven't had as many sauternes as I'd like. Feel free to send me a couple 12-bottle verticals of Yquem so I can better develop my knowledge base and thus provide a better-informed opinion. :P:D

Blues,
Dave
"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!"
(drink Mountain Dew)

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why skimp with low-fat milk?



Coz I find it taste better then full fat. Its not skimping.. lol

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Feel free to send me a couple 12-bottle verticals of Yquem


Ahh... ehhh... mmm... uhhh... :$ Now I'll feel like a cheap bastard if I dont do it! :P
Remster

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