Author Topic: any wine fans? (Read 2763 times)

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #15 on:** February 20, 2005, 12:51:20 PM »

900 bottles?

Man we're talking about a serious hangover when he finally decides to drink them.

Maverick · « **Reply #16 on:** February 20, 2005, 01:29:31 PM »

I enjoy some wines. I don't care for burgandy's or "full bodied" reds. I prefer lighter whit wines.

When stationed in the area east of San Francisco I visitrd several wineries on a small tasting trip. I enjoyed the Berringer wines, Wente, and Fetzer. There are a few in Texas that I sampled in Fredricksburg. They had a sweet red that was very light and quite nice, I don't recall the name. I also enjoy mead as well. Chaucer's is the most common brand.

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #17 on:** February 20, 2005, 01:58:52 PM »

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Originally posted by JB88
mmmmmmmm. yummy.

tonight, i am drinking a cheap bottle of loius jadot beaujolais.

not great. but always great to be drinking wine.

i have found a few chilean wines that i like
though i most often drink merlot.

most recently i have rediscovered port wine.

I tend to prefer Sweet or semisweet wines.
Also rediscovered Port which is a fav of mine later at night while surfing before I go to bed
tried different price ranges up to $50 a bottle but have to say my the one I've liked the best so far has got to be the Sandeman Founders reserve for between $12-15 a bottle.

Also have a taste for Riesling but I've only tried a few different brands of which so far I like the "Piesporter Michelsberg Riesling Spatlese"
Which I actually first picked up as a cheap (under $10) wine to cook with and ended up drinking it instead because I liked it so much.

Its now a regular at my house for parties and holiday gatherings in place of White Zinfandel which for some reason I dont like.

Also I can appreciate a good bottle of
Cold Duck or Chateau Neuf Du Pape but dont seem to have the taste for it I used to Though it has been been my experiance that the more expencive this one costs the better it tends to be LOL

Replicant · « **Reply #18 on:** February 20, 2005, 02:20:27 PM »

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Originally posted by ygsmilo
I have been collecting for about 20 yrs, my cellar has about 900 bottles in it now. I started out with Bordeaux with the 89 and 90 vintage. But Bodeaux got way out of my price range so I started going to Oregon in the Pinot country and got hooked on them.

I have '82 and '85 bottles of Bordeaux.

I actually rather like Chilean red wines and Portugese Ramada is very exceptional too (well, the 2000 bottle I had was good!).

ygsmilo · « **Reply #19 on:** February 20, 2005, 04:38:25 PM »

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Originally posted by Replicant
I have '82 and '85 bottles of Bordeaux.

I actually rather like Chilean red wines and Portugese Ramada is very exceptional too (well, the 2000 bottle I had was good!).

I picked up quite a few 2nd and 3rd growth 82's a few years ago at auction, drank most of them they were great wines. Most of them were still a little young. I have a few 1st growth 75's I have been holding that prob need to be drank.

Last nite - d'Arenburg "Stump Jumper" a great little wine for $12

eskimo2 · « **Reply #20 on:** February 20, 2005, 04:45:27 PM »

If you're too much of an impressionable idiot to watch "Sideways," then don't.

eskimo

Eagler · « **Reply #21 on:** February 20, 2005, 07:22:51 PM »

a trip over there 6 years ago cost me a subscription to this place for the wife:
http://www.viansa.com/
She gets two bottles a month from them and loves it.

tapakeg · « **Reply #22 on:** February 20, 2005, 07:42:28 PM »

Yeah, the wine clubs can be the way to go. I used to belong to some, but it kinda overwhelmed my collection. I like to have a diverse collection. We then joined at Franciscan, and loved it because they are owned by a wine club that also owns Simi, Estancia, Ravenswood, and several others. We would get wine from here and there. It was always a good selection also.

Yeah, you have to like what you like and don't let other people influence you. I had a cocktail waitress RAVE about this particular wine, it was AWESOME...etc.... i asked her how much more of it she bought since it was so good and inexpensive, she said she didn't want to buy any more because it was TOO inexpensive.

I had a wine party at my house, where people brought their favorite bottle of wine under 25 bucks. Once they got there, i took it from them and put it in a brown bag to the rim so no one knew what wine was what, not even the bottle they brought. I even threw in a bottle of $50 dollar wine, a bottle of 2 buck chuck, and a bottle of carlo rossi (poured it in a normal bottle, the jug would have given it away.)
EVERYONE picked out the Carlo Rossi as crap, but the $50 bottle of wine came in around 3rd or 4th.

It's what you like.

Tapakeg

RTR · « **Reply #23 on:** February 20, 2005, 07:49:07 PM »

RED, always French or Italian.
WHITE: French or German (German if you want a realy spectacular dry white "Trocken" (dry). And yep, the year really does make a difference.

My best advice though, is experiment.

I have been half way around this tiny globe, and have had many pleasant surprises.

Of course though, nothing beats a nice Glenn Fiddich single malt. hehe.

RTR

Cooley · « **Reply #24 on:** February 20, 2005, 09:38:11 PM »

Ive been enjoying Aussie Shiraz and Northern Rhone Syrah's alot,
same grape,,but quite different styles and can be had for fairly cheap

Were in a great time for wine right now,,,most of the current realeases are fantastic vintages,2001 will be known as one of the great ones in Napa,the cabs are all great, even the cheapies

2002 Oregon pinots (may fav varietal) and the Russian River and Sonoma coast pinots

For whites, I like the New Zealand sauv blancs
and just about anything from Alsace

Best wine ive ever had- 82 Cheval Blanc or 77 Taylor Port
Fav Scotch distillery- Mcallan
Fav Brandy house- Fussigny Cognac or Gemain-Robin from Mendocino
Fav Brewery- Red Hook or Ej.Phair

Masherbrum · « **Reply #25 on:** February 21, 2005, 12:19:16 AM »

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Originally posted by Silat
Ive been drinking my late 70's and my 80's wines. YUMMY:)

OREGON
Owen Roe
Sineann
Terra Blanca from Red Mt.
Pepper Bridge from Walla Walla.

BTW, also try some Jamon Iberico Pata Negra Bellota, together with a good fino/manzanilla its unbeatable.

When my buddy lived in Tigard (he lives in Tracy, CA now), we'd go to Ponzi and Duck Pond. Duck Pond has the best Gewurtzstraminer (my fav. type) and Ponzi has the best White Riesling.

Oregon has great wines.

Karaya

Makarov9 · « **Reply #26 on:** February 21, 2005, 02:35:40 AM »

It's all fermented grape juice.

I did enjoy our recent behind-the-scenes tour of Opus One in Napa. The cute French girl giving us the tour made it especially enjoyable.

straffo · « **Reply #27 on:** February 21, 2005, 02:37:17 AM »

I'm a wine dweeb ... being french help I suppose

Unfortunatly I've no correct plane to store wine at home* so I've only some casual wine ,good to dring with a BBQ but not good for more complex food

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Originally posted by RTR
RED, always French or Italian.
WHITE: French or German (German if you want a realy spectacular dry white "Trocken" (dry). And yep, the year really does make a difference.

try to get a Tokay aszu (Hungary)

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Originally posted by tapakeg

It's what you like.

Tapakeg [/B]

So true and the only thing you shouldn't forgot when starting tasting wine.
We're not equal for the taste.
Ei : I'm not really found of the Bordeaux and the one I prefer are the Graves wich not "not" the best Bordeaux ...
go figure ....

*,snirf boohoohohoho

beet1e · « **Reply #28 on:** February 21, 2005, 03:25:14 AM »

I think I'd like Silat's wine cellar.

My most memorable bottle of wine was bought in Italy in 1984. There was a duty free shop next to our hotel, and I loaded a carton with 11 run of the mill bottles which were actually quite good but much cheaper than they would be here. My 12th bottle was to be more special - a 1964 Barolo. It cost more than the other 11 put together - lol. Not a wine that can be drunk quickly. We had a steak dinner and this bottle of Barolo which kept us going all evening. It was very good. There were older bottles I could have bought but could not reasonably afford. The oldest one they had was a 1952, IIRC.

Nowadays I tend to focus on Chilean red wines, particularly Merlot. They are good value. Also Spanish Riojas can be extremely good.

I agree with what others are saying about price v quality here. In Britain, the best wines are about £7 - £8 (~$15) in the supermarket. I have bought more expensive ones, but find they're not really worth the extra. I've been disappointed at £20, but delighted at £5.

Maverick · « **Reply #29 on:** February 21, 2005, 12:21:46 PM »

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Originally posted by Masherbrum
When my buddy lived in Tigard (he lives in Tracy, CA now), we'd go to Ponzi and Duck Pond. Duck Pond has the best Gewurtzstraminer (my fav. type) and Ponzi has the best White Riesling.

Oregon has great wines.

Karaya

Try the Fetzer brand, it's one of my favorites as well.