Wine Lovers!

by nvrgnbk 50 Replies latest jw friends

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  bigdreaux

  i love a good merlot. i am trying to find an australian wine called wooddrake. it has a duck on it. anyone know what i'm talking aobut?
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  stillajwexelder

  Napa Valley Silver Oak
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  Narkissos

  In France (except Alsace) we usually don't name wines by the type of vine but by their places and years (age being an essential factor for many of them, but it all depends on the vintage: a sunny and dry year can -- and must -- wait much more than a rainy year).

  Old Burgundies are the (rare and expensive) top to me (e.g., red: Nuits-saint-Georges, Aloxe-Corton, Pommard; white: Pouilly-Fuissé, Auxey-Duresses, Chassagne-Montrachet, Chablis, Sancerre); there are a few excellent wines farther south, e.g. Côte-Rotie or Gigondas. Excellent Bordeaux of course (Pauillac, Médoc).

  Some wines can be enjoyed younger (and cheaper), e.g. (red) Beaujolais (where I spent my youth: Chiroubles, Morgon, Fleurie, Côtes de Brouilly), Saint-Joseph, Bourgueil, Côtes-de-Bourg -- and Mâcon which is the white neighbour of red Beaujolais.

  You can also find some very cheap yet decent wines from the South of France, e.g. Minervois.

  I've rarely been convinced by "foreign" wines, except some old Spanish Riojas (to my surprise, I recently found an incredibly cheap excellent 1998 one in a nearby grocery). But then I haven't tasted a lot of them.
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  aligot ripounsous

  I mostly drink red wine from the south-west of France. Owing to the american influence and necessities of international market, we tend, slowly, to name wine after the vine (cabernet, merlot, etc), which really doesn't mean much because you can find these vines in very different soils and taste results very much from the latter, we still stronly stick to their geographical origin : Gaillac, St Emilion, Cahors, Bergerac, etc.
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  misanthropic

  I love how the French just know their wine, very cool.
  Not drinking any now, it's much too early still but I do love Italian or Spanish Reds. I buy often Ruffino Riserva Ducale and Ruffino Aziano. I don't know a lot about wine yet but I have been learning about the different notes to the wines and what types of wines are best with certain foods. I love a good Merlot or Chiante and sometimes I'll have a nice white wine but that's not very often.
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  bikerchic

  Gewurtztramminer, Shiraz and White Zin are my favorite wines. Not to loyal about a label after the first glass who cares it's all good!
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  Open mind

  Fred Sanford's favorite cuvee:
  
  CHAMPIPPLE!!
  
  Champagne & Ripple. ;-)
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  aligot ripounsous

  Mis,

  I shouldn't say that and french growers will hate me but it seems that you can, now, turn safely to californian wine since last year, under a blind test, highest ranking and most expensive french bordeaux ranked only third after californian red wines. I enjoy southern Europe wines (Italy, Spain, Portugal) and like trying non european ones, from north africa (under french rule, algerian wine used to be mixed with southern french one to improve it), Chile, South Africa, etc. French growers must lower their prices and eliminate mediocre wines (some years, beaujolais nouveaux used to be awful, not in the last few years, fortunately) if they want to stay in the forefront of international competition. And we've not seen the Chinese yet, they are currently hiring french professionals.
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  nvrgnbk

  Thanks for reminding me of the Riojas Narkissos!

  This is a moderately priced Rioja available in my area:

  Marques de Caceres
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  exwitless

  My favority wine is Port. There's an excellent Port wine from Australia called Grandfather's. It's so awesome.