Wine

[Lorn]

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the best thing about bordeaux is that even the 3 euro bottles in the supermarket are decent enough to have with dinner.
and don't get me started on saint emillion mmmmmmmmm

That would be a nice thing about living in Bordeaux.

[Lorn]

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Wow. I did not know about this thread. And I was just at a local Wine and Alcohol shop in downtown and was asking the gentleman in there about Sherry. Does anyone on here drink any Sherry...and I do mean the drink.

I've been interested in the drink for a while but haven't found any sherry tastings in this town, so I went to this dealer and he told me to go to a few upper end wine diners and buy a couple glasses of various sherry. I'm a gonna have my own Sherry tasting...and no not the girl.

Cool. Sherry is a nice drink. Particularly as either and pre or post dinner. For me personally, dry sherry is the best for drinking. The sweet stuff is almost like sugar.

Experiment. I'm sure you will find what you like.

[matthewjames]

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Marques De Caserras Rioja is nice.

[tiddles]

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the best thing about bordeaux is that even the 3 euro bottles in the supermarket are decent enough to have with dinner.
and don't get me started on saint emillion mmmmmmmmm

[jeffrey collins]

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Wow. I did not know about this thread. And I was just at a local Wine and Alcohol shop in downtown and was asking the gentleman in there about Sherry. Does anyone on here drink any Sherry...and I do mean the drink.

I've been interested in the drink for a while but haven't found any sherry tastings in this town, so I went to this dealer and he told me to go to a few upper end wine diners and buy a couple glasses of various sherry. I'm a gonna have my own Sherry tasting...and no not the girl.

[88Mariner]

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because it depends on where the bottle is sold, not packaged??

[Dhar_2]

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u can tell the difference between a cheap wine and a decent wine.

for example i went through every wine on the wine list in a bar in England. they all tasted awful and cost a fortune. we just dont have the culture. yet in italy its very difficult to find a bad wine, and even then you are paying so little u dont mind that its not the best.

[88Mariner]

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normally i'm anti-resurecting old threads, but a thread on the politics forum was talking about wines, and i just want to say, two-buck-chuck is as good as silver to me. my tastes may not be refined, but the cost can't be beat.

other than that, i stick to Port; love six grapes and aged fladgate.

(if anyone knows a good pinot noir, i'd love to check that out too, have had good experiences with it )

[speciale]

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I'd like to throw a few new varieties into the mix, the Australian shiraz (my everyday one is the rosemount),

The Rosemount Shiraz is what hooked me into wine. Its a great wine IMO

[skahound]

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Toasty: Go to Duckhorn Vineyards, you won't be sorry.

[Kinetic]

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a good spanish rioja (great for sangria)

I agree...I drank buckets of this stuff while I lived in Spain.

[rubyraks]

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I'd like to throw a few new varieties into the mix, the Australian shiraz (my everyday one is the rosemount), a good spanish rioja (great for sangria) and from the white ones a german gurweitzminier (have no idea on the spelling).

toasty, a few vineyards I'd recommend in Napa are:

Stag's Leap - this was the first american wine to take first prize in a tasting vs. the french, the cabernet (especially the SLV) and chardonnay are both excellent and I usually hate chardonnays. Also, it's not a cheap wine, but their prices are so much better at the winery than in stores.

Sterling Vineyards - just for the tram ride alone

[asdf_admin]

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I love wine. and it loves me. My panties always come off and very easily. I do not drink this Jesus Blood in public.

[speciale]

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That depends on the place where you are, doesn?t it? ...doesn?t say chilled there.If he means "chilled" as in "put it in the refrigerator for a while", well...I personally hate it that way.

Maybe we?re lucky because our average temperatures are similar to those in the chart

my bad on the wording of chilled. I hate chilled wine too. Here room temp is around 72 - 80F so that is what I am use to in drinking wine, but I might get a good chiller to bring it down to the right temp.

[Kinetic]

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wow, the temp for red wine should be similar to cellar temp which is around 63 to 68 degress. I guess you been drinking it the right way.

http://www.2basnob.com/red-wine.html

That depends on the place where you are, doesn?t it? ...doesn?t say chilled there.If he means "chilled" as in "put it in the refrigerator for a while", well...I personally hate it that way.

Maybe we?re lucky because our average temperatures are similar to those in the chart