Wine!

Well, theres been the thread about beef and another about cheese, but we seem to have forgotten the most important companion to them, namely wine!

I've done a poll, so please submit to that and once you have tell us which are your favouorite wines and why?

I must admit I like all sorts!

Red's, I'd have to go for Barolo, Amarone, Rioja, malbec, pinot noir... The list goes on! I love red wine, definately my favourite!

White, I like Sauvignon blanc, sancerre and riesling. Anything really crisp is good, but I dont like the sweet fruity ones so much.

Rose is good in summer but I dont really drink that much.

Bubbles, its got to be Pol Roger. Far and away one of the best Champagnes in the world! Or Salon, if someone else is paying..!:-) I also love cava and prosecco.

So poll and let us know which wines you like and why!

The poll didn't mention children.

Well I'd say that I've enjoyed most of the wines I've had. My favorites are definitely the reds; rioja, navarra, chianti and malbec top the list.

For whites I've really like vinho verde and gewurztraminer. Bubbly would be cava or prosecco. Tawny port is wonderful, although I honestly think that's the only port I've had.

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Originally Posted by JMS

The poll didn't mention children.

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I'm possible being very dense here (it has been known to happen!) but what do you mean? :shrug:

I see you like your reds full bodied, as I do. :) I'd also have to add Syrah/Shiraz, Petite Sirah, Petit Verdot.

I'm not big into sparkling wines, but I read recently that Sainsbury's own is the undisputed best Champagne this year!:shrug:

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Originally Posted by Stubear

I'm possible being very dense here (it has been known to happen!) but what do you mean? :shrug:

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Think it may have been wordplay: children "whine"

You guys spell it differently - does the pronunciation follow suit?


Red all the way, here. In fact, I just put in an order for ten liters of a local red I tried the other day. It's from a little vineyard, and the guy downstairs knows the owner. Fantastic stuff that should run about $8.00 total. :rock:

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Originally Posted by Stubear

I'm possible being very dense here (it has been known to happen!) but what do you mean? :shrug:

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There are two varieties, sub-10 years old:

Male -- extremely challenging whine. Can sound a little girly if very upset, but usually resolved with a clip round the ear.

Female -- annoying, but strangely compelling whine. Tugs at heartstrings and results in unexplained desire to buy a pony for them.

Neither are better, and both can be put in a cellar for years (if grown in Austria).

(Ouch.)

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Originally Posted by northpaw

Think it may have been wordplay: children "whine"

You guys spell it differently - does the pronunciation follow suit?

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Originally Posted by majurey

There are two varieties, sub-10 years old:

Male -- extremely challenging whine. Can sound a little girly if very upset, but usually resolved with a clip round the ear.

Female -- annoying, but strangely compelling whine. Tugs at heartstrings and results in unexplained desire to buy a pony for them.

Neither are better, and both can be put in a cellar for years (if grown in Austria).

(Ouch.)

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Haha! Thanks!

Sometimes a penny will drop through wet cement faster than it will drop through me..! :)

The pronounciation is the same, I was just being thick!

I mainly prefer red wines: spanish wines because of the tempranillo grape, italian wines as long as there's nebbiolo in it, old Bourgognes (can't swallow it young), South African wines, .... I recently developed a thing for the French appellation "Irouléguy".

White wines: as long as it's not too sweet (exception to the rule: Hungarian Tokaji wines, verrrry sweet but incredibly good). Champagne, of course !!

I don't drink wine. There is something in nearl all wines I've ever tried that makes me feel really dizzy the day after. Even 1 glass of wine has a serious after effect.

Th ebest thing to do with wine is to boil / distill it, and put the result in a barrel for the next 30 years or so. I really love high quality old cognac. It's like summer sunshine in a glass :)

We mostly drink rose in this house, so that's what I mostly drink. White Grenache I think we mostly have.

I'm not fussy though, really.

I don't care for white except for certain sparkling wines. Rose is best considered training wine.

i myself prefer the more subtle tastes of MD20/20, BOONES FARM, THREE ROSES, RIPPLE, WILD IRISH ROSE.......they have such aromatic flavor and cleansing of the palate :beer2::w:rofl2:

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Originally Posted by JMS

The poll didn't mention children.

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That would be in another thread titled "Whine."

a nice healthy glass of red wine a day (:

give me reisling or give me death.

There wasn't an option for my choice. The only wine I drink with any regularity is Sherry. Reds give me a headache. I will drink whites on rare occasion, mainly German wines semi-dry to sweet.

Chris L

My wife and I love Chianti's. They seem to meld incredibly well with the foods that we cook for special occasions, such as lamb, steaks, risotto, traditional (meat bits) ravioli. We also enjoy Shiraz with the same kind of dishes.

Meads. I'm more of a beer guy though.

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Originally Posted by Stubear

I'm possible being very dense here (it has been known to happen!) but what do you mean? :shrug:

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Do you not have children or have you never heard a child complain to its mother and father?
"Mooommm , Daaaddd, its just nooott ffaaaiirr. *stomps feet for effect*"

I see someone is paying attention.:)

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Originally Posted by honedright

That would be in another thread titled "Whine."

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Originally Posted by northpaw

Think it may have been wordplay: children "whine"

You guys spell it differently - does the pronunciation follow suit?


Red all the way, here. In fact, I just put in an order for ten liters of a local red I tried the other day. It's from a little vineyard, and the guy downstairs knows the owner. Fantastic stuff that should run about $8.00 total. :rock:

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Originally Posted by majurey

There are two varieties, sub-10 years old:

Male -- extremely challenging whine. Can sound a little girly if very upset, but usually resolved with a clip round the ear.

Female -- annoying, but strangely compelling whine. Tugs at heartstrings and results in unexplained desire to buy a pony for them.

Neither are better, and both can be put in a cellar for years (if grown in Austria).

(Ouch.)

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and yet more are paying attention::):)

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Originally Posted by jockeys

give me reisling or give me death.

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German whites are tops in my book.

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Originally Posted by srkilpatrick

My wife and I love Chianti's. They seem to meld incredibly well with the foods that we cook for special occasions, such as lamb, steaks, risotto, traditional (meat bits) ravioli. We also enjoy Shiraz with the same kind of dishes.

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Chianti is a very nice wine. Gabbiano Classico is a current favorite and quite reasonably priced.

I love wine. My MD told me to drink more red wine to get my blood pressure down. I think I'll keep that Doctor. :)

Good wine is one of my other hobbies. If I could find an importer to import
Ch. Ste. Michelle - Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot - to Norway I'd be happy.

Favorite house wines:

Red
Farnese: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Torres: Sangre de Torro

White
Castello Di Arcano: Pinot Grigio
Dönnhoff: Riesling

My wine cellar is one of my other passions in life.

Well normally you pick according to the meal.
Fish and white light wine,
deer and red, etc

I prefer to pick the meal according to a good heavy red one.
Due to health issues I have that once a year and then I truely enjoy it :)

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Originally Posted by JMS

and yet more are paying attention::):)

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That "clink" noise you just heard was the penny dropping.... 24 hours too late! :)

I like Rhone reds the most but I pretty much dig all reds. It depends on what's for dinner.

I also like tawny ports. When it comes to white wine, I'm not a tremendous fan. I like Rieslings. I don't mind Pinot Grigio. I enjoy Orvieto. Champagne can be tasty.

i made a flippant remark about cheap wine earlier as a joke. but seriously, i would love to be able to set down with someone and been shown what wine goes with what food and why and actually try it, so as to see why it is so. i have several relatives and friends here in tennessee that make wine(and a few other kinds of alcohol) some are ok. i also have a few winery houses close by. to tell the truth the fancy wine for some reason does not impress me at all. is there an acquired taste for finer wines?

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Originally Posted by 59caddy

is there an acquired taste for finer wines?

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"Acquired" may better be phrased as "learned". It helps to go to a few wine tastings.

That said, once upon a time, I was at a party where one of the people involved owned a very high-class restaurant in New York City. He brought a couple of bottles of wine that cost somewhere north of $300 each. I can say that no specialized knowledge nor super-careful sipping etc. was needed to know it was a very fine wine!

I definately agree that there is a noticeable difference between fine wines and the cheaper ones. You really can tell...!

But you do get to a point where the price just keeps going up, but the quality is no different. Or it can be as a result of hype.

The Penfolds Grange red used to be just another top end red wine until some bright spark wine chappie awarded it 99 out of 100, which is totally unheard of in wine guides. Then the price of it just went through the roof, so a bottle is something like $1000 in Australia! I worked in a specialist wine sellers out there, so I learnt loads..! And having tried it, its definately not a $1000 worth of greatness and flavour. Dont get me wrong, its very good, but would I pay a grand for a bottle? No.

The same is true with some of the Rothschild wines, and some of the French dessert wines, Chateau D'Yquem comes to mind here, where a half bottle is £11,000! Sorry, but I really cant believe theres that much difference in the taste between a £40 bottle and that one, to justify the £10,960 price difference.

When the prices get up to that sort of level its really a bunch of rich wine buffs trying to out-do each other, or its the rarity factor of the vintage.

Things like the 1983 Rothschilds and the Chateau D'Yquem its mostly due to the rarity and what the enthusiasts are prepared to pay.

But when you get a load of footballers chucking £400 on a bottle of Cristal champagne, thats just showing off...! :-)

As TexasBob says, you can tell the difference between a £5 and a £45 bottle. Its really quite easy to tell which is which. But the £45 and a £500? Not so much in my experience!

Now maybe that means I havent developed my palate enough, but somehow I think its just my belief in the law of diminishing returns. Huge difference from £10 - £50, less from £50 - 100 and then even less from there on up and so on..!

EDIT: The prices I'm talking about here are not restaurant prices, rather just wine store prices. Restaurant prices will be much higher, with the bottom end at around £25 - 30 and going up to several hundred pounds.

I voted red wine.

I'm currently working on a batch of mead (honey wine). We're coming up on month 4 of the aging process and it's coming along quite nicely! I'm excited to try the end product.

From my taste tests so far, I'm thinking I might like mead as much as I do red wine.

I voted red. I don't really know much about wine, but I've found I quite like Shiraz, Pinot Nior, and Chianti. Haven't been as much a fan of white's or bubblies, but I'm sure there are those out there I would love too.

There are a special few reds that I like, but you'll typically find me hovering around the Rieslings and Gewurztraminers. I tend to prefer wines on the sweeter, crisp side.

I can't vote in your poll because I like most wines, but not with bubbles. My wife's from Chile and has excellent taste so I just follow her lead. I'm still mostly a beer guy.

Any port in a storm but if forced to choose.. RED!