Favorite Bottle of Wine - Page 4

Animate · #46 12-13-2010, 12:52 PM

I don't drink wine often when I do I have only 2 real options. If I'm at the wine bar, which is one of 2 places that sell the one wine I really like, I drink a red called Cagnina di Romagna.

http://marketviewliquor.com/index-id-105491-a-1.01.html

I love it! Sweet red wine if that is your taste. If I'm going white I usually go with a Moscato.

AlphaFrog · #47 12-13-2010, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by PiKA2001

What about 2 Buck Chuck? Talk about a hangover!

I actually like the Nouveau.

My favorites are Graham Beck Pinno, Carlo Rossi Paisano, and Vino Vherdi. I like some of the Carolina wines, but the tend to be too sweet for me. Yes, I drink cheap wine, but I also don't drink very often anymore.

AOII Angel · #48 12-13-2010, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Recommending wines is tough, because only the ones with large distribution will be available all over the country. Most wines are regional.

These days, almost all the wine I drink is from Washington. With about 600 wineries in this state now, there's not even enough time to get around to all of them. Chateau Ste. Michelle is our biggest and oldest winery, but we have many that produce 90+ points wines.

My "go-to" wines right now are the Ethos Merlot by Chateau Ste. Michelle and any red wine by K Vintners/Magnificent Wine Company (particularlly the K Syrah and House Wine). I also like Rhone (French) wines, because they feature a lot of Grenache, which is one of my favorite varietals right now.

I don't like sweet wines, so I'm not a good judge of those.

Chateau Ste. Michelle puts out a good product. I'm a huge fan of Cote du Rhone and Cote Rotie Wines. My husband loves Burgundy...I'm not a fan. Just taste watered down to me since I really like robust, California wines. He says I'm a Philestine!

OneHeartOneWay · #49 12-13-2010, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by RaggedyAnn

I love Cakebread Vineyard, especially the merlot, but that's a bit pricey.

I LOVE Cakebread, even though it is pricey. As I heard it, Mr. and Mrs. Cakebread, (the owners) went through a nasty divorce. She "stole" the "recipe" for Cakebread, and now markets the exact same wine as Cupcake for only $10-15 a bottle. The liquor/wine stores around here can hardly keep Cupcake in stock, but if you find it, I would highly recommend it, the reds in particular.

TSteven · #50 12-13-2010, 03:21 PM

Kentucky Blue Box Wines

RaggedyAnn · #51 12-13-2010, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by OneHeartOneWay

I LOVE Cakebread, even though it is pricey. As I heard it, Mr. and Mrs. Cakebread, (the owners) went through a nasty divorce. She "stole" the "recipe" for Cakebread, and now markets the exact same wine as Cupcake for only $10-15 a bottle. The liquor/wine stores around here can hardly keep Cupcake in stock, but if you find it, I would highly recommend it, the reds in particular.

Hm-m, I don't know if I believe that rumor. I've had Cupcake before...but I'm not sure if I tried the merlot. I'll have to pick some up in March and report back then.

Chicago88 · #52 12-13-2010, 05:21 PM

Yumm Cakebread. The cakebread cab ranks up there with Caymus special select for me.

Munchkin03 · #53 12-13-2010, 05:30 PM

Do y'all get your wines from Target? Next up I'm going to hear someone extol the virtues of Yellow Tail. Blech. Ptooey.

arrowlady · #54 12-13-2010, 05:49 PM

Love so many but my favs

Greg Norman Shiraz

Castle Rock Pinor Noir

Munchkin03 · #55 12-13-2010, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Recommending wines is tough, because only the ones with large distribution will be available all over the country. Most wines are regional.

These days, almost all the wine I drink is from Washington. With about 600 wineries in this state now, there's not even enough time to get around to all of them. Chateau Ste. Michelle is our biggest and oldest winery, but we have many that produce 90+ points wines.

My "go-to" wines right now are the Ethos Merlot by Chateau Ste. Michelle and any red wine by K Vintners/Magnificent Wine Company (particularlly the K Syrah and House Wine). I also like Rhone (French) wines, because they feature a lot of Grenache, which is one of my favorite varietals right now.

I don't like sweet wines, so I'm not a good judge of those.

I've heard good things about Washington State's wineries.

Most years, I go on a wine tour of the wineries of Long Island. So much fun!

AOII Angel · #56 12-13-2010, 06:38 PM

Oregon State Pinots are great, too. Argyle makes a great wine.

I forgot a whole class of wines that I love- Chilean and Argentinian wines! Malbec is fabulous. My chairman from residency is Argentinian and introduced me to Malbec about 8 years ago. There are tons of really good bottles to choose from. There are a couple varietals from Chile that I don't know the name of, but I love the winery called Montes. They routinely put out a good product. Purple Angel is my favorite.

Tempranillo and Jumilla are also nice varietals from Spain and South America that are fairly cheap but very good.

Chicago88 · #57 12-14-2010, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Do y'all get your wines from Target? Next up I'm going to hear someone extol the virtues of Yellow Tail. Blech. Ptooey.

Ive tasted better Arbor Mist / Barefoot/ Yellowtail than some of the likes of Robert Mondavi, Opus 1, Kathryn Hall.. etc.

Malbecs are my favorite varietal.

groovypq · #58 12-14-2010, 05:21 PM

I like getting a local wine if I can. But I'm fortunate to live in an area with several nearby. (Pennsylvania wines, woot woot!)

I think a riesling/chardonnay is always a safe bet. Something on the sweet side. My mom won't drink anything but, and even my sister leans more that way.

Now at the holidays, I vote for something apple-y, cranberry-y or generally that sounds good for making mulled wine. :-)

FSUZeta · #59 12-14-2010, 05:24 PM

i like sterling vineyards cabernet sauvignon as well as their sauvignon blanc, banfi chianti classico riserva, nobilo marlborough sauvignon blanc, a reisling from pacific rim winery and totally out in left field, a reisling from blue duck vineyards that can be found at wal-mart for under $5!

Munchkin03 · #60 12-14-2010, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Chicago88

Ive tasted better Arbor Mist / Barefoot/ Yellowtail than some of the likes of Robert Mondavi, Opus 1, Kathryn Hall.. etc.

Malbecs are my favorite varietal.

I would put Mondavi in the first category. Opus One was founded in part by the Mondavi family. All three of those are pretty commercialized, just like Barefoot and Yellowtail. Again, probably things that can be had in Target or a grocery store. (I will say here, however, that good wines can be bought at a Costco or Sam's Club; they actually have pretty decent wine buyers.)

You have to be careful about Chardonnays...a lot of people are allergic to oak, so if they drink oak-barrel Chardonnays, they can get pretty sick. It's much more common than you'd think. They can drink steel-barrel Chardonnays just fine. Because of that, I only gift Chardonnay to people whom I know drink it regularly and enjoy it.