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12-11-2010, 06:14 PM
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Whatever you do, stay away from White Zinfandel. In my opinion, it screams novice/cheap.
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12-11-2010, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by ThetaPrincess24
Whatever you do, stay away from White Zinfandel. In my opinion, it screams novice/cheap.
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White Zin is the Natty Light of wine.
I'm a big traminette and reisling fan.
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12-11-2010, 07:38 PM
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i love our local wineries, so i try to take a bottle of Linganore's " Skipjack" as a hostess present if i can search it out.
in a quick bind, i'll take Ménage à Trois Red, its a blend that even my "oh i hate red wine" friends seem to like.
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12-13-2010, 05:30 PM
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Do y'all get your wines from Target? Next up I'm going to hear someone extol the virtues of Yellow Tail. Blech. Ptooey.
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12-13-2010, 05:49 PM
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Love so many but my favs
Greg Norman Shiraz
Castle Rock Pinor Noir
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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12-11-2010, 07:59 PM
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White Zin is the Natty Light of wine.
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LOL - this.
I'll second PiKA2001's recommendation of a Sauvignon Blanc. I'm not a huge fan of white wine, but if I'm drinking white is has to be a Sauvignon Blanc - not Chardonnay or Pinot Gris/Grigio, which seem to be more popular, but don't appeal to me at all.
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12-11-2010, 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by IrishLake
White Zin is the Natty Light of wine.
I'm a big traminette and reisling fan.
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Me too! I prefer whites over reds. My favorites are the more fruity blends, especially made by the local wineries around here and in Tennessee. The blackberry wines are so tasty!!
Muscadine grapes make FANTASTIC tasting wine as well.
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12-11-2010, 11:00 PM
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White Zin is the Natty Light of wine.
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GreekChat has by far, the funniest posts that I have come across on the Internet.
To be on topic, I enjoyed Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill in my youth.
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12-12-2010, 11:16 AM
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To be on topic, I enjoyed Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill in my youth.
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Haaa Boone's Farm is my favoriteeee cheap wine.
I sometimes buy myself a bottle for the night out if I know there will only be cheap beer that I don't feel like drinking.
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12-12-2010, 02:59 PM
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Note to self...
Remind me not to drink wine with most GCers! LOL
(Raggedy Ann is an exception -- Cakebread is VERY good!)
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12-12-2010, 06:22 PM
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Remind me not to drink wine with most GCers! LOL
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Rodney Strong and I didn't make NutBrnHair's cut. *pout*
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12-12-2010, 10:02 PM
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Rodney Strong and I didn't make NutBrnHair's cut. *pout*
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Rodney Strong? You're in, aephi alum! 
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12-12-2010, 06:45 PM
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Remind me not to drink wine with most GCers! LOL
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I'll agree with you. Unfortunately wine is off limits for me due to migraines right not  When I do get to drink, I LOVE Syrah, Pinot Noir, Reisling, Champagne and good desert wines. One of my favorite bottles, we discovered for my husband's birthday one year, is called Torbreck "Woodcutter's" Shiraz for about $25.
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