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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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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, 09:53 PM
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I've had an apple reisling recently that was great, but for the life of me I can't recall the maker/brand.
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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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12-11-2010, 11:43 PM
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White Zin is the Natty Light of wine.
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aephi alum likes this. (This is the second time tonight I've posted this. Uh... John, can we get a "like" button?)
My personal fave is Rodney Strong Cabernet Sauvignon. It runs maybe $18/bottle and it goes very well with steak. DH and I were out on Cape Cod during the off season (many moons ago) and went to a restaurant in Hyannis called The Black Cat. The bar was doing a lively business, but we were the only people in the restaurant proper, so we had a dedicated waiter. When we ordered steak, we asked him for a wine recommendation. He suggested the Rodney Strong Cab, and it was perfect.  Their Chardonnay is also the only American Chardonnay I will drink (most are far too sweet).
Another idea is vinho verde. You can get a good vinho verde for $5-8/bottle. It goes very well with Indian curries. It's really more a wine you'd serve in the summer, though.
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12-12-2010, 01:15 AM
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A pinot gris is a good choice.
I'm not much of a big white wine drinker but a favorite white of mine is a Chamasil staneless steel chardonay. Its unoaked and fermented in stainless steel. Its a great transition between a really fruit forward sauv blanc and a minimal chard. I dont think it retails for more than 20.
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12-12-2010, 04:49 AM
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Far Niente. I've had better brands, but that's generally the brand I'll drink if I'm drinking wine.
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12-12-2010, 05:35 AM
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Has anybody done any wine tasting? My wife and I try to get out to do that when we can.
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12-12-2010, 08:50 AM
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Has anybody done any wine tasting? My wife and I try to get out to do that when we can.
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Yes, quite a bit over the last two years. I've enjoyed it a lot. I had never tried a Riesling prior to that and now I love it! The place I do it has beer tastings also, which are interesting.
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12-12-2010, 09:10 AM
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Has anybody done any wine tasting? My wife and I try to get out to do that when we can.
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Yes, I work in a restaurant and have to know how all our wines taste (no complaining there!) so we have a wine tasting every now and then
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12-12-2010, 09:40 AM
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Yes, I work in a restaurant and have to know how all our wines taste (no complaining there!) so we have a wine tasting every now and then
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What? That is awesome! Talk about perks.
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12-12-2010, 10:47 AM
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There is an excellent wine bar near where I live, and their wine tastings are great.
The traminette, reisling, and a spicey sangria (with lots of cut citrus in it) are my summer favorites. Sat in the wine tasting garden of Heinemans winery on PutinBay just this past summer and polished off a bottle of traminette, which was new to me. Very floral, but I liked it. Winter wines I'm partial to a petite sirach, shiraz, and any cab.
My mom and step-dad make their own wines. They haven't bottled any from this year yet, but they have carboys of reisling, delaware, pink catawba, table red (medium bodied), pear, and concord. Hopefully they'll bottle sometime soon.
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12-12-2010, 11:12 AM
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I'm a big fan of Pinot Gris or its Italian cousin, Pinot Grigio.
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12-12-2010, 11:16 AM
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thanks everyone! $30-$40 bottle is probably what i will spend for friends and alot cheaper for my drunken aunts as they don't care what the price is. i will check out our local grocery store tonight first. i know that tom thumb has a huge selection.
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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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