wine

[ladyj39]

MMMMmmmm...Sangria..

I used to make huge batches of this for parties! A good alternative to red wine is to use pinot grigio instead. It's a little lighter, and it doesn't stain!

[pinkyphimu]

ok, i will admit....i like wine in a box....lol. i seriously haven't had any since the weekend i graduated from college. one night a box of wine...the next 2 a party ball of beer...you can't beat it!

my personal favorites are anything by robert mondovi. i just tried a merlot that i LOVED!!!! of course, chardonnay is my favorite.

i just recently tried rosemount estates shiraz. yummmy. i brought it for my friends that i have the dinners with...and they didn't like it. i bought a really expensive version and brought it home for easter....and i drank the whole bottle myself. i am not complaining, but no one else liked it. lol, my family obviously has no taste.

i also like kendall jackson chardonnay.

i will have to check out the pinot gris bc darcy likes that and i don't think that either have had reisling. my friend stacy just bought her first bottle of wine a few weeks ago. poor thing.
thanks for all of your suggestions! i am venturing into the red wines, so even if i have to drink red, while they drink white, that is ok!

edited to add: sangria....yummm. i hadn't thought of that!!! does anyone have any good receipies???

[aephi alum]

I tried wine in a box once... ONCE. My old apartment complex threw a Christmas party and a summer pool party every year, where the only alcohol to be had was wine in a box and a keg of Bud Light. Barf-o-rama. With the rent they charged, they certainly could have afforded better...

Cardboardonnay - I'll have to remember that My friends and I usually refer to it and other bad wines as "Chateau le Plonk".

My recommendations:

If you can find it, try Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc. The chardonnay is also very nice.

My fave is Rodney Strong Cabernet Sauvignon, especially with a nice thick medium-rare steak They also offer a merlot, a chardonnay (one of the few American chardonnays I will drink) and a few others that are escaping me at the moment.

[XOMichelle]

Anything red from France or Itilian merlots are good.

Toro from Spain
Kendall Jackson Reserve (pretty good!)
Yellow Tail red wine (they have a shiraz and something else... cheap and yummy)

I really like red wines that are smooth. The best thing to do is go to a good store and ask what they reccommend. As a rule, I'd say good American wines are more expenisve. Anything European, red and cheap will be fairly decent (lessons from abraod!).

[xok85xo]

Originally posted by XOMichelle
Yellow Tail red wine (they have a shiraz and something else... cheap and yummy)

alright, i'm gonna be the first to admit i know nothing about wine, and only just recently have i come to even really like it..but i've had the yellow tail chardonnay and really enjoyed it.

[XOMichelle]

it's good! I bought a bottle on rec from a high school friend. Her and her mom buy it by the box... lol.
-M

[Munchkin03]

I promised myself from an early age that I would not drink box wine or Boone's Farm. (Yes, I was an alcohol snob from Day 1 )

Mr. Munchkin bought some really good wine for a dinner party we were hosting...I will find out the name. We got it in Providence, so you should be able to get it in Boston. It was about 8-10 a bottle.

I suggest the wines from Coppola's vineyard. It's pretty tasty. After drinking wine with every meal for 6 months in Italy, my tongue and nose are well-trained to good wine.