Favorite Bottle of Wine - Page 4

Animate · #1 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.

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

AOII Angel · #2 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!

Munchkin03 · #3 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 · #4 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 · #5 12-13-2010, 05:21 PM

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

groovypq · #6 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 · #7 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!

PrettyBoy · #8 12-15-2010, 08:27 AM

muscatel

Chicago88 · #9 12-14-2010, 08:47 PM

People buy wine because of name recognition not because they actually know the flavor profile.

AOII Angel · #10 12-14-2010, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Chicago88

People buy wine because of name recognition not because they actually know the flavor profile.

That's a generalization.

Munchkin03 · #11 12-14-2010, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Chicago88

People buy wine because of name recognition not because they actually know the flavor profile.

Ummm, no.

People with bad taste buy wine because of name recognition. If that were the case, then all of the smaller vineyards in Napa, Sonoma, Washington State, and New York State would have gone kaput at this point.

Chicago88 · #12 12-15-2010, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Ummm, no.

People with bad taste buy wine because of name recognition. If that were the case, then all of the smaller vineyards in Napa, Sonoma, Washington State, and New York State would have gone kaput at this point.

I just realized my comment right after yours. I didn't mean that in response to your comment about people getting sick from the oak. It is true. I prefer stainless steel chards over oaked chards but they tend to taste the same to me.

Chicago88 · #13 12-14-2010, 09:08 PM

From experience people will buy a bottle because so and so drinks it on tv. Kim on Real Housewives of Atlanta drinks Far Niente Chardonnay and Ive specifically had a woman order it because she saw it on RHWO Atlanta.

AOII Angel · #14 12-14-2010, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Chicago88

From experience people will buy a bottle because so and so drinks it on tv. Kim on Real Housewives of Atlanta drinks Far Niente Chardonnay and Ive specifically had a woman order it because she saw it on RHWO Atlanta.

Just realize that your experience is limited.

Chicago88 · #15 12-14-2010, 11:13 PM

You might want to tell the Master Sommelier teaching my Sommelier training class that he is making generalizations then. With that said, realize that your statement about my experience is an assumption. My experience is not limited. One of the perks of waiting tables to support myself through school is free sommelier training and wine tastings every week.

Not necessarily people with bad taste, but people who dont know much about wine. People will also buy wine according to price and there is nothing wrong with that. I'm not rich enough to go drop 350 dollars on a bottle of wine for dinner. Just from my 3 years of fine dining many people have order because they recognize a name and have not had it before. More people are going to recognize Cakebread, Mondavi, and Duckhorn over Twomey or Honig vineyards. Those who purchase because of name recognition certainly do not out weigh those wine-o's and wine snobs which is why boutique winerys are still around.