Wine

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  • HypersonicFitNess
    HypersonicFitNess Posts: 1,219 Member
    Love wine; we go to wine tastings all the time.

    Current favorite is New Zealand Marborough Sauvignon Blanc

    and Biltmore's Blanc de Blanc (Their driest Sparkling wine)

    there was a local winery, but they had to shut their doors and they made an awesome Chocolate Raspberry Wine (it's a red) and it's perfect for Winter...it is very "warming"
  • chocl8girl
    chocl8girl Posts: 1,968 Member
    I adore Chardonnay.
  • karenjoy
    karenjoy Posts: 1,840 Member
    Champagne darling
  • matchbox_girl
    matchbox_girl Posts: 535 Member
    If there is alcohol, I will be there.
  • joeysox
    joeysox Posts: 195 Member
    shiraz although atm i am loving mavrodaphne x
  • hellraisedfire
    hellraisedfire Posts: 403 Member
    moscato all the way!
  • guapogringo
    guapogringo Posts: 201
    After doing several trips to different wine regions throughout the world and sampling different varietals throughout I have found myself always going for a Bordeaux or a big bold Napa Cab. if i must drink a white it will be a Sav Blanc. The Napa Chards are too buttery and oakey for my pallet. While something like a Moscato or a White Zin are way too sweet. I would cringe if i heard someone order White Zin in a restaurant. Many consider it a starter wine and it isn't taken seriously in the wine community at large.
  • jenlarz
    jenlarz Posts: 813 Member
    Another moscato fan here!
  • jezcomblue
    jezcomblue Posts: 15
    mostly red for me, often full bodied French wines, but got a taste for Californian Pinot Noir after visiting the region in September :smile:
  • teryx123
    teryx123 Posts: 57 Member
    To distinquish myself as a wine connoisseur, I would google the most obscure offering and claim to love it :happy: The fact is though, I enjoy a good Cabernet better than anything. A side benefit is that just about any winery worth the cork can make a good Cab. Most of mine is aroun $7 :drinker:
  • guapogringo
    guapogringo Posts: 201
    To distinquish myself as a wine connoisseur, I would google the most obscure offering and claim to love it :happy: The fact is though, I enjoy a good Cabernet better than anything. A side benefit is that just about any winery worth the cork can make a good Cab. Most of mine is aroun $7 :drinker:

    Not sure about this. If you can find a decent cab under $20 that is a major accomplishment.. Bogle or Blackstone just don't get it done. If is incredibly difficult to make a good cab. Only certain regions on the planet can produce with any consistency.
  • supplemama
    supplemama Posts: 1,956 Member
    I love Moscato and have a glass with dinner most nights. Barefoot makes a decent moscato for the price, it runs about $7. There are much better moscatos that are more expensive but for an everyday wine Barefoot is decent.
  • supplemama
    supplemama Posts: 1,956 Member
    I am a self-proclaimed wine snob. After doing several trips to different wine regions throughout the world and sampling different varietals throughout I have found myself always going for a Bordeaux or a big bold Napa Cab. if i must drink a white it will be a Sav Blanc. The Napa Chards are too buttery and oakey for my pallet. While something like a Moscato or a White Zin are way too sweet. I would cringe if i heard someone order White Zin in a restaurant. Many consider it a starter wine and it isn't taken seriously in the wine community at large.

    Who cares what the 'wine community' thinks? If you like white zin and want to drink it, does it matter if other folks don't take it seriously? LOL
  • againagain
    againagain Posts: 27 Member
    Big reds... Zin, Cab Sav, Malbec, Shiraz, Chianti. I can drink Piot Noir or Merlot, but they aren't my favorites.

    I don't care what other people like, I mean, I don't judge them. However, I can't stand most white for myself, except I do love cold Prosecco on a hot summer night.

    My absolute favorite is 7 Deadly Zins, or any Dry Creek, CA Zin.
  • teryx123
    teryx123 Posts: 57 Member
    To distinquish myself as a wine connoisseur, I would google the most obscure offering and claim to love it :happy: The fact is though, I enjoy a good Cabernet better than anything. A side benefit is that just about any winery worth the cork can make a good Cab. Most of mine is aroun $7 :drinker:

    Not sure about this. If you can find a decent cab under $20 that is a major accomplishment.. Bogle or Blackstone just don't get it done. If is incredibly difficult to make a good cab. Only certain regions on the planet can produce with any consistency.

    My only training in wine is what my pallet tells me. There are some things in life worth complicating (to me), and some things better left simple. Wine and fishing are too examples of things I keep simple :wink:
  • guapogringo
    guapogringo Posts: 201
    Big reds... Zin, Cab Sav, Malbec, Shiraz, Chianti. I can drink Piot Noir or Merlot, but they aren't my favorites.

    I don't care what other people like, I mean, I don't judge them. However, I can't stand most white for myself, except I do love cold Prosecco on a hot summer night.

    My absolute favorite is 7 Deadly Zins, or any Dry Creek, CA Zin.

    7 Zins is a great wine for the money
  • JustJennie1
    JustJennie1 Posts: 3,749 Member
    Love wine! I prefer big, bold Cabernets but I will also drink Bordeaux, granache, syrah, chianti, Zinfandel(the real stuff. Not that bastardized Berringer "white zin" crap). I am just getting into whites. I like a nice Chardonnay or my favorite summer wine which is a muscatel. I also prefer either all oak aged or the majority of the wine being in oak. I'll obviously drink wine that's been aged in stainless but I do prefer a nice oak taste.
  • beckyinma
    beckyinma Posts: 1,433 Member
    I don't drink often but I make a cab that is nice and dry. <3
  • againagain
    againagain Posts: 27 Member
    Big reds... Zin, Cab Sav, Malbec, Shiraz, Chianti. I can drink Piot Noir or Merlot, but they aren't my favorites.

    I don't care what other people like, I mean, I don't judge them. However, I can't stand most white for myself, except I do love cold Prosecco on a hot summer night.

    My absolute favorite is 7 Deadly Zins, or any Dry Creek, CA Zin.

    7 Zins is a great wine for the money

    It used to be $10-$15, now it's $18-$25 :( I don't buy it very often anymore.
  • guapogringo
    guapogringo Posts: 201
    Big reds... Zin, Cab Sav, Malbec, Shiraz, Chianti. I can drink Piot Noir or Merlot, but they aren't my favorites.

    I don't care what other people like, I mean, I don't judge them. However, I can't stand most white for myself, except I do love cold Prosecco on a hot summer night.

    My absolute favorite is 7 Deadly Zins, or any Dry Creek, CA Zin.

    7 Zins is a great wine for the money

    It used to be $10-$15, now it's $18-$25 :( I don't buy it very often anymore.


    costco is your friend!
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Big reds... Zin, Cab Sav, Malbec, Shiraz, Chianti. I can drink Piot Noir or Merlot, but they aren't my favorites.

    I don't care what other people like, I mean, I don't judge them. However, I can't stand most white for myself, except I do love cold Prosecco on a hot summer night.

    My absolute favorite is 7 Deadly Zins, or any Dry Creek, CA Zin.

    7 Zins is a great wine for the money

    It used to be $10-$15, now it's $18-$25 :( I don't buy it very often anymore.


    costco is your friend!
    Love 7 zins, and yes, costco! (In the U.S. anyway)
  • IbiH
    IbiH Posts: 250 Member
    Only a Rioja will do for me.
  • concavity
    concavity Posts: 143 Member
    White wines, I fell in love with one it was a holiday blend with reindeer on the label I wish I could find the bottle so I know what it was.
  • trophywife24
    trophywife24 Posts: 1,472 Member
    Barefoot white moscato! It's SO cheap and so good. It's like liquid candy. I always have a bottle of it in the fridge.
  • Fit_NYC_
    Fit_NYC_ Posts: 1,389 Member
    Only a Rioja will do for me.

    yum... a good Rioja with a nice Argentinian steak or paella... so good!
  • Surfrider
    Surfrider Posts: 364 Member
    Burgundy wines > *
  • Duncan19900311
    Duncan19900311 Posts: 1
    Give me a fosters anyday!! :)
  • sarahbethrn18
    sarahbethrn18 Posts: 127 Member
    Moscato for me!! Love the white and red!
  • LMT2012
    LMT2012 Posts: 697 Member
    I have been completely off of wine for years. Makes me sad because I am left out at SO many gatherings. I just don't like the way it makes me feel.
  • RiverMelSong
    RiverMelSong Posts: 456 Member
    Red: Shiraz, White: Chablis!

    But I may have to stop drinking wine soon :( Boo.

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