The Wine Thread- What's your favorite?

[NorthernVike 2,086]

Boons Farm. Chug it by the case.

[The Moz 69]

Sux is the foremost authority on all things manly... he is an auto mechanic so this does go without saying right?

 

Then again I have a friend who is also a mechanic and when I went to fix his laptop I saw he tends to like the lady's with the extra part.

[BiPolarBear 485]

Before I got married and had kids, I was a member of an approximately 20 member wine group. I came in (and probably left) knowing nothing, but we had some very knowledgeable members including a man who had worked in vineyards. We did blind tastings. Over time, we got around to many varieties: Champagnes, sparkling wines, Mondavi wines, including a '71 unfiltered (Stems and leaf parts right in the bottle), Merlot tasting, etc.

 

Our host would often throw in a Gallo wine or some other low end brand. They never won a flight, but they never came in last, either. That is because those companies are in the business of making very drinkable wines. There was always a vintner out there with a $50 bottle that nobody liked that would come in last.

 

I liked California Merlot from makers like Duckhorn and Stags Leap.

 

In my opinion, there are some great California sparkling wines made by winemakers such as Schramsberg, Domaine Chandon, and Scharffenberger Cellars worth your time and money.

[Bier Meister 1,710]

 

In my opinion, there are some great California sparkling wines made by winemakers such as Schramsberg, Domaine Chandon, and Scharffenberger Cellars worth your time and money.

 

.....some of my favorite sparkling wine, with the addtion of gloria ferrer.

[BiPolarBear 485]

 

.....some of my favorite sparkling wine, with the addtion of gloria ferrer.

 

Thank you for mentioning Gloria Ferrer. They came along about three years before I ran out of rope. I had never heard of them. I will definitely give them a try.

[WhiteWonder 2,735]

franzia

[OldMaid 2,130]

I think I want to go wine tasting with Bier Meister someday...

[DankNuggs 305]

Pinot Noir,

 

Value pick ($20) Macmurray

Go to pick ($25) Robert Mondavi (their special reserve Pinot is cheaper and cr@ppier, spend the couple extra bucks)

 

 

Dessert Wine

 

Graham's 30 yr port. Incredible. But buy a glass, bottle is $3-400

[DankNuggs 305]

Davinci and Ruffino are among my favorites just below that range, you can actually get some varieties of Coppola in your range

What are those, Chianti's? think I've had a Ruffino chianti before. I had a Coppola as well but I think I paid $30 for the bottle, don't think I bought again.

[DankNuggs 305]

That is because those companies are in the business of making very drinkable wines.

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I rate wines entirely by drinkability. If it has that nasty aftertaste like my mothers Chardonnays I have little use for it. Pinot noir has a little more margin for error in drinkability as compared to say a cab, which is prob why I gravitate to them.

[DankNuggs 305]

Boons Farm. Chug it by the case.

College pre tailgate morning beverage of choice. I wanted to live on Boones Farm

[JT 137]

Very little wine in the spring/summer months, but the rest of the year I enjoy merlot or malbec (though I've found that you have to be careful with them; there's little worse than a bad malbec).

[DankNuggs 305]

there's little worse than a bad malbec).

 

That's the truth, first one I ever had was at a good restaurant, and it was excellent. I then thought I really liked malbec and proceeded to buy 5 consecutive cr@ppy ones

[remote controller 143]

Many reds are great for the summer and made for grilling. Argentinian Malbecs and syrahs/Shiraz's from all over are perfect with steaks and burgers.

[Bier Meister 1,710]

I think I want to go wine tasting with Bier Meister someday...

Any time. I live close sonoma, healdsburg, and Napa. That goes for anyone who is in town and up for tasting.

[JTB 52]

some decent value picks:

cabs:

- frei brothers, around $20

- rosenblum, around $12

- hahn, around $14

- joel gott, around $18

- ramsey, around $12

zin:

- 7 deadly zins $13

- 4 vines, around $12

- sterling, around $14

some other reds:

- raymond R merlot, around $13

- st francis claret, around $20

- markham merlot, around $17

- menage a trois... red blend $9

 

Ménage a trios is the best blend for the price. I don't partake anymore, but when I did this was always in the rack at home. Goes real well with any paring.

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,432]

For those that mentioned Stag's Leap, see if you can find Hawk's Crest. Same winery, but less expensive.

[GobbleDog 996]

I drink cheap merlot by the case. I don't drink white wine because I'm a man. I don't drink cabernet or pinot noir because they taste too fruity.

 

Bold tasting merlot. The cheap stuff sucks, but when you drink as much red wine as I do, I'd go broke buying expensive wine. Lately I've been buying "Barefoot merlot" which at $12 per bottle (big bottle) is still a few bucks more than I usually spend. But it's a lot better than the $8 crap.

[SUXBNME 1,499]

Sux is the foremost authority on all things manly... he is an auto mechanic so this does go without saying right?

 

 

Naa...All that makes me is retarded with my career choice.

[jerryskids 6,793]

I almost exclusively drink reds, and tend to avoid pinot noir -- like somebody said earlier about malbecs, there are some really crappy pinots. Plus I prefer bolder, drier reds.

 

A few things in our wine fridge that are in the regular rotation, all from either Fry's (Kroger) or Costco and all in the $10-15 range:

- Red Splash blend, St. Francis

- Toasted Head "Untamed Red" blend

- Kendall Jackson Vintner's Reserve blend

- Noble Vines "337" Cab (also the 187 Merlot although we prefer the Cab)

 

An outstanding wine if you can find it is Trione. Imma guess they retail in the $30-40 range. The Trione family owned and sold a Geyser Peak for like $100M. They still own the vineyard which supplies a lot of major wineries, but they keep the choicest grapes for their own boutique label. We've got a 2008 Syrah which is fantastic.

[Gepetto 1,368]

I enjoy the finest vintage Recliner Whine

It's so bitter.

[BunnysBastatrds 2,440]

Boons Farm. Chug it by the case.

 

It was named "Tickle Pink" for a reason.

[BunnysBastatrds 2,440]

Did you meet the man that met Andy Griffith?

 

Mad Dog 20/20? On many occasions.

[The Moz 69]

 

Mad Dog 20/20? On many occasions.

Ahhhhhh the Cadillac of 7-11 wines.

[RLLD 4,230]

Maybe I am just overpaying as I usually a buy a bottle every month. Granted I don't know much about different wines - I just know what I have had and like and that I can't stand white wine. The one I really like that I have had is Silver Oak but that's like 200 a bottle I usually buy a bottle of Cakebread (80-100 a bottle) maybe once a month. Is there something comparable to those 2 at a cheaper price?

 

As a rule I won't pay anything over $16 for a bottle for general consumption; that is a glass at dinner, and perhaps a bottle to share with the wife on Friday or Saturday night. I simply find the taste completely acceptable for such scenerios, and I also use an aerator to enhance the smoothness.

 

For family gatherings I may include the aforementioned, but also add a bottle of Copola for around $20-$30, maybe a white and a red.

 

My brother in law sells wine, and sends me a box each month, stuff like Camus etc, anything from $50 - $175 bottles, and they are rather nice, but I do not get an extra $150 worth of pleasure out of them....

[patweisers44 845]

Like many others, I drank my share of boones farm, mad dog 20/20, etc. Until we stumbled across a number of fortified wines, most notably this one:

http://www.bumwine.com/cisco.html

 

Known as "liquid crack," for its reputation for wreaking more mental havoc than the cheapest tequila. Something in this syrupy hooch seems to have a synapse-blasting effect not unlike low-grade cocaine.

 

ETA: My Bad, i didnt realize mad dog was a fortified wine as well. Looking back, that makes sense..

[jerryskids 6,793]

By the way, the same wine guy who turned me onto Trione said that better and better wines will be coming in boxes. The wine keeps better in a box vs. a bottle because it is not exposed to air as it empties; the internal sac just collapses. I'm sure a little air gets in, but apparently not much.

[heavy-set 39]

My fav is coors light flavored wine

[swirvenirvin 25]

Not a chick and not ghey so dont drink wine

[NewbieJr 541]

 

God, please don't ever make me so sexually insecure that I think I need to only do 'macho' things to make up for it. Damn that would suck to be so borderline queer that I was afraid that drinking wine might make me want the cack.

[BunnysBastatrds 2,440]

Ahhhhhh the Cadillac of 7-11 wines.

 

 

I blew chunks many times because of that sh!t. Beenie-weenie stew was one of them. I can still taste that aroma expository.

[swirvenirvin 25]

 

God, please don't ever make me so sexually insecure that I think I need to only do 'macho' things to make up for it. Damn that would suck to be so borderline queer that I was afraid that drinking wine might make me want the cack.

Wine if for girls and ghey guys who don't like beer, or liquor. I like beer and liquor so don't need to drink wine. From the handful of times I have had it, it also takes like crap. There has never been a point in my life where I thought wow I really would like a wine with my meal when I good beer is available.

[NewbieJr 541]

Wine if for girls and ghey guys who don't like beer, or liquor. I like beer and liquor so don't need to drink wine. From the handful of times I have had it, it also takes like crap. There has never been a point in my life where I thought wow I really would like a wine with my meal when I good beer is available.

I love beer. It's my drink of choice. But I enjoy wine too. Especially if I want a nice buzz without having to drink 100 oz of fluid. Wine has way more alcohol.

[swirvenirvin 25]

I love beer. It's my drink of choice. But I enjoy wine too. Especially if I want a nice buzz without having to drink 100 oz of fluid. Wine has way more alcohol.

I just never got into it, or maybe it was the hangovers from drinking crap box wine in college that did it.

[NewbieJr 541]

I just never got into it, or maybe it was the hangovers from drinking crap box wine in college that did it.

You're right about that. My wine hangovers are always worse than my beer hangovers.

[KSB2424 3,148]

You're right about that. My wine hangovers are always worse than my beer hangovers.

 

A glass of wine is a like a womans breast. One is not enough and three is too many.

[IGotWorms 4,058]

Wine can give you wicked hangovers, even good wine. That's why I generally limit my consumption to a glass at dinner or when my ghey lover and I are cuddled up in front of the fireplace

[patweisers44 845]

 

 

I blew chunks many times because of that sh!t. Beenie-weenie stew was one of them. I can still taste that aroma expository.

What you dont get, people, is that "chunks" is the name of Bunny's dog.

[BiPolarBear 485]

Wine if for girls and ghey guys who don't like beer, or liquor.

 

 

I'll go buy a Harley and get a tribal tattoo so I can be a real man ASAP.

[Bier Meister 1,710]

On 5/22/2013 at 7:55 AM, Bier Meister said:

I enjoy virtually every type of wine.

some preferences:

chilled:

- white rhone blends (viognier, marsanne, roussanne)

- dry rose

- alsacian reisling (more dry than german)

- chardonnay (enjoy aged french oak and newer american)

- beaujolais

- pinot gris (do not enjoy most italian pinot grigio)

 

reds:

- bordeaux blends (especially right bank- merlot driven- st. emellion and pomerol)

- california cab

- barolo- nebbiolo

- amarone

- australian shiraz

- zinfandel

- bigger pinot noir (usually french)

 

also enjoy sparkling wines, ports, muscatos, vin santo

 

On 5/22/2013 at 12:00 PM, Bier Meister said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

while i agree that there are a lot of very good bottles out there in the $15-20 range, there are also a lot of poor ones. with an increase in price (usually more aged- developed, mellowed tannins, more attention to the process, etc), it is my opinions that the probability of attaining a good bottle increases. one does not have to spend $60+ to get a good bottle, but those shouldn't be bad.

 

moz- seems like you enjoy cali cab. for the $40-60 range try:

jordan

shafer

stag's leap

rombauer

raymond

clos pagase

 

also, if you are willing to try something different- the prisoner is an excellent blend.

 

http://theprisonerwine.com/