Any wine lovers here on TB?

sneha1965 · #1 03-03-2013, 04:47 PM

I like beer and whiskey but recently have been into drinking wine. It's a little easier on the liver and the stomach. A current favorite is Joel Gott red zin. So if you like wine feel fre to share what you're drinking. Cheers!

bmc · #2 03-03-2013, 04:55 PM

Big fan of Burgundy reds. So much so that we bought a country home in the region. Benchmark pinot noirs.

Fun hobby that I've had to put on hold, possibly indefinitely, due to critical health issues.

Ziltoid · #3 03-03-2013, 05:16 PM

I love wine.

sneha1965 · #4 03-03-2013, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by bmc

Big fan of Burgundy reds. So much so that we bought a country home in the region. Benchmark pinot noirs.

Fun hobby that I've had to put on hold, possibly indefinitely, due to critical health issues.

bmc, sorry to hear about your health. hopefully something you are able to recover from. do you have some pinos you can recommend.

Casting Thunder · #5 03-03-2013, 05:46 PM

I miss Spanish Sangria so much, curse you legal drinking age....

**smperry** · #6 03-03-2013, 06:42 PM

Sorry to hear about your health, bmc.

I'm a lover of wine. I've slowed down my buying since moving from Northern California though. I've found a couple of pretty good wineries in Long Island (and many more not so good ones) but not surprisingly, miss the availability I enjoyed in CA.

Ziltoid · #7 03-03-2013, 07:02 PM

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Sorry to hear about your health, bmc.

I'm a lover of wine. I've slowed down my buying since moving from Northern California though. I've found a couple of pretty good wineries in Long Island (and many more not so good ones) but not surprisingly, miss the availability I enjoyed in CA.

There's some good california blend wines I really like the Menage A Trois and Apothic Red. There's surely others I'm not aware of too! Got any recommendations as far as california wines are concerned? Can't say I know many, I've focused on Australian/chileans/venezuelans as far as reds are concerned.

sneha1965 · #8 03-03-2013, 07:46 PM

I had a glass of Menage A Trois last night at a party last night. It was very nice.

sneha1965 · #9 03-03-2013, 07:48 PM

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There's some good california blend wines I really like the Menage A Trois and Apothic Red. There's surely others I'm not aware of too! Got any recommendations as far as california wines are concerned? Can't say I know many, I've focused on Australian/chileans/venezuelans as far as reds are concerned.

How much do you want to spend. Ferrari Carrano, Dry Creek Vineyard, Caymus to name a few.

tplyons · #10 03-03-2013, 07:50 PM

I enjoy a good cab or pinot noir.

The redder, the better.

Ziltoid · #11 03-03-2013, 07:58 PM

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How much do you want to spend. Ferrari Carrano, Dry Creek Vineyard, Caymus to name a few.

I very rarely spend over 20$ on a bottle, it may make things harder but there's a lot of very good inexpensive wines.

sneha1965 · #12 03-03-2013, 08:19 PM

Not after drinking more expensive wines. :^)

Ziltoid · #13 03-03-2013, 08:31 PM

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Not after drinking more expensive wines. :^)

Maybe, I had a few more expensive ones and I was not impressed, although they were French ones and imo. French wines tend to be very overpriced.

The main difference was the look, the wine was very pretty to the sight, not much better if any to the taste buds.

ymmv ofc.

sneha1965 · #14 03-03-2013, 08:44 PM

It's tough. I don't necessarily want to develop too expensive a taste but I can taste a big difference between a Bottle of Ravenswood Zin as opposed to say The Federalist Zin. One's about $15 and the other is around $22. In this case The Federalist is worth the $22 over the Ravenswood. I would prefer to drink Caymus Zin which is around $60 a bottle where I live but it's not not worth developing an squired taste for it where I'm concerned because a $60 bottle of wine would only be for a very special occasion.

Damn auto correct!

Crystalman85 · #15 03-03-2013, 08:57 PM

I'm a wine drinker. I like drinking red wines. I like drinking sangria, merlot, burgundy, and delicious red from peter vella. while some of my friends drink beer, long island iced teas, and shots of jagermister, I drink red wine.

Staredge · #16 03-03-2013, 09:03 PM

Plenty of good local vineyards in the NoVa area. Try local.....there's some pretty good stuff out there. I don't get into the expensive stuff. Just find what I like and drink it.

jrthebassguy · #17 03-03-2013, 10:04 PM

As far as mainstream wines go, I actually quite enjoy Francis Ford Coppola's wines. Their pinot has become kind of my go-to, actually.

I'm not sure how widely available it is out of state, but Texas wines, while not necessarily the most refined, have excellent bang for the buck. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_wine

That all being said...I'm a beer snob, a whisky/whiskey snob, but with wine I'm a bit of a noob still.

Tituscrow · #18 03-04-2013, 12:06 AM

Reds for me all the way. Casillero Del Diablo or Koonunga Hill cab or merlot.

Haven't drunk beer in the house for years.

Ziltoid · #19 03-04-2013, 12:14 AM

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Reds for me all the way. Casillero Del Diablo or Koonunga Hill cab or merlot.

Haven't drunk beer in the house for years.

Can't go wrong with a Casillero Del Diablo! My "go-to" reds lately have been from the following wineries: Jacob's Creek, Windham Estate and Las Moras.

line6man · #20 03-04-2013, 12:30 AM

The thing about wine is that I don't know very much, and it is too expensive to figure out what I like. With beer, I can try many brews, and rarely have to spend more than $10 on a bottle. Wine, on the other hand, sets me back $20 to $100 a bottle. I guess I need to start going to wine tasting events.

The last bottle I had was called "Cigar Zin."

The only thing I can really say about my taste in wine is that I like reds, and don't like them too sweet or too dry.