What's your favorite wine?
 

A couple of weeks ago I tried La Poja and absolutely fell in love with it. I think it is definately my new favorite. I've always loved Barolo, Amarone and other northern Italian wines as well.

http://www.winebow.com/wine_det.asp?ID=204

What's your favorite?

Boones

Classy. You must do well with the chicks.

Woodbridge.

LOL. Well, it could have been worse. He could have said CISCO.

Llano Blush

Thunderbird :thumbsup

OH NO! Visions of drunken college debauchery come to mind when I heard that.... :( :thumbsup

I had a bottle of Petaluma sent to me recently. It was some nice wine.

www.petaluma.com.au

good one :)

Call me a wino if you wish but Strawberry Hill still rules!!!! :thumbsup

Under 15.00 a bottle

Toasted Head merlot (if you can find it)

Over 15.00 a bottle

hmmm now thats a tough one

Fi9ne, send me a bottle
;-))

My favorite of all time is...
Coppola Merlot, 2001

NOTHING has better ROI and bang for a buck
;-)))

and WHO made u a coppola junkie

hehehehehe
:Graucho

You see, this is why I asked the question. I'm looking to broaden my knowledge. This one is now on my list to try.,

Boones, Nighttrain, Mad Dog 20/20.

The good ole days.

For Barolo or Anything Italiano

the BEST is Gaja

Hands Down

here is a short list of some verry good wines all below 20.00 a bottle

i posted this in another thread a while back so dont mind the copy and paste

Parducci Cab/Merlot and Zin

Toasted head Merlot

Gallo of Sonoma Cabernet

San Fabiano 1999 Chianti or '00

De Loach 1999 California Zinfandel

Jacobs Creek Shiraz

Robert Mondavi Woodbridge Cabernet Sauvignon

Concha Y Toro Casillero del Diablo Cabernet Sauvignon

Fetzer Barrel Select Zinfandel

Ridge Sonoma County Zinfandel

Healdsburg Viticultural Society Mourvedre

Ferrari-Carano Cabernet Sauvignon

here is a sample of prices for this one..
Wine Stores : - $15
Costco: - $14
I bought 2 cases in NJ for 11 per...

VERY IMPORTANT:

AVOID 2000, 2001 ONLY is THAT good

rick

you should drive over from tampa for one of our dinners

Me Serge LL MikeW

We have a great time and explore new wines


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andwe have been talking about a road trip to my favorite wine spot of all times

Berns

http://www.bernssteakhouse.com/bs_frame.htm

Best of the Best!

and a wine bible!!!!!

ditto, you have my open invitation...

cheap, right outta a box

Just found this on Berns list

2438 Cardinale 1995, Meritage, Alexander Valley

OMFG Mothers milk

also IF you can find it ( and I KNOW u can afford it rick)

Matanzas Creek Merlot

'91-95

rivals almost anything out there

opus 1 and cakebread cellars cab are my faves

Cardinale has been added to my wish list. :) The '91-95 will be very tough to find.

I love this wine

http://www.yellowtailwine.com/shiraz.html

It tastes great and has a great price.

All people know that the best wine is the spanish wine

Sterling Merlot. I'm usually a Cabernet Fan, however this merlot is Fab. Best vinyard in the Napa valley in my opinion as well.

Best reasonable Chardonay for a dinner party (hence buying in volume...at least at my dinner parties)
Clos du Bois

Far Niente Cab 1997

http://www.farniente.com/WebFarNient...nImageResource


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KMAN!

comes thru with a good one!!!

cakebread ROCKS!

IM not a major fan of Opus though

dont get me wrong its a verry good wine BUT for the price there are sooo many better wines out there

Mondavi was a genious to get the french in on that deal

The guy almost single handedly created the american wine market from what was mostly Jug wines in the 60's and 70's

I was lucky enough to work for them for a short time in napa

GREAT FAMILY !!!!

Chateu neuf du pap
Nui St George
:thumbsup Good stuff!

I know a couple of people that love this wine.

yes...to clean your drainage pipe
;-)))

im just geting into wine

i have tried some Rieslings, and kwertztraminer (sp)

in a zero or at most a one.

i want to get into red wines..but i dont like oaky types

Never tried it myself but this wine is legendary in Australia.

http://www.penfolds.com.au/Grange/images/grange.jpg

http://www.penfolds.com.au/Grange/grange.html

I have 2 bottle of the matanzas creek merlot left

one is the '93

other is the '95

last time i was at the vineyard they beged me for the '93 cause they have NO MORE even in their private stock

I know the owners as i lived 1/4 mile from the vineyard for 2 years and was there daily

:Graucho

wooooohooooo

Rocki pulls another of my favorite

They throw GREAT BBQ's and parties at the vineyard

the place is amazzzing

I Miss liveing in Sonoma

Anything Red and Dry.

for champaign - veuve cliquot ... the price is great, and and the quality and flavor really doesn't get better - even if yo move up to bottles that are vastly more expensive.

for red and white - the chateaunuff du pape region produces several amazing cabernets and chardonnais

Penfolds is an exceptionl aussie vineyard with a ton of old vine

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I can talk wine for days and days

afetr all im a Wino Wanna Be

Forest, you clearly know what you are talking about so I have a question. Sometimes when I am in Europe they have "organic" wines on the menu that are usually red and served cold. They are always awesome. What makes them organic and why are they served cold?

You can't beat a Borolo.. Well if you like a heavy wine which we do here. Montreal is amazing for wine.. Most SAQ signature stores(high end liquer stores) have Borolo only sections.. Italians definitely dominate the wine scene but I have to say the taste of good Hermitage wines are always intriguing.. So unique of a flavour it is nice and different..

I have actually had one 'good' californian wine.. Great taste, but the body was lacking, as it is with all wines except for Italians in my opinion...

now now serge

some great rioja's come from spain

good everyday drinking wines

Ill bring you some when i get home

:thumbsup

I don't drink wine.

Organic is Big over here and becoming bigger in the states
No man made chemicals used as pesticides or fertilizers

all natural ggrowing conditions

AND ALL red wine is supposed to be servered at CELLAR TEMP!


NOT room temp

Proper Cellar temp is 58-60f MAX!

give the wine room to open up and expand as it warms

If you open a bottle at room temp its got no were to expand and develp

americans tend to bruatlise their wines and we also tend to drink them way to young

its tough to compare any wines with BIG REDS in italy

the vine is soo old and the grape so strong

the BIGGEST wines in the world are italian

IMHO

best wine I've ever tasted:

Chateau Margaux 2000

http://store4.yimg.com/I/randalls_1765_34297110

pricey (450$) but worth it for a special moment:thumbsup

I still have around 24 bottles of the 1998 in my cellar and ALOT more... My cellar is worth more than my whole house.

Heh, my GF and I love to go downtown to the main Signature store and stare at the bottles of '99 Chateau Haut-Brion .. One day when I have enough money to justify spending 900.00 for a regular bottle we are going to get one..


What kind of Decanters/glasses do you guys have?
I have two decanters, the crowd favorite is the Vinum Extreme(I imagine we all know what that looks like), however it isn't as efficient as my magnum decanter
(the one on the far right)
http://www.riedelcrystal.com/library.../Decanters.jpg

As for glasses I tote the complete Riedel red wine set.. What really surprises me is when I run into people that 'love' wine but don't have the proper glassware for it.. Kind of like Beckham wearing cross trainers in a game in my mind.. Most people fail to realise how different and enhanced wine tastes when drank with the proper glass. Hell Riedel even makes special juice glasses which enhance the flavour of juice.. Most people would say 'yea right' which is what I said when talking with the representative at my old cellar design store, but after spending the bucks on the set and then doing a taste test and comparing the same wine, with and without decanting, and then with my old glasses compared to the Riedels you realise how much of a huge difference those glasses make..