Your favourite kind of wine? mine is a nice chianti
 

Chianti classico actually...ruffino if i remember the makers name correctly.

pretty good without breaking the bank

Tequila gold > Wine.

Ice wine.

I know it makes it sound cheap, but it's the closest to "juice" tasting.

I love the French style Cali Zinfadel










ok that was a joke

i know we have some good ice wines here but i just cant get into them...im down with a bit for dessert...but i could never drink the stuff...too sweet for me

icewine??? damn I thought I was the only one who even knew that existed...

Do you know the story behind it?

chianti with fava beans

mmmmmmm

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haha nice stuff

semy dry red
boujoles (or how do they spell it? :)
bourgundy rose

There is a winery about 30ish miles from me. Oliver Winery, and I love their soft white. They have a very good blackberry as well, though I can only manage a small glass of it. It's very sweet.

Chianti Ruffino
Fetzer or Woodbridge Zinfandel

Of course, I live close to the Niagara region and used to live in the Okanagan... the two best places for Ice Wine :winkwink:

beaujolais - the first french wine every year (primeur)

carlo rossi pisano

ah ok american ones, never even knew they made them, gotta look for them here, theyre weddingwines - thats the story in case you didnt know - the couple drinks the wine on their wedding, its the best of the best kept, plucked frozen. There are lotsa here, we had one 2 weeks ago still got the bottle, only one who got 6 nominations it was amazing, around 100 bucks for a small bottle.

here you go it got that many medals they had to put the last one on the back of the bottle

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Stage 1 - SMART
This is when you suddenly become an expert on every subject in the known Universe. You know you know everything and want to pass on your knowledge to anyone who will listen. At this stage you are always RIGHT. And of course the person you are talking to is very WRONG. This makes for an interesting argument when both parties are SMART.

Stage 2 - GOOD LOOKING
This is when you realize that you are the BEST LOOKING person in the entire bar and that people fancy you. You can go up to a perfect stranger knowing they fancy you and really want to talk to you. Bear in mind that you are still SMART, so you can talk to this person about any subject under the sun.

Stage 3 - RICH
This is when you suddenly become the richest person in the world. You can buy drinks for the entire bar because you have an armored truck full of money parked behind the bar. You can also make bets at this stage, because of course, you are still SMART, so naturally you win all your bets. It doesn't matter how much you bet 'cause you are RICH. You will also buy drinks for everyone that you fancy, because now you are the BEST LOOKING person in the world.

Stage 4 - BULLET PROOF
You are now ready to pick fights with anyone and everyone especially those with whom you have been betting or arguing. This is because nothing can hurt you. At this point you can also go up to the partners of the people who you fancy and challenge to a battle of wits or money. You have no fear of losing this battle because you are SMART, you are RICH and hell, you're BETTER LOOKING than they are anyway!

Stage 5 - INVISIBLE
This is the Final Stage of Drunkenness. At this point you can do anything because NO ONE CAN SEE YOU. You dance on a table to impress the people who you fancy because the rest of the people in the room cannot see you. You are also invisible to the person who wants to fight you. You can walk through the street singing at the top of your lungs because no one can see or hear you and because you're still SMART you know all the words.

im going to try and find that...maybe drink it this weekend

Man you guys really want to learn about wine you should let Serge teach you, he is a master check it out www.talkwine.com

yeah, and the way we meet newcomers is:

SHOW US YOUR.......BOTTLES
:)

red red wine in a nice cab

they produce a very small amount of bottles only, ill look if I can find it

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thats the one

I was clubbing last weekend with some of my friends.. all of a sudden one of them looks in the mirror and says: "Damn, I'm actually pretty hot!"

That was hilarious :1orglaugh

I'm all about Australian and Argentine red's right now.

im still small fry to you..i dont have my own wine cellar...more like a rack that holds about twenty bottles..lol

same here uh 50 or so and always half empty lol

I just spend 200 on a XOII cognac so have to go easy a bit :)

I love ice wine too, what i've learned from my tours is that the grape is picked very early in the morning while it is somewhat frozen. It was really cool to see the entire process.

chianti everytime :)

it is yes, they keep a certain amount of grapes, lotsa sugar in it and pick them frozen, thats why their so sweet and syrup alike, lotsa quality difference though, some have an acid aftertaste, the good ones dont, here they differ from 10 to bout a 100 bucks a bottle, 375ml (half a reg bottle)

plus I like the whole wedding idea behind it, makes it a bit special like Sambucco with a burnin coffeebean etc, nice for a special night :)

This wine is pretty good, one of my favorites:

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What was the name of that ice wine you served at your house , Serge? it was incredible

i gotta say i have a couple different ones.

over all i would say toscano. with some merlot's and pinot grigio closely there after.

i prefer shiraz and pinot noir. the 15-20 dollar a bottle kind.

and there is a wine that aimee sweet and aria giovanni turned me on to, called

Chateauneuf Du Pape

its freaking awesome. perfect for the whole guy girl date thing and valentines and all that.

heres a link to the info
http://www.foodreference.com/html/artchateauneuf.html

is ice wine like a sauterne? I love the sweet stuff. a sauterne is made from grapes that get a fungus i thought. could be wrong. just know I like it.

Im a big fan of Chateauneuf and indeed most good Rhones. Also, Nuits Saint Georges is a majestic wine (usually).

Rioja, spain

I like wines that are at least a 2 - Reislings, Gwerts, things like that.

that is h ow i started in wine drinking

you might like a nice italian chianti...no oakey taste and it is very smooth

Mad Dog 20/20

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Wine
 

The best wine in the world comes from France
I keep around 1000 bottles which i replenish monthly as drink it.
IMHO the best wine is;
Chateau Mouton Rothchild 1961 an absolutely amazing wine for around $1200.00 a bottle wholesale.
My second choice and slightly more affordable is Lynch Bages 1983 at around $240.00 a bottle wholesale and is drinking well at this time.
Third choice is Chateau Lator 83 at around $340-$480 a bottle wholesale its a mid prices wine that tastes divine. Remember if you get these in a restaurant they will double the price so always go to a wholesale outlet. The best i know are in LA.

If it a good everyday drinking wine you want try any of the following Merlot:

Columbia Crest Californian $6.00 at Henrys ( Bonies )
Mouton Cadet French $5.99 at Henrys $8.99 at Vons
La Bicyclette $8.99 at Vons Price goes as low as $6.99 and as high as $12.99 so pick the time to buy this and by a dozen bottles!!!

I don't drink white wine so all the above are red, the only exception is the Mouton Cadet which is also available in a great white wine that tastes good as a summer drink with salad or white meat and fish. Although i do not follow the old rule of drinking white wine with white meats, i believe you should drink what ever you like as long as it goes with your meal.

There is no point is spending our thousands of $$$$ if you don't like the taste of these expensive wines. Try the local wines from Henrys and Vons and see if they are to your taste before spending out the big bucks.
:2 cents:

Mad Dog 20/20 <------The newer the better

A man after my own heart and with excellent taste See above post :thumbsup

And look at all the new flavors :1orglaugh

my mouth is watering .........when is lunch! :)

Hahahaha. Excellent!

Brandon is that you ? need some pigs feet to go with that wine?

Barbera and Chianti.
I love all wines from the North of Italy. In the South the quality is not so good actually.

I'm a fan of Barolo's, Carmenere's... .Big big big reds.

Rioja...

Here in Spain it is hard to find anything but Spanish wines, so I mostly drink stuff from Rioja, Campo Viejo Gran Reserva is pretty good and reasonably priced

95 Brunello is pretty damn good.

89 Chateau Musar from Lebanon is a big fave(or older, or even up to 94).