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Fine wines, what's yours?

Down your game with bum wine.

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I enjoy many varieties of wine, especially reds. Delicious wine can be had for $10-20 a bottle once you know what you like. I'm definitely not a wine snob. I just like the stuff.

Except Cabernet Sauvignon. Do. NOT. LIKE. :x
 
I'm no wine connoisseur or wine snob, usually pretty happy with a good cab or zin. One of the best wines I had was a cab franc from Del Dotto, can't remember the year, but it blew my taste buds away.
 
I've been on a barbera d'asti kick recently. I bought a great bottle at Rainbow recently for a mere $11.00.

I have another bottle from whole paycheck sitting at home but I am waiting to open that until later this week. :)
 
In my experience in wine country, those who like the 2 buck chuck are far better off then those who like the premium expensive wines. They can enjoy it more, they don't feel bad wasting a bottle, and the taste isn't going to change much year to year. If someone makes a million cases of wine, they're going to want to sell a million cases every year, and if they play with the flavors too much, suddenly they can't sell that much and lose business, so they work really hard on making the wine taste the same year to year.

That being said, for me, my average bottle cost is 10-30 bux depending on varietal. I am just as happy with a 9 dollar bottle of Sin Zin, as I am with a 30 dollar bottle of Vino de Casa or something a little fancier. I refuse to spend more then 40 bux on a bottle of wine no matter what it is, because I know where I can find the same thing, for cheaper. It's not about what's on the label, but what's in the bottle.
 
Heitz Trailside CS
Ridge Montebello CS
Savannah Chanelle Cab Franc
 
i_am_the_koi said:
In my experience in wine country, those who like the 2 buck chuck are far better off then those who like the premium expensive wines. They can enjoy it more, they don't feel bad wasting a bottle, and the taste isn't going to change much year to year. If someone makes a million cases of wine, they're going to want to sell a million cases every year, and if they play with the flavors too much, suddenly they can't sell that much and lose business, so they work really hard on making the wine taste the same year to year.

That being said, for me, my average bottle cost is 10-30 bux depending on varietal. I am just as happy with a 9 dollar bottle of Sin Zin, as I am with a 30 dollar bottle of Vino de Casa or something a little fancier. I refuse to spend more then 40 bux on a bottle of wine no matter what it is, because I know where I can find the same thing, for cheaper. It's not about what's on the label, but what's in the bottle.
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I was mighty tempted by a bottle of $42 Amarone recently. :drool

You know one variety I rather like? Cherry Pie's Pinot Noir. Very drinkable. :staRang
 
sfcootz said:
I was mighty tempted by a bottle of $42 Amarone recently. :drool

You know one variety I rather like? Pinot Noir. Very drinkable. :staRang
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FTFY :laughing

Pinot's are really good, if you ever come visit the Valley let me know, I'll point you to some excellent places for Pinot :thumbup
 
sckego said:
Savannah Chanelle Cab Franc
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Yes - very hard to get a bottle though - this bottle made me fall for Savannah
Testarossa's Chardonnays

I am on both sides of the fence when it comes to wine. An amazing bottle is not lost on me... It'll be hard to pry out the name of some of my non-distributed wines as I would like them to stay that way :laughing

My "cellar" ranges from $6 bottles to a few hundred (luckily my MiL is a HUGE wine drinker and gives us free bottles all of the time (she overfills her real wine cellar all of the time))

I just picked up a few cases of Pinot Noir a few weekends ago that needed to settle from the trip and is just now starting to really open up. :drool
 
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*Pulls out bottle of wine in Texas: "Why, this wine is made in California. Get a rope..!" :laughing
 
not sure I like 'fine wines', but yeah I down a glass or two.

don't drink it as much as I used to (been on a beer kick for a while now). we get some from wineries, but mostly now we stock up at the local. the $10 - $25 range suits us just fine.

We have stayed away from Napa for a while. too crowded and expensive. if we go out, it's usually to Livermore.

My wife loves Pinot Noir. We typically get La Crema. It's her fave.

I prefer zins. I usually pick up Rodney Strong Knotty Vines. I also enjoy Ridge or Green and Red if I want to spend a little more. If I'm lucky I'll get a Hendry, but that's hard to find.

Lots of good Cabs for my tastes. I'll like to go with Franciscan or Merryvale Starmont.
 
jt2 said:
I have to assume you just haven't met the right Cab yet. :x
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This is usually the case. Whenever someone says they can't stand _______ wines, and I am in a sarcastic mood, my response is usually "wow, I never have met someone who's had every _____ wine in the world before!?!?"...

Then explain that they probably just haven't met the right wine that meets their taste profile.
 
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