Which wines do you prefer?

[Buckeyebowman]

On 12/14/2016 at 10:04 PM, Gator Hazard said:

Agreed. Lots of great wine coming out of South America for some time now. About five years ago my wife and I stayed at Portifino Universal and had dinner at Brio. Most of the wines were overpriced crap you can buy in your grocery store aisle but I was willing to try the second cheapest bottle on the list because it was from Argentina. It was a bottle of Kaiken Malbec and it was phenomenal (I am far from a conossieur-hell can't even spell it right). After a glass I started talking with the waiter about it and how it tasted good, that I had heard South American wines were on the rise and all of a sudden the guy brightened up and started telling me all about it and the region. How he thought it was one of the best wines on the list regardless of price. It was funny, like we knew a secret other diners did not or something. 

It's also interesting that many of those fantastic South American wines were made by California winemakers! Or at least by wineries who contracted Cali winemakers to come down and consult! Our Winter is their Summer, therefore our Spring is their harvest time! Nice opportunity for a double paycheck. And it pays off for us wine drinkers!

[Rainmaker]

I used to be a somewhat of a wine collector . .at one point I had around 400 bottles or so.  I've tried a bit of everything, I suppose - from Australia, New Zealand, South America, Europe, USA, South Africa, etc.  What I like are, first and foremost, cool climate wines..or at least not hot . .so I tend not to like red wines from South America, Australia, much of the US, etc. Second, I like under-rated, under-appreciated  . .uhmm . .cheap wines.  With lots of acidity, red fruit, minerality . .all that good stuff.  Some of my favorite reds are Chinon, Bourgoils, Sonoma Zinfandel, Rhone valley wines, German Riesling,  Barbera, Barbaresco, white Burgundies . .

pretty much anything as long as it *doesn't* taste like, for reds: Oak, Plums, Stewed Fruits or, for whites: Butter, Pineapple.  Tar, leather, minerals, stones, cherries, tobacco, dirt, limestone, whatever else people want to claim . .all good with me.  I once had a California Pinot that tasted like Dr Pepper . .that was odd, lol.  

[Elrey Desol]

On 12/17/2016 at 0:36 AM, Rainmaker said:

I used to be a somewhat of a wine collector . .at one point I had around 400 bottles or so.  I've tried a bit of everything, I suppose - from Australia, New Zealand, South America, Europe, USA, South Africa, etc.  What I like are, first and foremost, cool climate wines..or at least not hot . .so I tend not to like red wines from South America, Australia, much of the US, etc. Second, I like under-rated, under-appreciated  . .uhmm . .cheap wines.  With lots of acidity, red fruit, minerality . .all that good stuff.  Some of my favorite reds are Chinon, Bourgoils, Sonoma Zinfandel, Rhone valley wines, German Riesling,  Barbera, Barbaresco, white Burgundies . .

pretty much anything as long as it *doesn't* taste like, for reds: Oak, Plums, Stewed Fruits or, for whites: Butter, Pineapple.  Tar, leather, minerals, stones, cherries, tobacco, dirt, limestone, whatever else people want to claim . .all good with me.  I once had a California Pinot that tasted like Dr Pepper . .that was odd, lol.  

i've had a couple of RRV Pinots that definitely exhibit a "cola" component. typically coming from producers that make a bigger style of PN, and who source from the warmer parts of that AVA. 

[jsgolfer]

I'm not a big Merlot fan, Cabernet's are my thing, but this may be the best Merlot I have ever had.  I liked it so much that I bought a case of it.  Best part was that my F&B Manager at the club got me the case for half off.  

http://www.wagnerfamilyofwine.com/product?productid=D30F8864-7412-434E-837D-8D760DC25C71

 

[Wanzo]

I'm not a wine guy, my wife and our good friends love it and I'm the guy drinking light beer when they are having wine....they typically drink cab and their go-to wines are Simi and Caymus.

[Braivo]

I drink Cabernet out of a box. I live alone so no worries about the wine going flat overnight. Classy, I know. 

[Elrey Desol]

On 1/11/2017 at 6:44 AM, Braivo said:

I drink Cabernet out of a box. I live alone so no worries about the wine going flat overnight. Classy, I know. 

of course it depends on the producer, but most of your "bigger" reds (i.e. Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petite Sirah, Syrah, Mourvedre, Rhone Blends) will keep for at least two days after pulling the cork/screwcap. if you've got a 1/2 bottle left, just re-cork and throw it in the fridge overnight....should be fine the next day, and sometimes even better than Day 1.

[Yukari]

22 hours ago, Elrey Desol said:

of course it depends on the producer, but most of your "bigger" reds (i.e. Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petite Sirah, Syrah, Mourvedre, Rhone Blends) will keep for at least two days after pulling the cork/screwcap. if you've got a 1/2 bottle left, just re-cork and throw it in the fridge overnight....should be fine the next day, and sometimes even better than Day 1.

Yup.  A little decanting does wonders to the taste.