What is Your Favorite Wine?

"You misquote me all the time!"
You've got to say it with your nose wrinkled and with a high nasal tone of voice.

Oh, wait, I thought you said "whine."

Dagnammit, you beat me to it!!

I never pay attention to wine names but I prefer it with lemonade in it.
Its too strong otherwise.It is also one of 2 drinks that make me pukey if I have too much(the other being vodka, obviously)



Never mind.

My absolute favorite is Santa Margarita Pinot Gregio but a close second is Bella Sera Pinot Gregio.

Bella Dea wrote:

My absolute favorite is Santa Margarita Pinot Gregio but a close second is Bella Sera Pinot Gregio.

I used to drink SM PG regularly. It's gotten pretty pricey. Now I drink a couple different mid-range ($10 -$12) that I get from Trader Joes.

My new favorite wine is the Alexander Valley Vineyards cabernet sauvignon (2003) that O'Bill provided at the A2K greet in Chicago. The winoisseurs all loved it and those who don't normally drink wine thought it was good.

Thanks Bill will do.... we are going to try a Williamette Valley Oregon Pinot Noir next, I've been told by many that the Oregon Pinots are outstanding.

Believe it or not, just for sipping by itself I've enjoyed the Yellow Tail Shiraz-Cab. I really like Shiraz although I tried the Barefoot, usually a real good everyday wine IMO, (although for everyday wine from the market I don't think you can beat Yellow Tail) and did not like it. Found it thin and acidic.

It ended up dressing up some red pasta sauce and in that context performed very nicely.

blueveinedthrobber wrote:

Thanks Bill will do.... we are going to try a Williamette Valley Oregon Pinot Noir next, I've been told by many that the Oregon Pinots are outstanding.

Believe it or not, just for sipping by itself I've enjoyed the Yellow Tail Shiraz-Cab. I really like Shiraz although I tried the Barefoot, usually a real good everyday wine IMO, (although for everyday wine from the market I don't think you can beat Yellow Tail) and did not like it. Found it thin and acidic.

It ended up dressing up some red pasta sauce and in that context performed very nicely.

Yellow Tail is the rage in low end taverns because of it's consistency. I've become to spoiled for it myself, so be careful.

Oregon is indeed where most of the best Pinots are coming from these days... but that may be do to the fact that most of California's are already sold out... on account of that idiotic movie that glorified them (Sideways). Meanwhile, Merlots have suffered greatly from the slamming they got because nobody seems to have gotten the inside joke of the movie. The truly precious wine dude raved about and drank at the end of the film out of a paper cup was none other than a rare, peaking, Merlot. People are funny.

I don't care for Pinots or Zins myself. Good ones are few, far between, too expensive and could never stand up to decent cab half it's price for my taste.

Weighing all the factors that must be considered, who's making California's best Merlots? Currently, only a handful of wineries are turning out Merlot on a scale to compete with the finest wines of the world - merlot-based or otherwise. At the top of their game are such wineries as Beringer, Cafaro, Chateau St. Jean, Duckhorn, Groth, Paul Hobbs, Gary Farrell, Pride Mountain and St. Francis, each of which consistently crafts Merlot of the highest quality. (And while provenance prohibits the inclusion of Washington State's Leonetti Cellar in this article, Gary Figgins may be making the most astounding Merlot that America has to offer; see "Washington Merlot" box on previous page.)

Close behind the top tier are more than a dozen or so producers who are equally committed to the varietal and whose wines are showing remarkable character and breed. Generally, top-flight Merlots are not inexpensive (with the notable exception of Carneros bottlings from Keenan, Havens and Ravenswood); one should expect to pay upward of $100 for bellwether bottlings from standard bearers such as Duckhorn and St. Jean.

http://www.thewinenews.com/junjul02/cover.html

Can you make a recommendation that won't break the bank?