What's your favorite wine?

[kc7jty]

Left bank Cabernet Sauvignon based Bordeaux for me but I also like:
Mosel Riesling
Argentinian Malbec
Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon
Californian Cabernet Sauvignon
Californian old vine Zinfandel
Rhone (red or white)
Pinot Noir (either Burgundy or from just about
anywhere except Australia
Chianti/Sangiovese
et al

I ain't drinking no ####ing Merlot!

Ain't nothing like the taste of a good Cabernet with a char grilled RARE steak. yum

[AB1FV]

I don't know what my favorite wine is, however, "I will drink no wine....before its time!" http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[KC9IBN]

The kind you make yourself!

[W3MIV]

My favorite whine is:

"When are they gonna get rid of coooooooooooooooooode testing."





couldn't resist; it's bigger than I am....

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[KW4MW]

There used to be a little cafe in Sausalito CA (across the bay from San Fransisco) #It was a hippy naturals foods place that had a wine menu which read like this:

WINE

1. #Red #
2. #White

Please order by number.



I would order the alfafa and tofu burger with #2. # http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[k4kyv]

For ordinary red table wine we buy Franzia Chianti in a 5-litre box. It doesn't go bad like what's left over in an opened bottle. Costs the equivalent of about $2.50 per 750ML, the contents of an ordinary bottle. This is less than half the cost of the cheapest bottle stuff they sell around here. It tastes better than some of the $10/bottle variety.

For special occasions, we buy bottled wine... usually something more exotic than Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir or Shiraz.

I generally prefer red, regardless of the food that goes with it, although I do partake of white on some occasions.

[AE6IP]

two-buck chuck rules.

[W0LPQ]

Boone's Farm or some of Fred Sanfords Ripple..!

Prefer Scotch..

[wa6ccw]

Quote[/b] (W0LPQ @ Aug. 05 2006,22:44)]Boone's Farm or some of Fred Sanfords Ripple..!
Ah, but lest we forget Fred's greatest creation:

"Champipple".

[wa6ccw]

Quote[/b] (kc7jty @ Aug. 05 2006,14:04)]Left bank Cabernet Sauvignon based Bordeaux for me but I also like:
# # # # # # #Mosel Riesling
# # # # # # #Argentinian Malbec
# # # # # # #Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon
# # # # # # #Californian Cabernet Sauvignon
# # # # # # #Californian old vine Zinfandel
# # # # # # #Rhone (red or white)
# # # # # # #Pinot Noir (either Burgundy or from just about
# # # # # # #anywhere except Australia
# # # # # # #Chianti/Sangiovese
# # # # # # #et al

I ain't drinking no ####ing Merlot!

Ain't nothing like the taste of a good Cabernet with a char grilled RARE steak. yum
Roger-that!

I have given Merlot the opportunity to impress the taste buds on many an occasion.... all to no avail.

Anyway...

Red - Pinot Noir.

White - Chardonney (Kendall Jackson, usually).

[wa6ccw]

Quote[/b] (W0LPQ @ Aug. 05 2006,22:44)]Prefer Scotch..
Ya-know...

Scotch is starting to grow on me (thanks Dad).

Anyway (maybe we should start a Scotch thread, but) what is your favorite brand there?

[W0LPQ]

CCW: I had forgotten that Fred line..! A bunch of us in Cedar Rapids in the 60's on 28.6 used to toss a bunch of his lines back and forth..! (lines from his records, long before his TV show!) Was a lot of fun in those days.

Dewars, JW Black, Passport ...

Bill, W0LPQ

[kc7jty]

Quote[/b] (W0LPQ @ Aug. 04 2006,09:44)]Prefer Scotch..
Scotch wine!!?? tell me more.

[KC0TLH]

TTO TO DRU UU NK TOO REMBER;)

[W3MIV]

If you like the Riesling grape, Willy, you should see if you can find any of the mid-German Sylvaners and give them a try.

Of course, SD is not going to be the best place to find a Randersacker Teufelskeller or Wuerzburger Marienburg, but the reward for the fortunate is a fine, semi-dry white with a subtle nose and a wonderfully earthy bite.

The traditional flagon used to bottle these tender delicacies is called a "Bocksbeutel" due to its characteristic shape. Takes its name from a certain item of a ram's anatomy.

Alas, like most whites, they won't hold up for too many years, so are best drunk young.

[KW4MW]

Connoiseur's Tip of the Day:

Pennzoil Antifreeze, properly filtered though a stale loaf of bread may be enjoyed
at room temperature but Aqua Velva should always be served "on the rocks".

[WA5VQM]

MD 20-20 with a Thunderbird chaser.

[K1OU]

Quote[/b] (kc7jty @ Aug. 05 2006,00:04)]Left bank Cabernet Sauvignon based Bordeaux for me but I also like:
# # # # # # #Mosel Riesling
# # # # # # #Argentinian Malbec
# # # # # # #Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon
# # # # # # #Californian Cabernet Sauvignon
# # # # # # #Californian old vine Zinfandel
# # # # # # #Rhone (red or white)
# # # # # # #Pinot Noir (either Burgundy or from just about
# # # # # # #anywhere except Australia
# # # # # # #Chianti/Sangiovese
# # # # # # #et al

I ain't drinking no ####ing Merlot!

Ain't nothing like the taste of a good Cabernet with a char grilled RARE steak. yum
Thanks for the "Sideways" reference! Great movie!

[K7KBN]

"I do not drink...wine." ...Count Whatzizface

[G4ZMY]

Quote[/b] (k4kyv @ Aug. 05 2006,07:32)]For ordinary red table wine we buy Franzia Chianti in a 5-litre box. #It doesn't go bad like what's left over in an opened bottle. #Costs the equivalent of about $2.50 per 750ML, the contents of an ordinary bottle. #This is less than half the cost of the cheapest bottle stuff they sell around here. #It tastes better than some of the $10/bottle variety.

For special occasions, we buy bottled wine... usually something more exotic than Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir or Shiraz.

I generally prefer red, regardless of the food that goes with it, although I do partake of white on some occasions.
We have 3 litre wineboxes here. cheapo chilean cab sav about £11.85 ($22.60). 'fraid to say, I rather enjoy.
Other favourites are other 'new world' reds, Chianti & Valpolicella.(think i spelt it right hic hic). Hardly ever drink white
Oh, I suppose I better give you guys a mention, b4 you all descend on me n have a whine. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
Californian reds are quite ok for drinking on their own, but personally don't I don't rate them with grub (food to you then).
cheers
andy

[w4rot]

http://www.tvacres.com/images/justin_wilson.jpg

Da right wine is da wine you like!
Cheap Red here,
rot

[N3ATS]

Bacardi. Oh, that's rum.

[kc7jty]

Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ Aug. 05 2006,05:57)]you should see if you can find any of the mid-German Sylvaners and give them a try.

Of course, SD is not going to be the best place to find a Randersacker Teufelskeller or Wuerzburger Marienburg, but the reward for the fortunate is a fine, semi-dry white with a subtle nose and a wonderfully earthy bite.
Sounds good to me. What is the price range on these, about $30/btl?

[kc7jty]

Quote[/b] (G4ZMY @ Aug. 05 2006,10:26)]Californian reds are quite ok for drinking on their own, but personally don't I don't rate them with grub (food to you then).
cheers
andy
...............?
#Gotta have grub, chow, food with a big, full bodied California red. An old vine Zin with a rib steak done rare just off the mesquite coals, EV olive oil & vinegar dressed crunchy Romaine salad, & some crusty French or Italian bread followed by a snifter of armanac is one of the things that makes this crazy life worthwhile.

[W2LYS]

Beer. Cold.

[W3MIV]

Hold the Armagnac, Wilhelm, and substitute a good Calvados. But one should indulge in a sweet before cleansing the palate with such a dry finery. For a real treat, try to find a Hungarian Tokaji Aszu, say a 5 Puttonos, to put the cap on a good feed.

As to your question, somewhat above, I have no idea about the current pricing of a good to excellent Franconian; I should think somewhere in the $15 to upper twenties for good, and more than $30 likely for an Auslese or Spaetlese. Alas, it is too hard to find them outside of the big cities (NY, DC, etc), a venue I tend to avoid when at all possible.

And with me everything is possible.

[N2RJ]

I guess I'm boring. I'll settle for white zinfandel.

I also like shiraz rose (australian).

[N4AUD]

I buy California wines, zinfandels, rose, or whatever looks interesting.
I buy table wine in boxes as someone mentioned earlier, too. The wine experts are probably groaning, but I don't care.
I make wine myself, but I don't know anything about French wines or anything that costs very much. I have 4 gallons of wild blackberry wine happily bubling along in a fermenter as I type this. I've been known to make wine from Welch's Frozen Concord Grape Concentrate as well. It's pretty good, actually. You can't use the bottled stuff because it has preservatives in it to keep if from fermenting on the shelves and getting people drunk.
A winery has opened here in my hometown called
Mountain Rose Vineyard (http://www.mountainrosevineyard.com/)
and I plan on going out there in the near future.

[ve2nsm]

I like a Bordeaux, but here we have a lot of chilean cheap wines that are pretty good, Santa Carolina for example.

Of course, a good bottle of Baron Phillipe de Rotschild is always a sure bet, but when it comes to that I could also choose a spanish Riojas, Marquéz de Riscal Gran Reserva is my favorite.

[KC0W]

I really like purchasing the premium stuff. Here are a few of my favorites:

1. Mad Dog 20/20
2. Ripple
3. Night Train
4. Boone's Farm

And remember, as Axel Rose stated so eloquently: "I'm on the Night Train, I love that stuff. I'm on the Night Train, I can't get enough."


Tom kcØw

[ve2nsm]

Quote[/b] (KC0W @ Aug. 06 2006,20:24)]I really like purchasing the premium stuff. Here are a few of my favorites:

1. Mad Dog 20/20
2. Ripple
3. Night Train
4. Boone's Farm

And remember, as Axel Rose stated so eloquently: "I'm on the Night Train, I love that stuff. I'm on the Night Train, I can't get enough."


Tom kcØw
OOOOOH Night train....
Nasty stuff.

When you drink a little too much of that stuff, next morning you wish the Night Train had hit you instead. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

Isn't that stuff in the same isle as Drano and liquid plummer?

[KC0W]

Nothing better than eating about a dozen White Castle "sliders" & washing them down with a jug of Night Train. Life just dosen't get any better than that.


Tom kcØw

[wa6ccw]

Quote[/b] (W0LPQ @ Aug. 06 2006,00:58)]CCW: #I had forgotten that Fred line..! #A bunch of us in Cedar Rapids in the 60's on 28.6 used to toss a bunch of his lines back and forth..! #(lines from his records, long before his TV show!) Was a lot of fun in those days.

Dewars, JW Black, Passport ...

Bill, W0LPQ
I know what you mean. Redd Foxx was great and Sanford and Son was of the best ever...

How about Cutty Sark?

[KI4BNC]

Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ Aug. 05 2006,04:44)]My favorite whine is:

"When are they gonna get rid of coooooooooooooooooode testing."





couldn't resist; it's bigger than I am....

http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
or:


"Dear God,Please make it stop"
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(complete with picture of course.)

[K0RGR]

Well, I'll tell you a true story.

When I was a young, impressionable youth, I visited the home of a well-known local cleric who served up a delicious meal to us all, including this marvelous red wine.

I was impressed with the body of the wine. It had a strong, bold flavor, but not vinegary or acidic.

I asked my host what this great table wine was, and he reached under the counter and pulled up a big jug of Red Mountain.

I have not pretended to be a wine snob since.

My favorite is Alexander Valley Chardonnay, followed by any good MoselBlumchen. But if you don't have those, Red Mountain will do just fine.

[kc7jty]

Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ Aug. 05 2006,16:34)]Hold the Armagnac, Wilhelm, and substitute a good Calvados. But one should indulge in a sweet before cleansing the palate with such a dry finery. For a real treat, try to find a Hungarian Tokaji Aszu, say a 5 Puttonos, to put the cap on a good feed.

As to your question, somewhat above, I have no idea about the current pricing of a good to excellent Franconian; I should think somewhere in the $15 to upper twenties for good, and more than $30 likely for an Auslese or Spaetlese. Alas, it is too hard to find them outside of the big cities (NY, DC, etc), a venue I tend to avoid when at all possible.

And with me everything is possible.
Albert your eye is keen and your mind sharp. In an effort to save face I will say I was thinking in Spanish when I spelled armanac without the French g. Armagnac is the wildest, most complex, alluring alcoholic drink I have yet experienced, but you now have me captivated with this Calvados.

Yes, a sweet is an indulgence, and properly placed at the end of the meal. Creme Brulee anyone? Perhaps a fine Sauterne?

I learned to drink wine with Mosel Riesling. Some of the better selections are quite devine with Auslese or Spaetlese well up on the totum pole. The taste fantastic for such enjoyment is about $30/btl these days. It has been too long since I have savored this bliss. Thanks for the mental & salivary stimulation.

[kc7jty]

Quote[/b] (KC0W @ Aug. 05 2006,18:24)]I really like purchasing the premium stuff. Here are a few of my favorites:

1. Mad Dog 20/20
2. Ripple
3. Night Train
4. Boone's Farm
What!!??.....no Richard's wild Irish rose?

[kc7jty]

Quote[/b] (K0RGR @ Aug. 05 2006,21:01)]followed by any good MoselBlumchen.
You have rung another bell. Don't forget the liebfraumilch and the maywine. I forget which one has the wormwood in it, the maywine I believe. Blue nun is another danger.

[W0LPQ]

CCW .. Cutty Sark is good stuff ... been a long time since I had any of it... not real popular here.

Bill, W0LPQ

[kc7jty]

Quote[/b] (W0LPQ @ Aug. 06 2006,05:13)]CCW .. Cutty Sark is good stuff ... been a long time since I had any of it... not real popular here.

Bill, W0LPQ
Cutty Sark and Justerini & Brooks are just bar whisky.

[W3MIV]

Not much for Scotch, but on those few occasions I may drink Ambassador. The quarter-century stuff or nothing.

If you like it cold, keep it in the 'fridge. Don't insult it with an iceberg.

[ve2nsm]

And Bacardi is not rhum, it's alcool with flavor... YUK http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[kc0vuv]

look at your local vinyards...even in nebraska we have many vinters that have awsome wines

[W3MIV]

Quote[/b] (kc0vuv @ Aug. 07 2006,16:17)]look at your local vinyards...even in nebraska we have many vinters that have awsome wines
I have seen frightening wines here, too.

[ka0gkt]

Then there's the latest New York Wine

"Miami, you never take me to Miami!" http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

73 DE KAØGKT/7

--Steve

[kc7jty]

Quote[/b] (kc0vuv @ Aug. 06 2006,14:17)]look at your local vinyards...even in nebraska we have many vinters that have awsome wines
Like what?
#Cornhusker Reserve? Cowpie Dingleberry wine? Cuvee Flatlander? Born Again blush? Omahaha Crianza? Speeding Ticket bubbly?

[N7CPC]

I wanna go to Miami! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[kf6rdn]

Quote[/b] (W2LYS @ Aug. 06 2006,12:01)]Beer. Cold.
I'll second that, and add:

beer to drink, a light beer, cold.

Beer to enjoy, a good stout, ale etc barely chilled.

Not big on the rotted grapes, White zin.. Sometimes nice if I want something lighter then beer.

[kc0vuv]

Quote[/b] (kc7jty @ Aug. 07 2006,23:58)]Quote[/b] (kc0vuv @ Aug. 06 2006,14:17)]look at your local vinyards...even in nebraska we have many vinters that have awsome wines
Like what?
#Cornhusker Reserve? Cowpie Dingleberry wine? Cuvee Flatlander? Born Again blush? Omahaha Crianza? Speeding Ticket bubbly?
well i'll take your post as part joke and part real...here is a link to the biggest winery...

http://www.jamesarthurvineyards.com/

[kl7aj]

Quote[/b] (k4kyv @ Aug. 05 2006,07:32)]For ordinary red table wine we buy Franzia Chianti in a 5-litre box. #It doesn't go bad like what's left over in an opened bottle. #Costs the equivalent of about $2.50 per 750ML, the contents of an ordinary bottle. #This is less than half the cost of the cheapest bottle stuff they sell around here. #It tastes better than some of the $10/bottle variety.

For special occasions, we buy bottled wine... usually something more exotic than Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir or Shiraz.

I generally prefer red, regardless of the food that goes with it, although I do partake of white on some occasions.
I prefer my wine in a paper bag. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[KD6NIG]

Altenator.

Course, you gotta fix it when you find it, but its my favorite.....whine.

[kc7jty]

Quote[/b] (kc0vuv @ Aug. 07 2006,06:26)]Quote[/b] (kc7jty @ Aug. 07 2006,23:58)]Quote[/b] (kc0vuv @ Aug. 06 2006,14:17)]look at your local vinyards...even in nebraska we have many vinters that have awsome wines
Like what?
#Cornhusker Reserve? Cowpie Dingleberry wine? Cuvee Flatlander? Born Again blush? Omahaha Crianza? Speeding Ticket bubbly?
well i'll take your post as part joke and part real...here is a link to the biggest winery...

http://www.jamesarthurvineyards.com/
Thanks for the link.
I was thinking last night as I tried to get to sleep I maybe was a bit harsh on our good friends in Nebraska & Indiana.

[W3MIV]

Quote[/b] (kc7jty @ Aug. 08 2006,15:22)]...I maybe was a bit harsh on our good friends in Nebraska & Indiana.
Is that possible?

[kc7jty]

Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ Aug. 07 2006,13:31)]Quote[/b] (kc7jty @ Aug. 08 2006,15:22)]...I maybe was a bit harsh on our good friends in Nebraska & Indiana.
Is that possible?
I know you're just joking Albert.

There are some wineries near here in western (edit, opps, I meant eastern) Washington that make some darn good reds. They have very uninteresting names like canary red or whatever, but many are quite good and some unforgettable. If given the chance I will try some wine from Neb.