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WillyBrandt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 05:52 PM Original message |
What are good wines? |
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Marian (71 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Why do you want to know? |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. Good Wines come from France |
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alwynsw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. Don't you mean Texas? |
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WillyBrandt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
34. Thanks for the petulant snobbery |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:53 PM Response to Reply #34 |
49. The best I've had that was not from France was from Bulgaria |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
43. Plenty good Zin from CA |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
47. Good wines come from France, GREAT wines from California |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:56 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. It is something in the soil, or in the air, or in the ether in France |
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Lady Freedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. What do you need the wine for? |
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WillyBrandt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. No reason, I just want to get into wine... |
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mr_hat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. *The* classic is, "I wanna go to My-yammie." |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. Every time you go to the store |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. I am a cheap wino. I like a chablis. |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Chablis is not cheap. |
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absyntheNsugar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. Night Train, Thunderbird and Boons Farm |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. Clos du Bois |
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ScrewyRabbit (522 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. The best way to get into wines |
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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. Kendall-Jackson make an excellent Merlot |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
11. German white wines are good |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
12. Mirassou and the Hogue wineries put out some excellent products |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. Follow the advice of others - just go to the store, and give it a shot |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. My wife likes Australian wines a lot |
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Archae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. There's this $2 a bottle stuff. |
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ScrewyRabbit (522 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. This stuff is actually GREAT for the price |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. Two Buck Chuck (actually $2.99 in IL) Cab is awful. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
16. Currently enjoying Ravenswood reds |
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WillyBrandt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
17. Is Prosecco sparkling wine any good? |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I like it very much! |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. no |
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WillyBrandt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. SEKT! That's right... |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Menger Krug |
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WillyBrandt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:52 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Voll supper! |
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EXE619K (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Furst von Metternich |
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WillyBrandt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Do you know where you buy Sekt in the US? |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 08:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. I've searched |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Fürst von Meckernicht ? |
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WillyBrandt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
20. If you want a great Vodka: Try Hangar One Mandarin Orange |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
21. The best wines for you are the ones you like. |
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WillyBrandt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Thanks! |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
22. Talk to your wine merchant. |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
27. Good Inexpensive Red and White Wines |
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alwynsw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
30. The very best wines are the wines you like. |
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DemNoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
31. An excellent beginners book |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 06:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Another good one called "How to Taste Wine" |
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EXE619K (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
39. Wines from down-under are of good value.... |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
41. Spend a couple of extra bucks and get Kendall-Jackson wines |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
42. Here's a good resource |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:21 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. problem with Wine Spectator |
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EXE619K (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:25 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Besides.... |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
45. For $15-$17, Coppola Diamond Series Zinfandel is excellent... |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
48. Fat Bastard! No, not you - that's the name of the wine. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
51. If a good simple table wine is all you need, you can't do better than |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
53. probably impossible to find in the US |
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Snow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
54. You want to go to Trader Joe's |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-04 08:31 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. OK |
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