Wine List

[Donovan]

Trying out wines this year. Never really bothered to find out any differences beyond white, red and blush. Got a lot of good local wineries and types, so far my favorite seems to be reisling. Starting to get a taste for the dry stuff, though, never had that before.

Any preferences/suggestions? I almost wish I'd studied more when I was in Napa valley...

 

[bad dog]

The good shit....

http://www.bumwine.com/

 

[Cranky Bastard]

I used to love Napa wines.

Freemark Abbey, Mondavi, Clos du Val - all the deep Cabernets. Even Gallo put out some vintage-marked cabs that were splendid, even though all the whine cuntossuers laughed at anything Gallo.

However, with the prevalence of aluminum and flourides in the water used for irrigation, the wines here become slow toxins on the body.

I've switched to Chiantis from Italy. Very crsip, berry flavors, a touch of tannin and a hell of a wine punch to the head. No headaches like from cabs and lighter than the muddy texture of a merlot.

The really good Chianti comes in a typical bottle with the name RISERVA. Fantastic wine. Also good is the chianti that comes in what I call "the basket." Forget the brand name, but the bottle is shaped like a jug and the bottom is wrapped in wicker. The former is in the high $teens per bottle. The latter for about $12.

You cannot go wrong with chianti.

 

[Cranky Bastard]

If you must kill your brain with California wine, try Stag's Leap Wine Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon.

Make sure there is an apostrophe after the G in STAG'S. There are two wineries with the same name and the one that reads Stags Leap sucks.

Stag's Leap is better than Mondavi and Mondavi's good stuff is good. SL is probably as good as Freemark Abbey's Cab. I just recently finished off my last bottle of 1986 Cabernet from Stag's Leap. All but one bottle of the case popped an awesome drink.

 

[Acrimonious]

If you like the sweeter wines that aren't so dry, try a Muscat or a Muscatto. They're quite tasty, and usally have a lower alcohol content as well. Mustatto D'Asti is quite nice as a desert wine.

I discovered, quite by mistake last weekend, that the YellowTail Shiraz is a very fine red wine, and for a reasonable price.

 

[Cranky Bastard]

I discovered, quite by mistake last weekend, that the YellowTail Shiraz is a very fine red wine, and for a reasonable price.

Worried and moaned about it like a whiney little girl, too, when everyone saw you drinking it with chicken.

But then you drink whiskey with ice, so you can't measure class that way...

 

[The Harlot]

If you like the sweeter wines that aren't so dry, try a Muscat or a Muscatto. They're quite tasty, and usally have a lower alcohol content as well. Mustatto D'Asti is quite nice as a desert wine.

I discovered, quite by mistake last weekend, that the YellowTail Shiraz is a very fine red wine, and for a reasonable price.

Yup, it tasted good, too. ;-p

 

[The Harlot]

Worried and moaned about it like a whiney little girl, too, when everyone saw you drinking it with chicken.

But then you drink whiskey with ice, so you can't measure class that way...

Who's got class? Gas? Wut???

 

[Acrimonious]

Worried and moaned about it like a whiney little girl, too, when everyone saw you drinking it with chicken.

But then you drink whiskey with ice, so you can't measure class that way...

Blech... Whiskey is good on the rocks if you drink it before the ice melts into it.

I'd drink it with no rocks if it was stored in the freezer. I just don't like warm whiskey.

 

[ripper]

On the dry side i tend to like a nice shiraz.

Rosemont makes a nice shiraz.

On the lighter side. I tend to lean toward the german whites. I have a preferance for Selbach.

Neither are pricey, and should be available and any decent liquor store.

Give them a try.

 

[starguard]

All the wino's I know all tend to pefer Moonshine