I love wine. I drink it..... daily....

I think wine, fruit, cheese, and chocolate is what is served in the waiting room to get into heaven.

With that said, while I have some knowledge of wine, I am not an expert by any means.

My favorite white and red wines are:

My favorite white wine is Ecco Dommani Pinot Grigio. About $10 a bottle.
My favorite red wine is Clos Du Bois reserve cabernet sauvignon. About $21 a bottle.

Sweet wines -- suck!

So what other wines should I be trying? What are your favorites?

Da Vinci Chianti $18.00 of heaven

Anything by Andrew Murray - YUMMY

J. Lohr cab - creamy - not acidic at all

Pretty much anything by Sanford - they REALLY know their stuff! Plus, the wine tasting room/winery is just FUN!!!

Cuvaison - fantastic

More to come later...

*hic*

....and yes. Sweet wines BITE!!! (IMHO anyhoo...)

Sweet wines do not suck.

If you say that you've never tried the 2006 Riesling from Hermes Winery in Sandusky OH. It is spectacular.
http://www.hermesvineyards.com/ (gorgeous barn with live music too).

I really wish they would ship the stuff. They hardly use oak either.... I can't say enough about them.


My next favorite would be a geyser peak cab, 2005.

Then Juan Gil- a spanish red.

You know, I've tried and tried. (and tried.... ) But I just can't get into wine! Especially the dry ones. Reds give me a terrible headache.

I'm just a beer or liquor kind of girl.

Chelo, you will not believe this, but we lived, for two years, right next door to that winery. I know the owner and his wife. Sandusky is were is grew up. How funny is that!

I like whites, my husband likes reds. His favorite is called the Du Rossi from the Chadds Ford Winery (it's local).

Mmm...Ravenswood Zinfandel is fabulous!

I hate wine... except a goood riesling. VERY sweet white

Prefer expensive Vodka any day

My kind of girl!!

I bet you girls were popular with the guys!

Maybe so, I don't remember!

Does Jack Daniels make wine?

Sanford Pinot Noir...delicious!

Nate likes Earthquake Petit Sirah...he wanted me to tell you

Here's where we are similar (above)

Here's where we're different (below)



The way things are going...I may become much more of a wine lover than at present...

I LOVE that place. Can only get their wine when we visit my mom in law...




Zinfandel is an atrocity... J/K!! Sort of

Is this gonna turn into a drama thread?

i love anything from the robert mondavi vineyard, especially the 'special reserve'

I'm with Melody... only substitute Jack for Jose!

My husband LOVES wine - the only wine he can ever get me to drink is pinot noir and that's about once every 2 years. I rarely drink anything, but if I do, it's a margarita with cointreau and blue curacao.

My favorites are El Dorado and Amador County California Zins-

for me, it tends to be the ones with an alcohol % of over 15.0%
(just read the label)-mostly because I like the flavor of those-

sometimes we pick out duds like this-but mostly I find it a good formula!

too many favorites to name- but mostly small vineyards-

My favorite wines are an awesome one(jammy and rich) with a 7-12 dollar cost
(but a 20+ dollar value:)

Lisa

I voted for the margaritas, haha, but no, really my hubby and I enjoy wine at least a few times a month. For his birthday we had an awesome bottle of red, it was an '88 something or another, he could say, but I can't. We do little cheese and wine nights for ourselves ... I sound like a newb, but he knows quite a bit about it.

But.. in all seriousness. I am the margarita queen. I can make a mean one and I can drink a mean one as well...

"Were"???

ummmmm amber... can i have your phone number???

Ummm... is Nathan aware of this?

Oh. Does Nathan not count??

Tami, PM me for that

The Coppola Claret is my "go to wine" right now.

p.s. wine is not a spirit.

One of my most fav's that I can't always find is...


2004 Nottola, Vino Nobile Di Montepulciano .....It is so perfect. Not to sweet at all!

my favorite wine is SPARKLING WINE (aka, california champagne)


mmmmmmmm....love sitting on the patio at gloria ferrer, drinking a glass, eating those special almonds they have....heaven.

Quails' Gate - Old Vines Foch.
Wolf Blass - Red Label Shiraz/Cabernet
Lindemans - Bin 50 Shiraz
Fat Bastard Shiraz
Gnarlyhead Cabernet

Among others, these reside in my cellar.

I am a huge fan of red wine and my favorite is a California Central Coast Cab calle Guenoc. The '04 actually.

And the La Crema Pinot Noir is pretty fantastic too if you want something a bit light than a Cab. Fun post Jim. Winos unite!!!!

Red - and as dry as I can get it.

I really like Avalon 2004 Napa Valley, but it's getting hard to find, haven't tried the 2005 yet.

Oh -- I get it now. Yes he counts and all is well.



Next OSP function -- we need a wine and cheese party! Nate make sure that is on the agenda for OSP INDY 09!




You stud you! All I have is a basement and I don't keep my wine down there.

2 Buck Chuck!

Actually I had some Penfold Shiraz Cabernet Koonunga Hill 2006 the other day. Pretty good for $9.

Man, you guys. I hate wine, but if it's going to be a mandatory event, I guess I'll just suck it up and bring some Boone's.

wow I'm the first vote for 'does not drink'

OMG I love Juan Gil - I have 2 bottles at home here for when clients come over. It is my absolute favorite!

It won't be mandatory... as a matter of fact, we would prefer that you uncouth people stay away!

for those of you who don't care for wine, if you ever get a chance... try Coppola's SOPHIA wine... it was made for his daughter's wedding (a special blend - almost a desert white wine). Too many guests kept requesting it, so his vinter started producing it for the public.

Otherwise Mondavi's Opus One is still one of the best reds under $300 per bottle.

I've been on a Spanish reds kick for a long time. I love the taste and the price!

Vidish,
Don't feel bad, I don't drink either!

and My husband sells wine for a living!!
he doesn't have a favorite though. He loves anything red

Well I purchased some the other day based on your recommendation. Will probably give it a try tonight!


I have run across a wine that I love and bought a case of it! Rokyjam Cabernet Sauvignon 2005.

hey Jim, don't know if you're into Port wine, but while I was in Portugal, I saw a bottle of port during a tour, from the 1800's that could be had for 2500 euros. that's something you can drink just for the heck of it lol

Here's just a few of my faves. (these are what I consider "house wines" at my house).

I won't waste your time naming wines that are to pricey to enjoy regularly, so these are just a few that you can get often and not break the bank.

Robert Mondavi Woodbridge Merlot
Robert Mondavi Woodbridge Cabernet Sauvignon
I do not like the Woodbridge Chardonnay however.
A very special Chardonnay is the Grgich Hills. It is a little pricey, but I just can't enjoy a Chardonnay unless it is pretty darn good. Just a funny quirk of my palate I guess.

Now don't laugh, but the Charles Shaw "two-buck-chuck" is a great buy for the money. I like the Merlot, Cab, and the Shiraz. You simply can't beat it for the price.

My .02.

i love LOVE mondavi wines- plus, Chris proposed at the mondavi vineyards, so it has a special place in our hearts.

our other everyday fave is definitely Koonunga Hill Shiraz/Cab! we love it.

my husband and I own a vineyard and we'd love to invite all the OSP'rs out to visit! If you're not close enough to Portland OR to visit, you can visit our website and order online at American winery .com or email me and i'll give you a 10% osp discount if you mention osp and who runs the forum here. anyone close enough to come for a visit will get a vineyard tour and if the timing is right a barrel tasting too!

www.purplecowvineyards.com

hey, wine is supposed to be good for you!! yum!

Jim, this is a good enough thread to get me writing again. Haha!

My favorite red by far is Antinori Tignanello, the original Super Tuscan. The current 2004 I have is #4 on the Wine Spectator Top 100 list for 2007. $80

I treat myself to one of these gems every time I book a great gig.

Sweet! I need to check it out!




AWESOME!!!!

Can I drink with you sometime?

I think the most expensive bottle I have purchase is a $20 something bottle of Clos Du Bois reserved cabernet and it was very good - but frankly I like some $10 bottles of wine better. I have a $20 bottle of Pino Noir that I haven't opened yet, but am anxious to try. Basically, I am frightened to try an $80 bottle of wine -- mainly because either it won't taste any different to me than a $10 bottle and I will feel like a fool spending $80 -- or it will taste out of this world and I will only want to buy $80 bottles of win from now on and go bankrupt!

We need a wine icon on here!

Well, I know how you feel, and most bottles of high priced wines have been disappointing because they really weren't significantly better than less expensive options.

But this Tignanello was a very obvious difference from the first sniff to the last drop. Just a wonderful, opulent, full-bodied, delicious Tuscan with qualities hard to find in something cheaper.

I once had a glass of a $250 Bordeaux that just tasted nasty to me. Yuck!

However, I've had really awesome wines for less than $10. One I always remember, but can no longer find, was another red named Tollo (which is not the current Cantina Tollo from Italy). It was, I think, a wonderful wine for about $8 which I used to buy in Denver. The store stopped stocking it, and I've never seen it again.

Robin and I sometimes buy a very very inexpensive sparkling white named Verdi which is just light and refreshing.

There are many excellent wines for less than $20.

I would love to drink and talk wine with you sometime!

wine pricing is an interesting beast. if you can find wines from winery that sells direct or wholesale (vs. using distribution) you'll likely find your best values. Oh, and it's fun touring around new wineries too. If you're not lucky enough to live in places where you can visit wineries, then your local wine shops (not your supermarket mind you) should be able to tell you which wines they carry have smaller production volumes or which wines they bought directly from the producer and not a middle man.

as a small vineyard producing 800 cases/yr, we sell out without the use of a distributor. our wines fair well against much higher priced wines class by class and are often told we could raise our prices -- however we like offering a good value to our customers. if we sold into distribution, we'd likely have to price differently (higher) because distribution is expensive and to make the appropriate margins in distribution the entire pricing structure would probably slide upwards (kwim?).