Wine drinkers - what are you having today/tonight?
May 15, 2021, 3:04 pm
#886
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: UK
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Yesterday: 17 by Pinea, Ribera del Duero 2017. Second wine of relatively new Ribera producer Pinea, very good and should be better still in a year or two.
Today: Poderi Colla Langhe Riesling 2018. My first Italian Riesling, and although perfectly pleasant, there was nothing to stand out about it. A bit of a jack-of-all-trades, master of none, in Riesling terms.
Today: Poderi Colla Langhe Riesling 2018. My first Italian Riesling, and although perfectly pleasant, there was nothing to stand out about it. A bit of a jack-of-all-trades, master of none, in Riesling terms.
Last edited by Oaxaca; May 15, 2021 at 3:12 pm
May 22, 2021, 7:21 am
#890
Join Date: Jul 2001
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“The blend: 35% Chardonnay 60% Rhone Whites (Viognier, Roussanne, Marsanne, Grenache Blanc) 5% Aromatics (Semillon and Riesling) The Vineyards: Napa Valley- Stagecoach, Rodgers, Somerston Sonoma/Carneros- Sangiacomo, La Prenda Paso Robles- Derby Santa Ynez- Camp 4”
Jun 20, 2021, 8:38 am
#892
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We had Faustino I Gran Reserva 75 Aniversario 2009 with grilled lamb yesterday.
A terrific wine with a very modest price for the high quality, as always from this producer.
A terrific wine with a very modest price for the high quality, as always from this producer.
Jun 21, 2021, 12:05 pm
#893
Join Date: Jul 2001
Posts: 2,925
Some recently consumed wines with good value, nothing more than $20/bottle:
Mitolo “Jester” Shiraz - $19
Quatro Rayas Verdejo - $10
Mestizaje, an organic white blend of Merseguera, Malvasia & Viognier - $12.50
Schlosskellerei Gobelsburg “Cistercian” Rosé - $18
Domaine des Granges Mâcon Fuisse - $16
You can find very enjoyable wines at a range of price points.
Mitolo “Jester” Shiraz - $19
Quatro Rayas Verdejo - $10
Mestizaje, an organic white blend of Merseguera, Malvasia & Viognier - $12.50
Schlosskellerei Gobelsburg “Cistercian” Rosé - $18
Domaine des Granges Mâcon Fuisse - $16
You can find very enjoyable wines at a range of price points.
Jun 23, 2021, 12:10 pm
#895
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Location: Over the Bay Bridge, CA
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I had a $16 2016 CdP from Grocery Outlet yesterday. I was there to buy a bunch of this red from Portugal ($4.99 - a great "whenever" drinker") and the wine guy suggested the CdP, so I tried one. Very nice. I'll probably go pick up another one or two before they run out.
Jun 24, 2021, 3:17 pm
#899
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 3,839
A tasting menu with accompanying wines for our first trip away in almost a year.
We started with a cold dry sake which worked well as an aperitif with the amuse-gueules.
With the appetisers we had a Zorah Voski, a white wine from Armenia made with native grapes, it was not unlike an Albariño, quite dry, but a bit more floral like a Viognier.
We followed with a Moulin à Vent that I didn’t catch the label of, but which was a step up from a standard Beaujolais, it had more depth.
We then moved to the Alpha Zeta Amarone, 2017 paired with duck breast. We normally would settle for a ripasso as the poor man’s Amarone, and as a bonus the sommelier having opened the bottle with Coravin, promptly poured us both what felt like most of the bottle. We didn’t complain…
We finished with a very light Ats Karoly 'Ats Cuvee', Tokaji, not the usual heavy puttonyos nectar of traditional tokaji and more preferable, at least to my taste.
We started with a cold dry sake which worked well as an aperitif with the amuse-gueules.
With the appetisers we had a Zorah Voski, a white wine from Armenia made with native grapes, it was not unlike an Albariño, quite dry, but a bit more floral like a Viognier.
We followed with a Moulin à Vent that I didn’t catch the label of, but which was a step up from a standard Beaujolais, it had more depth.
We then moved to the Alpha Zeta Amarone, 2017 paired with duck breast. We normally would settle for a ripasso as the poor man’s Amarone, and as a bonus the sommelier having opened the bottle with Coravin, promptly poured us both what felt like most of the bottle. We didn’t complain…
We finished with a very light Ats Karoly 'Ats Cuvee', Tokaji, not the usual heavy puttonyos nectar of traditional tokaji and more preferable, at least to my taste.