Merlot, If somebody orders Merlot I'm outa this place!!!!! :D:D:D

In all seriousness within a month of Sideways comming out my friends dragged me to see the show claiming the wine scenes fit me to a T.

Generally true, but two buck is actually drinkable, I just choose not to. Its perfectly fine for cooking.

Let's skip cheap and defective wines. I dislike the taste in Carmenère(seems to be in almost all Chilean wines), viongier, Gevertztraminer, sparkling shiraz & some of the reds from Venito that are usually not exported(taste like Carmenere, but are supposidly cab franc).

Sauvignon blanc. Yech, yech, yech! Like licking a lawnmower clean. I'm told there are two styles of SB, one yech, one not, but I've not been told what countries and vineyards produce the non-yech style. If anyone has any good suggestions, I'm ... possibly... willing to waste another $10 to be proved wrong.

have you tasted french SB? the aussies also make some nice ones.

It sounds like you detest the NZ style, especially the one where the cat peed on the lawnmower, before you licked it, which is mostly a NZ thing, with an occasional Chile and California winery making a similar wine. There is a lot of good "non-yech" SB. I drink a lot of it.

California S.B.'s might be what the poster is searching for, or a Pouilly-Fume or Sancerre..even a white Bordeaux. or if you wanna get crazy, search out something from the pacific northwest. :)

Not sure what it was, but the foulest I've ever tasted was at the Seattle Music Experience for a school board shindig. Even worse than the stuff my grandmother bought at a dollar store in nor. Cal.

Great museum, though.

I hate the 'house wine'. Never ever drink that stuff. And if you do, tell them to open a new bottle. This way the wine will just taste bad, instead of horrible. ;)

dh

Not a fan of Pinotage at all, or any wines made with that grape. I steer clear of SA reds for that reason.

another one for two buck chuck! YUCK.

How rude is it to bring my own wine? I'll be staying at my Dad's for a week while my step-mother is out of town. (He has recently been diagnosed with ALS, and it is progressing rapidly).
Anyway, she drinks CASES of Chuck, so will I offend family if I bring my own? I suppose I could always smuggle it in after they go to sleep.....

Okay, so here's how the advice went on non-cat-pee sauvignon blancs:

French ^^
New Zealand:td:
Australian ^
California ^:td:
Chile :td:
Pacific NW :confused:

Sounds like something from France is the safest bet. Any specific suggestions?

i usually avoid Beaujolais (now for a few years) but was nicely surprised a few weeks ago by one of these cheap Beaujolais bought (not by myself) in a french supermarket.
it really make me laugh when i see these cheap beaujolais bottles in japan or usa sold for more than 20 USD...

As mentioned, Two Buck Chuck is SWILL. I just shake my head when I see people walking out of Trader Joe's with cases of that garbage.