[pclayton]

Ok wineauxs, step right up! A long overdo topic for the Water Cooler IMHO.

Whats your favorite type of wine? Favorite Label?

And what is the best place you've enjoyed a bottle?

I'll start.

Wine collecting is a hobby of Kimi and mine. We love the Napa cabs and zinfindels. On special occassions, we'll get a bordeaux. Favorite labels of the regular fare are are: Stag's Leap, Burgess, Far Niente, Sanford, Columbia Crest (cheap but good) and the like.

My favorite bottles:

1. In 1997, I was invited to a dinner at the Carnelian Room http://carnelianroom.../Home_Page.html on top of the B of A building in San Francisco. The same day I visited Fisherman's Wharf and the Blue Angels did a fly-by on the way to a 49ers game. That evening, it was one of those rare nights where there was no fog and you had a clear view from teh Golden gate bridge over to Oakland. I had a bottle of Trefethen Chard (OK, its JUST ok, but it tasted great with the ambience). This was my official baptism as a wine nut.

2. My first big real estate deal closed in January. I had reserved an '82 Pichon-Longueville, which normally sells for $500-600, but they had it marked at under $200, so it was a phenomenal deal. Note; I don't normally plunk down 2 bills for a bottle of wine, but this was a rare exception.

Bad news: as it was being opened, the cork was shot. The steward gives me a funny look. He decants it and it has sort of a brownish tinge. I've never sent a bottle back in my life, but we both tasted it and it definitely had started to turn to vinegar. So I had to settle for a bottle of Dominus instead

3. At my anniversary a few weeks ago, we went to Los Olivos (if you've seen Sideways, you'll get it, if not, I won't explain) and stayed at Fess Parkers. He has one of the best wine lists I've ever seen. We had a Chateau Angelus (Pomerol) in the dining room, but weren't that hungry so we took the decanter back to our room and watched the NCAA round of sweet 16's a few weeks ago. Fun time.

[luke warm]

mad dog 20/20 or boone's farm apple

[Badmonster]

Robert Mondavi Muscato

Pelligrini Finale

Bonnie Doon

[hrothgar]

Listen up, cause you don't here this often....

I don't know a bloody thing about wine.
Happy to learn something, so I'm gonna shut up and listen for a change.

[kenrexford]

Budweiser.

Just kidding. Probably a Barollo. Not because I have a clue about wine, but a dear friend of mine loves Barollo, and it reminds me of him, a fond thought.

Actually, I am back to Budweiser.

[pclayton]

kenrexford, on Apr 14 2006, 05:59 PM, said:

Budweiser.

Just kidding.  Probably a Barollo.  Not because I have a clue about wine, but a dear friend of mine loves Barollo, and it reminds me of him, a fond thought.

Actually, I am back to Budweiser.

I'm a little weak in the Italian wines like Barolos, Barbarescos and the like. I had a wonderful Barolo during a biz convention at Mandalay Bay last year however.....

Is it telling that the 'beers' thread is getting more activity than the this thread?

[cherdano]

Barolo is indeed great. If I don't have the company that causes me to spent that much for a glass I would most often pick a Bordeaux.

[joshs]

Excellent. I intend to have a wine tasting at my place sometime in may or june, so wino's in the LA area will need to come.

I have about a 100 bottle collection. I mostly have been collecting australian shiraz's and stickies.

I think that I have never had a $100 bottle of wine. I do have a few wines that are now worth $100 if I sold them in an auction. (I am saving my 2002 Clarendon Hills Hickinbotham Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon for my 50'th birthday)

My favorite wines (so far):
Ben Riggs Shiraz 2002
Cloudy Bay Savingon Blanc 2003
Stanton & Killeen Classic Rutherglen Muscat NV
Domaine Pichot Vouvery Moelleux 1990

[pclayton]

joshs, on Apr 17 2006, 10:52 AM, said:

Excellent. I intend to have a wine tasting at my place sometime in may or june, so wino's in the LA area will need to come.

I have about a 100 bottle collection. I mostly have been collecting australian shiraz's and stickies.

I think that I have never had a $100 bottle of wine. I do have a few wines that are now worth $100 if I sold them in an auction. (I am saving my 2002 Clarendon Hills Hickinbotham Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon for my 50'th birthday)

My favorite wines (so far):
Ben Riggs Shiraz 2002
Cloudy Bay Savingon Blanc 2003
Stanton & Killeen Classic Rutherglen Muscat  NV
Domaine Pichot Vouvery Moelleux 1990

Josh: Please include Kimi and I; I'll bring a few of my favs.

If you like Shiraz, at our holiday party last year, we had a Torbreck "Run Rig".I will come out and say I don't know that much about Shiraz, but we had it next to a Caymus Select and some meritage from a loony Ventura winemaker (whose name escapes me) that was great.

The Torbreck seriously kicked ass. The Caymus came in a distant 3rd.

[joshs]

pclayton, on Apr 17 2006, 03:28 PM, said:

joshs, on Apr 17 2006, 10:52 AM, said:

Excellent. I intend to have a wine tasting at my place sometime in may or june, so wino's in the LA area will need to come.

I have about a 100 bottle collection. I mostly have been collecting australian shiraz's and stickies.

I think that I have never had a $100 bottle of wine. I do have a few wines that are now worth $100 if I sold them in an auction. (I am saving my 2002 Clarendon Hills Hickinbotham Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon for my 50'th birthday)

My favorite wines (so far):
Ben Riggs Shiraz 2002
Cloudy Bay Savingon Blanc 2003
Stanton & Killeen Classic Rutherglen Muscat  NV
Domaine Pichot Vouvery Moelleux 1990

Josh: Please include Kimi and I; I'll bring a few of my favs.

If you like Shiraz, at our holiday party last year, we had a Torbreck "Run Rig".I will come out and say I don't know that much about Shiraz, but we had it next to a Caymus Select and some meritage from a loony Ventura winemaker (whose name escapes me) that was great.

The Torbreck seriously kicked ass. The Caymus came in a distant 3rd.

You are definitely invited. I just have to work out the date.

I have liked the Torbecks in general. Their "cheap red blend" Woodcutters Red, is allways excellent, and can be found for $15.

[pigpenz]

one of my favorites is
Domaine de Trevallon: southern Rhone wine
have a few cases and magnums stuck away in the cellar.

Castell Di Rompolla: a cheap chianti that still holds up very well after 17 yrs.

[Elianna]

joshs, on Apr 17 2006, 10:52 AM, said:

Excellent. I intend to have a wine tasting at my place sometime in may or june, so wino's in the LA area will need to come.

Are people who stored your wine, but know nothing about it, invited?

[Rain]

I only like ice wine. Inniskillin anyone?
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[joshs]

How about a wine tasting at my place on Sat evening, June 10'th?

We will taste a few shiraz's from my collection, a port, and some other goodies. (the number of bottles I open will depend on how many people come...)

[han]

Wine should not be kept in a water cooler, seriously!

[pigpenz]

Rain, on Apr 18 2006, 06:45 PM, said:

I only like ice wine. Inniskillin anyone?
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

probably the most expensive wine there is to make

[bearmum]

Where do I start?

Here in Australia we have SO many wonderful wines it truly is difficult to recommend a particular wine it really depends on what style of wine you like

I REALLY gurantee that you will be able to find whatever style you like ( EXCEPT ICE wines
which are wonderful ) but unfortunately we cannot produce them as we do not have cold enough weather here

The other good thing is because our climate is so good we tend to produce consistant quality wine at really good prices -- DOWNSIDE is compared to the French we don't tend to have "SUPERB" vintages -- BUT don't have "AWFUL" vintages either (a good point for me as I have tasted some really terrible French wines at truly HORRIFIC prices which some 'wine snobs' have thought wonderful JUST because they were a 'great french wine'


Having lived in the US I can attest that Californian wines are terrific -- but so are South American , South African, French and German wines -- all of which I have tasted in their "home" countries

SO any time you come to Australia please let me know and I will be happy to open a bottle of "Aussie" wine with you (if you are in MY home city)

[joshs]

Wine tasting my place saturday night, 6172 periwinkle way, woodland hills, ca
Phone:505-379-2896
Starting about 7 PM.

I am supplying the wine...

[helene_t]

I don't care for WINE, I use WMWare. No special preference, just what happened to be installed on my computer when I got it.

[slothy]

Not a viniphile as a rule: prefer the 'amber nectar'.

A fellow poster introduced me to wine.

Will certainly not spend a fortune on a bottle of wine. But of all the medium-priced wines that i have tasted Blossom Hill takes the biscuit. I hate wine that is too tannic. This is gorgeous. Both red and white