What is your favorite wine?

(sorry)

That said, I am fond of the Houghton's White Burgundy, its a reliable little standard - nothing fancy, but you always know what you'll get.

Which makes it sound like McDonalds :-/

2000 Chateau Bel Rose, Lalane-De-Pomerol... I give it a 3/10.

With a screw off cap.

-Eddie Izzard

-Eddie Izzard

Orbit there's some good recommendations over there (yet mine are the same ha!)

I've lately been in the mood for things like rieslings and gewurtzes and various white dessert wines, for some reason.

1.Beringer Founder's Estate 2001 Chardonnay (California); oaky, vanilla notes
2. Napa Valley Winery, Napa Creek, Napa Valley 2000 Merlot; oaky
3. Parducci, 2000 Cabernet Sauvignon, Mendocino (California) oaky, surprise
4. Yellow Tail 2002 Chardonnay (Southeastern Australia)
5. Domaine Ste Michelle Extra Dry NV Premium Cuvee Methode Champenoise Sparking Wine (Washington State, Columbia Valley)

The Stump Jump, 2001 Grenache (75%) Shiraz (20%) Mourvedre (5%), South Australia

It's got mad fruit. About $12.

Also, memorable for its social context though merely charming - a White Hall Vineyards (VA) 1995 (?) Chard that I bought at the VA Wine Festival with college friends a few years ago.

I've had this -- not bad.

it’s a naive domestic regional without any breeding, but I think you’ll be amused by its presumption

Tracer--stop eating those Wine Spectators!

5.99's the one you want, Orbit!

2001 La Crema Chardonnay $15 (buttery & very unique)
2001 Argyle Pinot Noir $18 (i love pinot; incredibly well-balanced)
2002 Budini Malbec $9 (VERY bold; strong cherry & vanilla flavors)
2001 Columbia Crest Grand Estates Merlot $11 (tasty)

And a fantastic desert wine if you have the $$$--

1999 Dolce "Late Harvest" $75 (its nickname is "liquid gold"--dark amber color, sweet but not overly so. absolutely delicious)

2004 Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc/Viognier
2004 Ferari-Carano Fume Blanc
Marietta Lot No. 12 (NV)
2003 Rock Rabbit Syrah
2003 Kangarilla Road Shiraz and Shiraz/Viognier
Wishing Tree Shiraz

Castle Rock wines are made from declassified grapes from some high-quality vineyards, so you don't get the same wine each time, but the quality's good for the price.

Supermarket wines took a bit of a dip after the demise of Safeway (I don't see Asda stocking too much in the way of gruner Veltliner any time soon), but there seems to have been a bit of an improvement lately . Morrison's have started stocking Condrieu in a move which is little short of jaw-dropping, their range of LAsatian wines has improved as well. Red-wise some of the household names have recently come up with some bargains. The fact that you can get Peter Lehmann Grenache for four quid is absurd. Waitrose and M & S are still the best high street bets, the former is strong on organic wines, and stocks a good range of stuff from the Australian Margaret River region, should you see a bottle of Stella Bella anything buy it at once. The latter stocking some pretty good co-operative french wines at bargain prices. Morrison's seasonal offer of 20% off fizz makes it worth a look, even if the range is somewhat limited (though Heidsieck Monopole easily outperfoms the mystifyingly popular Moet et Chandon). Finally, as a day to drinking red of good heft Tesco's finest Touriga Nacionale is a bargain at six quid, Somerfield stock The South African Rhone impersonator Goats do Roam in Villages for about the same price, it tatses about three times as much. Plus, what with it being Christmas n'all, discounted PORT is to be found all over the show hurrah.

I'm drinking a Marks & Spencer Champagne Oudinot Brut 2000 this evening (a present)

I'm thinking of trying one of those mixed case offers, such as in today's Guardian.

4 bottles of Château Grand Village Rouge 2000 Bordeaux Supérieur (£9.79)

3 bottles of Monte Schiavo Verdicchio Classico dei Castelli di Jesi 2004 (£5.75)

2 bottles of Rijckaert St Veran en Faux Vieilles Vignes 2004 (£10.30)

2 bottles of Condado de Haza 2002, Ribera del Duero (£11.75)

1 bottle Beaumont des Crayères Grande Reserve NV Brut (£16.29)

£104.99 including delivery.

Has anyone tried one of these newspaper offers? I know nothing about wine.

thats funny

because all the time im always urinating over the grapes being grown in mclaren vale ^__^

Anything that will get me fucked up, basically.

aveleda vinho verde is a nice cheap white [like, less than 7$] thats got a little bubbliness to it. i always keep a few bottles in the house for spur of the moment things -- most of the time i wind up having it with salads.

my co-workers and i threw a wine tasting for the end-of-semester party the other night and one of the work study kids brought in kedem non-alcoholic sparkling wine. i kid you not but it smelled exactly like artichoke but in the most foul way. eeeek.

To expand on my post earlier. South West France is providing me with lots of delights at the monment. Really complex dry reds, often quite fruity, but balanced with enough robust tanin. No one flavour or aroma overpowering but lots of different tastes excited all at once.

Very excited about my forthcoming trip to South Africa where the delicious Western Cape whites will be all laid out before me.

fyi, in pennsylvania, wine & spirits are sold through state stores and there is always a slight markup on items. this is why lots of folks in philadelphia often travel to new jersey to purchase wine/liquor/beer, since nj stores arent state-operated and thus offer up a variety of prices and, a better selection. depending on where i go in NJ, aveleda runs 4-7$.

A few years ago I joined the Sunday Times Wine Club (I forget why - I don't even read the paper), and recently I ordered their half price Xmas red case. It's very good - a shiraz from NZ which is nice, though not really my thing, and a very good tempranillo and an excellent... I forget what it is, but certainly at half price it was a very good deal indeed.

In the days when I used to order more regularly from it, I never had a bad experience, though I did have a few ordinary wines.

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... not really, but I keep seeing Gary Barlow wines when I go into Tesco's on my way to work every morning.

I was just about to say "a family friend offered me some wine last week - it had GARY BARLOW written on it, which was puzzling" but yes. It seems to be a tie-in with an ITV show he did called Gary Barlow's Wine Tour: South Africa:
https://www.itv.com/watch/gary-barlows-wine-tour/10a5527/10a5527a0001

Few things are more classy than the idea of renowned musician Gary Barlow touring South African vineyards for ITV.

It's heartening that in this day and age Gary Barlow can tour South Africa's vineyards without being accused of being a snob or upper-class. There was a time when lefty marxists would have moaned that he was out of touch with the common man. But after years, nay decades of British people calling their children Esme and Toby, we are all Gary Barlow now. He embodies our dreams.

I get 19 crimes wine that has a label that looks a Colin Farrell movie about the troubles, but it's actually a very good red, says I who would drink cider from a stinking wellington boot and say yeah, it's got a fine bouquet

I know nothing about wine and will drink anything as long as it's red so I'm definitely going to try Gary Barlow's red. Self service checkouts means it can be bought anonymously - though of course you do have to get a member of staff to verify any purchase of alcohol but I can turn the bottle round so they can't see the label.

all i do each night is PRAY

that i will never have to drink gary barlow's wine

Looking through Gary Barlow’s wine

I remain a steadfast follower of the “wine spectator gave it a 90+ score and it’s under $19 at Costco” philosophy when it comes to wine.

im getting partial to a nero d'avola they sell at our local