Are you a wine connoisseur?

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...or are you like me, who just picks one at random and can barely tell the difference? I ask because I have a dinner party this evening and would rather not look like the Essex plebeian wot I a

― Will, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Advice please! New answers. By the way, I've got a new computer which lops the last bits off practically everything I post. Like above

― Will, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

How much do you want to spend? Do the people invited know anything about wine? What are you eating?

― Mark C, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oddbins are dead good at recommending wines. I'd cheat and get them to recommend you something and then make up a fantastic story about how you discovered chosen tipple whilst goofing around France, riding in the hay filled backs of citroen vans.

― Jonnie, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I am a champagne connoisseur if that's any help. Bling Bling!

― Emma, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I think they know a fair bit about wine. I think its a red wine meal and I'll go up to £8.

I went to a wine-tasting once. Myself and a friend swallowed instead of spat. We had to write up our verdicts on a special form, and after fifteen samples I just ended up drawing smily faces.

Sorry. That's a rubbish sto

― Will, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i take bottles of chablis from my dad. apparently it costs a bit, so say my friends, does that make me classy?

― Ronan, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Certainly classier than me, Ronan!

― Will, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

stick to Vimto, tastes better and it's cheaper.

― DJ Martian, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I end up drinking it from pint glasses though, if I'm in a friends house which ruins it a bit. Tonight I dine on vatsky.

― Ronan, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Will, I don't know a lot about wine but I do know that my computer used to do that thing, and then it stopped. I used to get around it by hitting return at the end of all my posts.

― N., Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Why don't you ask the guy at the liquor store? They usually know. Or, pick up a Wine Connoisseur magazine or check out Wine Spectator, ("The most comprehensive wine website in the world") or wine.com or something. That way you can really figure out what you're looking for in a wine with regards to what you're serving, rather than just taking label recommendations.

― Nude Spock, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

If they fancy full-bodied, full-on reds you can do a lot worse than either Wolf Blass Yellow label Cabernet Sauvignon, Tatachilla (pretty much any variety, and they start at about £4.99, though they're not as easy to find as the others in this list) or Rosemount Grenache- Shiraz (the nearest you'll get to Ribena in wine form - num num), which I took round to Madchen and N.'s the other night (needless to say it got finished, so it must have been okay).

For something full-bodied but slightly lighter, pinot noir might be the ideal grape; personally (through ignorance more than anything) I avoid Burgundies and, usually, French wines in general, and go for Chilean (Valdivieso, say) or 'Stralian.

Rosemount also do a decent merlot - not a world-beater, but easy to find in Thresher, Oddbins etc., and reliable.

Hope this helps!

― Mark C, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

All the wines in the first para above are from Australia, if that helps.

― Mark C, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Argentina is the new Australia in terms of wine.

― Jonnie, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Totally jerkin', Jonnie! (Sorry, I have nothing to add that is wine- related.)

― Dan Perry, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i know my reds

― anthony, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Never pay more than €7 for a bottle of wine, that's my motto.

Unless you are in a restaurant.

― DV, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i know my reds
Yeah, I get reacquainted with'em each month. hah!

― helen fordsdale, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Chaucer's Mead. Once you try honey, nothing else will get your money.

― Brian MacDonald, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I certainly am if I can stay awake long enough Hick lol

― Gale Deslongchamps, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I know that Pink Chardon, Bernadino and Marque Spew are bad.

― Menelaus Darcy, Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

three years pass...

http://www.1111-m.com/cellar.html

recommend me a wine off of this list, I have reservations tonight!

I don't know what we'll be eating, probably a lot of red meat for the rest of the group and 'udon noodles in a spicy coconut sauce' for me.

― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 15:57 (twenty-one years ago)

If you want a really pricy one, the Enotria (Dolcetto) 2000, Menocino, CA is good. It's probably not worth 40, though. Actually, it's definately not.

― Remy (null) (x Jeremy), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 16:02 (twenty-one years ago)

for your dish, the Cape Indaba Chenin Blanc 2002, South Africa ($22) sounds like a good match.

and get your carnivore friends something from trader joe's.

― lychee mello (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 16:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Num. (To everything.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 16:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I was thinking the viognier to go with your dish Teeny, plus they do it by the glass. You'll need something a bit floral with a little acid to stop it being bang-up medium with it (the Chenin would be good too, as would gewurtztraminer).

― Matt (Matt), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 16:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Buy the Pierre Sparr Pinot Blanc Reserve 2001, Alsace, FR $18 for yourself and the Ramon Bilbao Tempranillo 1999, Rioja, Spain $18 for your friends. Matt's also right about the viognier, the chenin or the gewurtz, esp. the gewurtz if it's spicy.

― Michael White (Hereward), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 16:42 (twenty-one years ago)

...or are you like me, who just picks one at random and can barely tell the difference?

wait, you are me! tell your wine snob friends to get it down them and shut up.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 17:59 (twenty-one years ago)

wine snob =/ wine connoisseur. More blood of Christ, vicar?

― Michael White (Hereward), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 19:12 (twenty-one years ago)

I haven't had a good Pinot Blanc for a while, must rectify that.

― Matt (Matt), Thursday, 17 March 2005 08:29 (twenty years ago)

I'd trust Matt's judgement here, the house wine in his place is pretty damn good value

― ceebee, Thursday, 17 March 2005 10:52 (twenty years ago)

I got the viognier, it was lovely and everybody complemented me on the selection! thanks guys!

― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 17 March 2005 15:49 (twenty years ago)

Another victory for the wine squad.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Thursday, 17 March 2005 15:51 (twenty years ago)

four years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUIT9OUbwuM&feature=related

― The Hood Won't Jump (Eazy), Sunday, 20 December 2009 00:05 (sixteen years ago)

two years pass...

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/frontal-cortex/2012/06/wine-taste.html

― iatee, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 23:07 (thirteen years ago)

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