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Wine of the week


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how do want to do it?  

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  1. 1. how do want to do it?

    • 1. varietal (grape)
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    • 2. country
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    • 3. region
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Ok, I've kinda been avoiding the other thread because you guys are about 4 steps ahead of my untrained palet. But I do enjoy wine almost every day and not the Riunite's of this world. So if I were to get involved with this endeavor, I'd like it to be a learning experience as well as one for enjoyment. For that reason, I chose varietal even though I know that many of the really good wines are blends.

 

So you may safely discount my vote if it goes against what most of you were thinking in starting this.

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I vote again for doing it by varietal.

 

(I also suggest that it might be interesting for novices to pick up a couple bottles of wine of different varieties made by the same producer so that they can get a feeling for how different grapes taste. Perhaps pick up a few bottles by, say, Gallo of Sonoma or Columbia Crest's Grand Estates for around $10 per bottle (or maybe even Columbia Crest's "Two Vines" series for around $7 bottle). You can pretty much find these wines anywhere. (I think Gallo of Sonoma has a wider variety of wine varietals, so maybe they would be a good place to start).

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honestly, i think it's a good way to go....

 

while i know a little, there is truly so much to learn, that i believe we do want an educational element to this and we are going to keep costs low ($20 or less)...ignore us if we get pompous

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So if I were to get involved with this endeavor, I'd like it to be a learning experience as well as one for enjoyment. For that reason, I chose varietal even though I know that many of the really good wines are blends.

 

So you may safely discount my vote if it goes against what most of you were thinking in starting this.

 

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Kid, this was my whole idea behind suggesting the idea. I like wine, but I am a novice in really appreciating it. I figured this would be a good way for me to learn about it.

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I actually know a fair bit about wine in a general sense. I just can't relate any of that to a specific winery, appellation or vintage. :doah:

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now it has me thinking....... maybe we should do 2 $10 bottles/week, so we can draw some immediate comparisons.....

 

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that was what I was hoping we would be doing.

 

People might find this useful. I have one and it works quite well to keep normal wine in decent drinking shape for several days.

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that was what I was hoping we would be doing.

 

People might find this useful.  I have one and it works quite well to keep normal wine in decent drinking shape for several days.

 

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i hzve one of those too.... very usefull....

 

 

i am used to doing flights of wine. so much fun (ah i miss a city)

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a flight of wine consists of 3, 4, 5 + glasses of different wine (typically about 3 oz vs a full glass- 5 oz).

 

one might be:

- piedmont, italy (where you have 4 different reds from there)

- cabernet sauvignon (1 cal, 1 bordeaux, 1 nw, 1 australian)

- a particular grape from a particular vintner (assending or decending years)

 

etc

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My pallate appreciates the Strawberry Hill varietal.

 

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that works for me.

 

I'm actually going to try and follow this a little and see where it leads me. But honestly, I like cheap wine that taste like fruit so I am probably of no value to a wine thread at all.

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that works for me.

 

I'm actually going to try and follow this a little and see where it leads me.  But honestly, I like cheap wine that taste like fruit so I am probably of no value to a wine thread at all.

 

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i'm sure we will cover some wines that will appeal to you at some point... feel free to lurk or participate....either way np.

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that works for me.

 

I'm actually going to try and follow this a little and see where it leads me.  But honestly, I like cheap wine that taste like fruit so I am probably of no value to a wine thread at all.

 

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Skippy you may like the Late Havest Reislings, or just Reislings in general. They are pretty fruity. Also some dessert wines are nice and fruity the muscats are very nice. :D

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I vote for varietal as well. Someone suggested that we do this on a Monday night, unfortunately Monday's won't work for me due to a standing dinner every week.

 

If I could pick any night I would go with a Thursday with the exception this week and then I'd go with Wednesday.

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Are these the wines of the week?

 

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edit: revised to start with riesling this week.

 

 

even though they are lesser wines, i think doing 2 at $10-15 provides a better tasting experience. pinots are pretty inflated right now. there was not a hugh selection in that range (plus i wanted to try to get a decent representation of cal vs nw).

 

 

now the estancia pinot i had with my duck last night was pretty good :D

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