spain Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 I hate White Zinfandel! Primarily because it reminds me of a bad vomiting experience in a jacuzzi with 2 chicks wanting to ride the Spain Train. But thats for another thread. Anywho, we always do Christmas eve at my house. My aunt and uncle always insist on having white zin. I usually just go with the old standby of Berringers or Sutters Home(the culprit of the aforementioned vomitus incident). What are the best White Zinfandels that I should get for under $35? Also, I am a Merlot fan and have tried a number of them. What are some of your all time Merlot favorites? For this one. make the high end of the cost range about $50. Thanks for your opinions my huddler bon vivants! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seattle LawDawg Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 I hate White Zinfandel! Primarily because it reminds me of a bad vomiting experience in a jacuzzi with 2 chicks wanting to ride the Spain Train. But thats for another thread. Anywho, we always do Christmas eve at my house. My aunt and uncle always insist on having white zin. I usually just go with the old standby of Berringers or Sutters Home(the culprit of the aforementioned vomitus incident). What are the best White Zinfandels that I should get for under $35? Also, I am a Merlot fan and have tried a number of them. What are some of your all time Merlot favorites? For this one. make the high end of the cost range about $50. Thanks for your opinions my huddler bon vivants! 1233800[/snapback] Best White Zin? Not sure I've ever heard those words together. Stick some of the boxed crap in a bottle and they'll never know. I'm not a huge Merlot fan at all, but if you can find it, pick up a bottle of Tapteil. Some of the other guys will probably have more advice. A good $50 bottle of merlot should not be hard to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 do they make white zin that costs 35 bucks? if all they'll drink is white zin, go with the 8 dollar box-wine. there's a merlot on the WS top 100...barnard griffin columbia valley 2003, at about 20 bucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain Posted December 23, 2005 Author Share Posted December 23, 2005 Yes, I agree on the white Zin. But truthfully, it is a very popular with the unwashed masses. I detest it. But people like what they like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bier Meister Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 i think you are doign fine with the berringer white zin.... merlot: duckhorn joseph phelps raymond cakebread stag's leap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 i think you are doign fine with the berringer white zin.... merlot: duckhorn joseph phelps raymond cakebread stag's leap 1233862[/snapback] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 I say trick them. Instead of bringing a white zin, bring a dry rose (maybe something from the Cotes du Rhone or Provence (or, to be clever, Spain)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman_Nick Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 (edited) i think you are doign fine with the berringer white zin.... merlot: duckhorn joseph phelps raymond cakebread stag's leap 1233862[/snapback] I have had all of the bolded wines and they are all fine choices. I also like William Hill, and Blackstone (which is only maybe $11 per bottle, but very nice). I find good merlot to be probably the easiest thing on the market to find. Except maybe White Zinfandel for under $35... Edited December 24, 2005 by Caveman_Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 I'm on my fifth glass of Piesporter Michelsberg. They are only like $9 a bottle but pretty tasty (embarassingly they are twist off which I didn't realize until I put the corkscrew threw the lid). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman_Nick Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 I'm on my fifth glass of Piesporter Michelsberg. They are only like $9 a bottle but pretty tasty (embarassingly they are twist off which I didn't realize until I put the corkscrew threw the lid). 1234239[/snapback] There's nothing to be embarassed about with a wine being twist off. Over the next few years you will see more and more mid range wines becoming twist off. I am sure the 'finer' wines will continue to use a cork, but there is a general move away from corks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seattle LawDawg Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 There's nothing to be embarassed about with a wine being twist off. Over the next few years you will see more and more mid range wines becoming twist off. I am sure the 'finer' wines will continue to use a cork, but there is a general move away from corks. 1234782[/snapback] Absolutely correct. There are some top "finer" wine makers playing with screwcaps or synthetic corks as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman_Nick Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 Absolutely correct. There are some top "finer" wine makers playing with screwcaps or synthetic corks as well. 1235817[/snapback] Sure...I only meant that it would be a while before you started seeing a bottle of Caymus with a screw cap, is all. Makers like BV that have a wide range of price selection will probably bring their lower end wined to it. The reason I don't think you will see top of the line bottles using the screw caps is that the snoots of the world wouldn'd accept it. That and the long term viability of a properly stored wine with a cork is somewhat a known. Screw cap, not so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 Sure...I only meant that it would be a while before you started seeing a bottle of Caymus with a screw cap, is all. Makers like BV that have a wide range of price selection will probably bring their lower end wined to it. The reason I don't think you will see top of the line bottles using the screw caps is that the snoots of the world wouldn'd accept it. That and the long term viability of a properly stored wine with a cork is somewhat a known. Screw cap, not so much. 1235857[/snapback] There are some side projects from the people at Caymus that already use screw caps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czarina Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 Cork is becoming very expensive, apparently. I had something a few weeks ago that had a synthetic cork. Awful. It was some plasticky stuff coating in cork. Hard to get it off the corkscrew afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 (edited) "I'm not drinkin' any (the really bad word)in' merlot!" as a result of this movie..... average pinot is now over-priced, but there is a nice abundance of merlot Edited December 27, 2005 by Bier Meister Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman_Nick Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 There are some side projects from the people at Caymus that already use screw caps. 1236458[/snapback] Just trying to make a general point about top end wines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain Posted December 27, 2005 Author Share Posted December 27, 2005 as a result of this movie..... average pinot is now over-priced, but there is a nice abundance of merlot 1237530[/snapback] What movie is that from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundaynfl Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 What movie is that from? 1238167[/snapback] Sideways... Although I am not a huge fan of merlot... there are some good one's out there. I just received some Blankiet Merlot that is a great wine! Helen Turley is the winemaker. Their Cab. is fantastic as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman_Nick Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 (edited) This is a good article. It shows why screw caps are better. IMHO the top wineries need to get this info out a with a little bit more vigor. If more people were educated as to the scenario, they would be more ready to accept the screw cap. As it is now, people associate the screw cap with bad, cheap wine. That's not a good marketing tool. EDIT: This is interesting as well. Edited December 27, 2005 by Caveman_Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh B Tool Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 (edited) Espana, for you I would go with Fat B*stard or Mad Dogs (& Englishmen). Just won a contest that scored a basket full of both. Most of the so called wine eggsperts seemed to like them during my Xmas partay. The FB Shiraz was quite good IMO, then again I'm a brewer of beer and know only that process extensively. Edited December 27, 2005 by Hugh B Tool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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