Kid Cid Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Yah, it was really good. http://www.corrundum.net/post/With-a-Littl...My-Friends.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 (edited) I am living vicariously though your article as I sip on a fine vintage of Boones Farm. Honestly, I have no pallet for wine and it makes me jealous to see people that really do seem to understand and enjoy this vs. that. But really I have graduated past the Boones Farm. I like to feel my way around all the Rieslings and sometimes I trip on one that I really enjoy much more than the other. I can not seem to enjoy anything that is red though. Edited July 19, 2010 by Skippy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Cid Posted July 19, 2010 Author Share Posted July 19, 2010 Your first step towards wine enlightenment and you've already taken it. Find a wine you enjoy and drink it. If you enjoy Rieslings, then you should make it a point to explore German wines as well as the wines from the Finger Lakes regions. Both areas have some fantastic Rieslings. I'm guessing that you tend to like things on the sweeter side. You should know that as a general rule for German wines, Kabinett<Spätlese<Auslese as far as sweetness is concerned. These terms have to do with the level of ripeness of the grapes at harvest but they also provide a general sweetness scale. Eiswein, Beerenauslese, or Trockenbeerenauslese are considered dessert wines and are much sweeter, sometimes almost syrupy in texture. Just to finish confusing you, trocken means dry in the German classification of wines. So a Trockenbeerenauslese is a dry style of Beerenauslese but it is still sweet enough to be considered a dessert wine. As far as red wines go though, YOu will eventually enjoy them, but only if you make an effort to. I've discovered that wine appreciation is a developed talent and something that a lot of people gradually arrive at. When I first started, I enjoyed the sweeter wines and only over time did I begin to look for the subtler things that separate a good from a great wine. In searching for these subtleties I found myself moving from the sweeter white wines to the bone dry white wines and finally on to the reds. BTW, we rented a margarita machine last weekend and were making slushies from our Sarah's Patio Red (a semi-sweet wine made from 100% Norton grapes) and Sprite. Oh man did they go down easy on a hot summer day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Oh yes, you hit the nail right on the head. I have been down the German Rieslings route a bunch of times and it is for sure my favorite way to go. Beir turned me on to that a long time ago and I have pretty much been stuck there. The dessert wines are to sweet for me but maybe that is just because of the few that I tried. I've been in the frame of mind that I have tried to do the reds and have not enjoyed them at all so why move off the whites that I do enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nogohawk Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Sounds like a wonderful evening ... especially the '94 port - that was an excellent vintage. I have several bottles from Dow, Warre & Taylor Fladgate which I have yet to open. Probably sometime this year I'll pop one of them open. My night started with 2006 Domaine Chandon Chardonney and then onto 2001 Jacob's Creek Johann (Cab-shiraz blend) with delmonicos on the grill. Life is good! Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky11 Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 i've already gone through my 06 Shane selections and the Unknown was delicious. i barrel tasted his 08s last year, and was digging the fruit from Valenti Ranch (one of his SVDs). great guy and great vintner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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