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Which wines do you remember as commendable?

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Rumpel

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A general question
 
My favorite wine by far. No longer to be found anywhere in Canada.

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So many years ago, Boone's Farm. Or some name like that. Cheap, but after a few glasses the taste is no longer important. Not even sure if that is still around. And you sure won't find it served at any high class dinner event. But that was way-way back when that was a wine of choice, even for folks who had extra money in their pocket.

Well, university then military.

We have some fine rice wines here in Japan. Some super expensive ones, too.

But after my cancer treatment was started my alcohol days were finished and likely never to return.

But I still remember Boone's Farm. if that spelling is correct.

Oh yes, I remember now; in movies I have seen this thing of swishing wine around in your mouth and then spitting it out. Horrible waste of alcohol. Should be illegal. Or is that just a movie thing?
 
Rumpel said:
A general question
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Back in the day, when my ex and I had a wine cellar, my favorite big reds, ones that I could "lay down", were a Cabaret Sauvignon by a small California vintner Freemark Abbey, and some long legged red Zinfandels by Ridge Vinyards, and Nalle winery from the Lytton Springs properties.

My favorite Bourdeaux was always Ch. La Mission Haut-Brion, but I can't afford it now in my retirement.

When I became single, I all but stopped buying wine entirely, because I don't drink alone. When we were together, a bottle of wine could always comfortably be finished in an evening if we chose to. I hate opening a bottle, not finishing it, and drinking it a day(s) later when it is never quite as good.

Most recently, since I lost my sense of smell, I rarely even buy wine when I'm dining out or at a bar.
 
My favourite is Gewürztraminer
 
As for the red sorts I like best the Spätburgunder … Pinot Noir in French
 
Thoughts on Piesporter wines?
 
I have never met a wine I liked. I don't know if that's because I have never found a good wine, or my palette is just incomprehensible to it. I do get a bit envious upon hearing the delight that this pairs with that or the other thing. Sometimes I tell myself it's just the snobbery and nobody really likes it, and sometimes I get FOMO and try it again, only to be met with the familiar disappointment.
 
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I have never met a wine I liked. I don't know if that's because I have never found a good wine, or my palette is just incomprehensible to it. I do get a bit envious upon hearing the delight that this pairs with that or the other thing. Sometimes I tell myself it's just the snobbery and nobody really likes it, and sometimes I get FOMO and try it again, only to be met with the familiar disappointment.
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I was at a fancy-pants restaurant in St. John's for a multi-course meal. Before each course the sommelier recommended a pairing.

We ended up trying wines that I would never have chosen myself and I learned to broaden my horizons a bit.
 
I'm not sure about "commendable", but finding the communion wine when I was 12 was certainly memorable ( I think), I recall thinking when I woke up that the undersides of the pews really needed to be dusted.
 
ASHES said:
I have never met a wine I liked. I don't know if that's because I have never found a good wine, or my palette is just incomprehensible to it. I do get a bit envious upon hearing the delight that this pairs with that or the other thing. Sometimes I tell myself it's just the snobbery and nobody really likes it, and sometimes I get FOMO and try it again, only to be met with the familiar disappointment.
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How is your sense of smell? I ask because I used to enjoy wine for many decades. My Ex and I had a modest cellar with a little over 100 bottles in it. But about 5 years ago my sense of smell just fell off a cliff, and the attraction for it just isn't there anymore. Admittedly, it's a tradeoff. I'd love to have my olfactory sense return, but losing it has saved me a fortune I don't have.
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MamboDervish said:
How is your sense of smell? I ask because I used to enjoy wine for many decades. My Ex and I had a modest cellar with a little over 100 bottles in it. But about 5 years ago my sense of smell just fell off a cliff, and the attraction for it just isn't there anymore. Admittedly, it's a tradeoff. I'd love to have my olfactory sense return, but losing it has saved me a fortune I don't have.
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Functional but not refined.
 
I have always preferred a chilled Riesling. Give me a bottle of inexpensive Chateau Ste. Michelle, a Columbia Valley, Washington brand, and I’m fine.

Years ago when I was still working, some of my colleagues and I were conducting a week-long retail note audit near the Texas-New Mexico border. We flew from our home base to Dallas, then to Lubbock, where we each got our rental cars to drive from there. We got done early and made it back to Lubbock at noon on Thursday, so we had time to kill until our flight out on Friday morning,

At lunch, one of my co-workers and I were figuring out what to do. She said there was a winery a few miles south of town, so we hopped in her car and drove down to taste wines for the afternoon. It was the Llano Winery. We had a blast tasting many of their wines, and we decided to take a six-bottle carrier home with us. She bought three bottles, and I bought three bottles.

One of my choices was a bottle of their award winning Port. Now, port isn’t for everyone, being a dessert wine, but this stuff was awesome. Back then, it was like $25.00 a bottle. I always wanted to get more of it over the years. My daughter got me a 2017 bottle for Father’s Day this year. With shipping, which wasn’t cheap, I think it was about $100.00. I’m going to open it when fall or winter sets in. Can’t wait to try it again.
 
Grogu said:
I have always preferred a chilled Riesling. Give me a bottle of inexpensive Chateau Ste. Michelle, a Columbia Valley, Washington brand, and I’m fine.
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I remember them from decades ago. Very competent viniculture for the price point. They made some really nice sparkling wine too, as I recall.
 
ASHES said:
I have never met a wine I liked. I don't know if that's because I have never found a good wine, or my palette is just incomprehensible to it. I do get a bit envious upon hearing the delight that this pairs with that or the other thing. Sometimes I tell myself it's just the snobbery and nobody really likes it, and sometimes I get FOMO and try it again, only to be met with the familiar disappointment.
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Neither of my sons drink. It makes me suspicious of their mother... but, then, she drinks more than I do, so...
 
Allan said:
I was at a fancy-pants restaurant in St. John's for a multi-course meal. Before each course the sommelier recommended a pairing.
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Finding a good pairing is one of my favorite activities.
Allan said:
We ended up trying wines that I would never have chosen myself and I learned to broaden my horizons a bit.
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A good sommelier can do that to you.
 
MamboDervish said:
How is your sense of smell? I ask because I used to enjoy wine for many decades. My Ex and I had a modest cellar with a little over 100 bottles in it. But about 5 years ago my sense of smell just fell off a cliff, and the attraction for it just isn't there anymore. Admittedly, it's a tradeoff. I'd love to have my olfactory sense return, but losing it has saved me a fortune I don't have.
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I wish i could be so modest.
 
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