Recommend a nice red wine!

[Heidi]

My recommendation is La Cuvée Mythique, a French wine. Very nice. :thumbsup:

"The 2001 Cuvée Mythique stands out as one of the best success of these last years. Deep ruby red in colour coupled with berry fruit aromas on the nose. Soft blackberry fruits are abundant on the palate combined with a long lingering finish."

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Do you want "nice" or "good"?

There's a difference.

In terms of "nice", I like the "Bin" series - bin 555, bin 777, etc. I can't remember which of the numbers are red, but, well, a trip to the liquor store will clear that up. :-)

Georges DeBeouff wines are nice enough, including their Beaujoleis Noveu (and, I hate admit it, I simply cannot remember how to spell that), though pretty much any other Beaujolais is better.

[Heidi]

2. You got me, Rabrrrrrr.

I don't like red wine so much, but this one I really enjoyed. So, for me, it's "good," but I also use wine labels in collage, so this one's "nice," too. :thumbsup:

[Heidi]

22. Kick. (nt)

[LynneSin]

3. Try the South African Pinotages - I like KVW

:D

[Heidi]

4. Since I have to do my hideous weekly grocery shopping

in about 20 minutes, I'll look for it, LynneSin! Thanks for the recommendation. :thumbsup:

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. And I have yet to find an Australian red that is unpalatable

In fact, the truth is, in the world of wine we are no longer in the 70s and early 80s - it's goddamned hard to find a wine that sucks nowadays (excepting the obvious Ripple and Mad Dog). Every now and again I find a wine that isn't as good as I'd like, but I have yet, in the last ten years, bought a wine that was unpalatable, and let me add that, due to the HUGE number of wineries and wines available, I have rarely bought the same wine twice in the last ten years. So take that to the bank.

production methods and also grape raising methods have improved so much in the last ten years, that, truthfully, you can pretty much grab any bottle at random at the store and you will do fine.

The time we live in is truly a bounteous and wondrous time in terms of wine.

[southlandshari]

6. Oops...I stumbled in here by mistake...

This is clearly a thread for folks with taste and class. Sorry for the interruption, friends. Carry on!

(stumbling back out, domestic beer in a can in hand)

:hide:

[Seabiscuit]

7. Enjoy your Schlitz... or is that a Schaeffer?

Or... Janitor In A Drum?

[Seabiscuit]

8. Saint Emillion - any bottle $20 or more is fine.

By the time you get up to $40 a bottle you're drinking some of the finest there is.

[southlandshari]

12. Bite your tongue, Seabiscuit!!

I may be poor, but I'm not desperate!

[Seabiscuit]

15. Oh. Budweiser. King of Beers. A-OK. You're redeemed. :0)~

[edbermac]

24. ECK!! I'd rather drink Limbaugh's urine sample than Bud!

:puke:

[Rabrrrrrr]

44. I bet it was sterno

[southlandshari]

46. If you want to start a fire, darlin'...

Allow me to help you out.



:spank:

[JVS]

10. See post 9

[southlandshari]

11. Egads!

If I'm feeling really spiffy, I'll go for a $5 bottle of white zinfendel from the 7-11 down the street.

What you describe sounds migraine inducing!!!

:crazy:

[JVS]

13. It's soo good and so fun. There is nothing like good friends, a good...

meal, some good shit on TV, and enough wine to get at least 2 people drunk for $8

[Taverner]

28. Thing is I know the real truth

Southlandshari is really a yuppie who drives a BMW 320i, wears only the finest designer dresses and drinks lattes.

[southlandshari]

47. Open your mouth.

Insert Moon Pie.



And STFU with your false yuppie allegations!!

:P

[JVS]

9. Carlo Rossi Burgundy. 4 liters for $7.97. Tres bien!

[billyskank]

14. I think I am the wrong person to ask

:hi:

[southlandshari]

16. What can we ask you?

:evilgrin:

[billyskank]

17. Woah. Deja vu!

:evilgrin:

:hi:

[southlandshari]

19. LOL. You've already answered the big one for me.

But I'm always open to suggestion on how to change your mind!!



Good to see you this mornin', darlin'!

:hug:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

18. I'm more of a beer person; but I enjoyed Yellowtail Shiraz not long ago...

It's an inexpensive wine; but not cheap-tasting.

[Robeson]

21. I was going to say the same. It's a good inexpensive wine....

...and under Bushonomics, inexpensive is all I can afford.

[jayctravis]

20. Franzia fits anywhere, in its nice box shape.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

27. Wine by the box...

:puke:
LOL! I've never thought of myself as a wine snob, but I guess I am in that respect...

[jayctravis]

41. Actually I don't drink wine often...

so I keep box wine handy for cooking and the infrequent slug before bedtime. I can drink a little without feeling like I'm wasting a bottle.

[malta blue]

39. Delicato wines in a box are good too. eom

[TK421]

23. St. Francis Merlot n/t

[Patiod]

25. Beaujolais Villages

nice for winter, no beaujolais nouveau headache, reasonable price

[Seabiscuit]

48. Bingo! One of my favorite staple wines - Just $6.99-$9.99.

(depending on the store)

And you got the right label, too - Louis Jadot.

[Taverner]

26. I'm partial to the David Bruce Pinot

Even though it's hard to get good Pinot in California...this stuff is Santa Cruz mountains so it works.

[southlandshari]

30. .....

I knew I'd see your librul elitist Blue State ass on this thread!

:P

If you ever come to Alabama, look me up - I'll show you how to drink properly, California!

[Taverner]

33. Ah but I know the truth my dear Shari....

And I know behind the redneck exterior you're a yuppie who drinks lattes and nothing less than a Coppola Merlot ;)

[southlandshari]

35. You do know the truth.

And you know nothing could be further from it than what you just accused me of!

Call me a yuppie again and I'll get redneck on your ass, California!

[Taverner]

36. ...

Shari's car



Shari's beverage



:P

[southlandshari]

40. When pigs fly.

Even if I was made of money I wouldn't drive a fucking BMW or drink overpriced red wine sure to give you a raving headache come morning.

[Shakespeare]

38. See if you can get your hands on....

...a Russian River Valley (Sonoma County) Pinot. The best come from Gary Farrell and Rochioli Vineyards, in the $30 range. J Winery also makes a lovely single-vineyard Pinot in the same range (don't remember if it's RRV, though).

They're beautiful wines.

[anarch]

29. Willamette Valley Vineyards - Whole Cluster Pinot Noir

a big :thumbsup:



http://www.willamettevalleyvineyards.com/?s=wine&ss=2

[Taverner]

32. Ahhh yes nothing like a Pinot from the Northwest

California just doesn't do pinots

[Floogeldy]

31. Okay

Why don't you have a nice red wine?

:crazy:

[Heidi]

49. Oh, but I _do_ have a nice red wine.

And I now have more, thanks to the generous recommendations of fellow DUers. :thumbsup:

[flvegan]

34. Any 2001 from Napa will be nice.

[redqueen]

42. Seconded.

Sonoma, too.

I really like the Rodney Jackson 2001 Sonoma Cabernet.

[malta blue]

37. 2001 Stonegate Diamond Mountain Reserve

94 points (Wine & Spirits)
so very, very delicious...
http://www.stonegatewinery.com/wines/diamond_mountain_reserve2001.html

I am the proud owner of a 3 liter bottle as well as a couple of cases. Can be consumed now, but wait a few more years and yummy!

[AngryAmish]

43. 2003 Twin Beaks Shiraz

Got it two weeks ago at dinner. Been looking for it since.

I'm not a real wine guy but that was good. When I do find some I'm going to buy a case.

[EFerrari]

45. Yes.

:rofl:

The Barefoot label is great and the contents of the bottle is very good for it's price range, both merlot and the cab.

[lildreamer316]

50. !!!2001 Sebastiani Alexander Valley Merlot.

ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTE. It is superb.IF you can find it. If anyone in the area has a hook=up, PLEASE let me know!!
I must also mention a white combo wine called Conundrum. Love it love it!!