What is your all time favorite Wine?
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I prefer a big fat juicy chewy Cab. My favorite is Frank Family Cabernet Sauvignon.
https://www.frankfamilyvineyards.com/wine/napa-valley/napa-valley-cabernet-sauvignon
https://www.frankfamilyvineyards.com/wine/napa-valley/napa-valley-cabernet-sauvignon
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I prefer a big fat juicy chewy Cab. My favorite is Frank Family Cabernet Sauvignon.
https://www.frankfamilyvineyards.com/wine/napa-valley/napa-valley-cabernet-sauvignon
Good tastes Dan, but I must say....if you haven't had their reserve Cabs yet, get your game on bro. Flora Springs Trilogy is along the same taste patterns, also good for a red blend. Duckhorns reserve lines are outstanding as well.
Wine is like speakers, hard to pin down a favorite. Amarone, Borolo, Cabs, Zins, Pinot Noir, red blends, all have a spot on my list. Different vintages also change preferences.
BTW....speaking of wine, for the first time I ran into a joint that had high quality wines BY THE GLASS. You never see them by the glass. I stopped into a Ditka's in Oakbrook on the corner of 83 and 22nd for lunch with the wife the other day. Duckhorn, Silver oak, Frank Family, Flowers Pinot Noir and others, by the glass ?? Unheard of....
Plus they have a darn good menu, had the prime rib sandwich which was outstanding. If any of you Chicago crazies are in the area, stop in at Ditka's.HT SYSTEM-
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My diet is restricted to no alcohol, except for the occasional Pinot Noir.
The Sea Smoke "Ten" Pinot Noir is my favorite, and I admit that I have not tasted anything like all California Pinots, let alone all Pinots from around the world.
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That's a tough, tough call --
1974 Simi cabernet or 1978 Robert Mondavi cabernet (i.e., the "real" Robert Mondavi -- anyone reading a thread like this one probably knows that the Mondavi family cold have been the model for the old TV prime-time soap Falcon Crest)
Both 1974 and 1978 were outstanding vintages for cabernet sauvignon in Northern CA; helped put CA wines on the world map.
Historically, I like big, chewy Zinfandels; late 1970s Davis Bynum (Russian River valley) were wonderful. Zins got kind of overheated in the 1990s, though -- with ridiculous alcohol content. Similar to the fate that befell (American) chardonnays, I think the red Zins became caricatures of themselves when they got a bit popular
Lately, we've been drinking, and enjoying, Malbecs. We had friends from Baltimore who "discovered" them on a hunting trip to (if memory serves) Argentina long before they became popular in the US (i.e., we were "early adopters"). We had a great one for Christmas dinner (with prime rib and Yorkshire pudding!) -- don't remember the vintner though
In terms of the great French Bordeaux crus (is that the plural of cru?) (Petrus, Margaux, etc.) -- any that I could ever afford to buy... really aren't that good.
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I like ones with alcohol in them...
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Been awhile since I played heavily with wines, but one of my favorites was David Bruce wineries especially their--Pinot Noir2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
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My fave wines are the ones that taste good and get me loaded fastest.
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mhardy6647 wrote: »You forgot Mad Dog 20/20
https://www.md2020wine.com/
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When I was 17 till now, that MD20/20 was believed to be the reason guys were homeless. It was rumored that when the guys pan-handled, they were wanting money so they could by more MD 20/20. I'm serious too.
@Viking64 ,We stuck with Boones Farm ( LOL ) Strawberry Fields. It got us there pretty cheaply too.More than once I might ad.
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My favorite whine is complaining about our, ... oops, sorry, no politics.
I have gallons of the stuff, and rarely drink it. LOL.
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My favorite whine?
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Ken, I have thought about that.Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
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That comes out to about a bottle a day for a year... Or one yuuuuge party, as Ken has suggested.
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My favorite whine is complaining about our, ... oops, sorry, no politics.
I have gallons of the stuff, and rarely drink it. LOL.
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We're in the same boat these days. We love the stuff, but we've both lost a lot of weight in the past few years and, frankly, for our calories (more to the point, WeightWatchers "points") -- we'd both rather eat than drink.
We actually have a little wine cellar in the basement of this house; nothing fancy but functional. It's still got some wine in it, too... maybe I'll snap a photo if I can beat the cobwebs back
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I have had a few expensive bottles of wine, $100+, including a very nice Penfolds which was much more than that, but they were all given to me. I mainly stick to sub-$25 bottles since I am the only one in the house that drinks wine.
I get just as much enjoyment from a good $20 bottle as I did from that $400 Penfolds (which admittedly was a little too young). The best sub-$25 wine I have had was a couple bottles of 1999 Simi Cab which I stored for about 6 years. Great year for California cabs and a great example of one of them. -
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I like ones with alcohol in them...
Admittedly I'm a Moscato snob...
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I have had a few expensive bottles of wine, $100+, including a very nice Penfolds which was much more than that, but they were all given to me. I mainly stick to sub-$25 bottles since I am the only one in the house that drinks wine.
I get just as much enjoyment from a good $20 bottle as I did from that $400 Penfolds (which admittedly was a little too young). The best sub-$25 wine I have had was a couple bottles of 1999 Simi Cab which I stored for about 6 years. Great year for California cabs and a great example of one of them.
https://www.dreamingtreewines.com/2015-the-dreaming-tree-cabernet-sauvignon-californiaDan
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I have had a few expensive bottles of wine, $100+, including a very nice Penfolds which was much more than that, but they were all given to me. I mainly stick to sub-$25 bottles since I am the only one in the house that drinks wine.
I get just as much enjoyment from a good $20 bottle as I did from that $400 Penfolds (which admittedly was a little too young). The best sub-$25 wine I have had was a couple bottles of 1999 Simi Cab which I stored for about 6 years. Great year for California cabs and a great example of one of them.
https://www.dreamingtreewines.com/2015-the-dreaming-tree-cabernet-sauvignon-california
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A nice Malbec will do for me. No specific brand.
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Not my favorite, but a nice red I am drinking currently, Etrusca Velia red wine. A blend of Zinn, Primitivo and Petite Sirah from Russian River Valley. I haven't never been a big Zinfandel fan, but with the blend, this isn't bad. Christmas gift from the boss.
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Been one my wife's and my favorite for decades. Pairs nicely with about any food or just sipping. Usually south of $10 a bottle and consistent throughout the years.
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BlueMDPicker wrote: »Been one my wife's and my favorite for decades. Pairs nicely with about any food or just sipping. Usually south of $10 a bottle and consistent throughout the years.
I have had that several times starting in 2003. It was rated one of the top 100 wine values by Wine Spectator that year. Excellent value. -
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I have had that several times starting in 2003. It was rated one of the top 100 wine values by Wine Spectator that year. Excellent value.
My first exposure to it was in late '73 early '74 by a wine merchant fresh off a buying trip. It's remained consistent that long.
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Mikey081057 wrote: »Ain't that the truth
Yep, and with the explosive boom in residential starts (in my county at least), very many are never returning to the cold.