[Drinking] Wine or not to Wine. Your tipple.

[Sussexscots]

Given up on Blue Nun then?

Was always too sweet for me. Had a bit of a revival though, of late.

I believe they've changed the grape varieties to include Riesling so it's maybe less sweet now.

 

[Icy Gull]

Was always too sweet for me. Had a bit of a revival though, of late.

I believe they've changed the grape varieties to include Riesling so it's maybe less sweet now.

Riesling I love

 

[JTR938]

Barolo or Amarone,
Malbec is vile (IMO)

 

[Icy Gull]

Malbec is vile (IMO)

Agreed, much too earthy tasting for me

 

[JTR938]

Agreed, much too earthy tasting for me

So so overated, and has become very 'fashionable' over the last 5 years or so for some bizarre reason

 

[Is it PotG?]

Barolo or Amerone,
Malbec is vile (IMO)

ALL Malbec?

Some might argue that a Barolo, even a decent one, is a touch heavy for football quaffing.

Highly subjective.

 

[Bakero]

Spanish reds in the winter and Spanish whites in the summer......but I live here!

99% Spanish for me too but no need for the winter/summer distinction. We get about 4 days of winter a year

 

[JTR938]

ALL Malbec?

Some might argue that a Barolo, even a denct one, is a touch heavy for football quaffing.

Yeah, but as I say only in my opinion

 

[Bry Nylon]

...also a fan of sparkling red on occaision.

I think you’ll find that’s Dr Peppers

 

[JTR938]

Yeah, but as I say only in my opinion

Certainly not an every day drinking wine

 

[Mr H]

Barolo or Amerone,
Malbec is vile (IMO)

Expensive tastes!
BTW It's Amarone.
I like them both, but I'm a Southern Rhone man. Costiére de Nîmes for day to day, Château Neuf du Pape for special occasions

 

[The Wookiee]

My favourite go to at Tesco - reduced to £4.50 a bottle last week - halfway through my third bottle- opened the first at 2pm

 

[JTR938]

Expensive tastes!
BTW It's Amarone.
I like them both, but I'm a Southern Rhone man. Costiére de Nîmes for day to day, Château Neuf du Pape for special occasions

Stand corrected- my bad

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Can't do whites anymore unless fizz
Rose is great with fish or white meat - White Zinfandel particularly
All Malbecs come from Argentina, I've yet to find one I can enjoy
Merlot and Cab/Sav more my thing, Rioja and Shiraz too can be okay
Good few years ago was lucky enough to spend a day wine tasking in Cape Town - happy days ...

With wine it's true that you generally get what you pay for - under a fiver is unlikely to beat a £10-£15 range for taste, flavour & body.
Tend to avoid Californian and Australian as these are more typically targeted at the cheaper end of the scale.

Anyone discovered Jam Shed?

 

[Is it PotG?]

Can't do whites anymore unless fizz
Rose is great with fish or white meat - White Zinfandel particularly
All Malbecs come from Argentina, I've yet to find one I can enjoy
Merlot and Cab/Sav more my thing, Rioja and Shiraz too can be okay
Good few years ago was lucky enough to spend a day wine tasking in Cape Town - happy days ...

With wine it's true that you generally get what you pay for - under a fiver is unlikely to beat a £10-£15 range for taste, flavour & body.
Tend to avoid Californian and Australian as these are more typically targeted at the cheaper end of the scale.

Anyone discovered Jam Shed?

All Malbecs do not come from Argentina. The grape originated in the Cahors region, where it is still produced.

It was exported to Argentina since soil conditions suited the grape.

My trips to Lot and its environs have been magnificent.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

NZ Marlbrough wines. Slip down nicely.

 

[wellquickwoody]

For everyday drinking I buy ‘Clean Skins’, which you can buy here for as little as about £1.70 a bottle. Basically it is the over production of big name brands who don’t want to see their high street labels being discounted. The only choice you get is grape variety.

My everyday stuff is Chardonnay, and before anyone gets too stuffy they should remember that White Burgundy, Macon Villages and Chablis are 100% Chardonnay, and most good champagnes have a big chunk of it too. Talking of sparkling, there are some seriously good bottles of fizz out here at very sensible price tags, totally negates any reason to buy cheap champers.

Not a great drinker of reds which is a shame as the quality here is superb, but I am gonna try me a ‘Baby Grange’ at some point.

 

[Goldstone1976]

Wine? Pfft - barely touch the stuff.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Ladies drink in Newhaven

 

[W3 BHA]

Not really into red more of white wines in our house,however and you don't have to name the brand but what countries wine do you look for first ? For us Australian,Chilean and then New Zealand.

New World wines, preferably South African, but Chilean, Argentinian, Australian also good.