What type of wine do you drink?

[Cheddar George]

NZ Sauvignon Blanc for me and the missus.

Mrs George is a big fan of NZ Sauvignon Blanc, most of them (especially Marlborough) are a bit too fruity for my taste and are almost alcopops .
After many years of avoiding european riesling i have recently got into Australian riesling which i love but mrs George can't stand.
Fortunately as red wine goes we both enjoy a light Rioja, a crianza or possibly a reserva, gran reserva is too much.

If you want advice on wine try your local "Majestic Wine", the guy in my local store is excellent.

 

[Andy_R]

Only if chilled

creme de meths...not only can you drink it, but use it as fuel in your trangia

 

[jugglingphil]

Don't forget that there is about £2.20 of tax on a bottle of wine.
I tend to see what "bargains" there are, always red.
Do make my own fruit wine, although I'm some way off being self-sufficient.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I'm a sucker for anything with a bike on the label.

 

[Stephen C]

I'm a sucker for anything with a bike on the label.

Same here, there is some good stuff at Sainsbury's at the moment with a bike on the label, 2 for £12 (£9 each) if my memory is correct.

 

[Fnaar]

Mostly red, and to be honest I'm not that fussy. Fond of Spanish reds, Portuguese and Italian reds, South American reds, Aussie reds too. I love a decent Rioja, but it's always coloured by the fact that when I used to live in Spain I could buy equally fab local wines for pennies. White, if I drink it, has to be dry and chilled. Cava rather than champers (cheaper, better, rarely touch it anyway).

 

[Fnaar]

...we''ll be able to get Buckie's in cans soon!
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...o-be-sold-in-cans-for-first-time-9392336.html

 

[PK99]

Anything for less than a fiver.

http://www.corksout.com/whats-in-your-bottle

 

[PK99]

One of the most famous instances of blind testing is known as the Judgment of Paris, a wine competition held in 1976 where French judges blind-tested wines from France and California. Against all expectations, California wines bested French wines according to the judges, a result which would have been unlikely in a non-blind contest. This event was depicted in the 2008 movie Bottle Shock.

Another well-publicized double-blind taste test was conducted in 2011 by Prof. Richard Wiseman of the University of Hertfordshire. In a wine tasting experiment using 400 participants, Wiseman found that general members of the public were unable to distinguish expensive wines from inexpensive ones.[6] "People just could not tell the difference", said Wiseman, "between cheap and expensive wine".[7]

Copied from wikipedia, hunt around its' been proven many times. They did it over 5 years with the same wines in one study I read (when I started drinking wine) and all that could be gotten from it was that the choices on the "connoisseurs" where almost random.

Pus a random selection of people on a range of bikes and few will be able to distinguish expensive bikes from inexpensive ones....

 

[raleighnut]

Blind riding, like the idea but.

 

[Crackle]

http://www.corksout.com/whats-in-your-bottle

 

[swee'pea99]

Does meths count?

Tut tut. Meths is not a wine. It is an aperitif.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

There was a crisis in Chez Collins on Sunday evening. The only non-fizz white we had in the house, apart for a stupidly expensive English one, that was a present to me from an MW, was a Pouilly-Fumé. Not a usual Sunday night slosh appellation for TLH and Beth.

Three wine racks full of Naked and Wine Society reds and fizz and I'm in the dog-house because there is nothing to drink....

EDIT and who cares if a randomly selected group of members of the public have palates that can't tell a Kashmir curry from a Kerala one, let alone good wine from plonk. Proves nothing about people who are interested in wine.

 

[e-rider]

I've never paid more than a fiver for a bottle.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I've never paid more than a fiver for a bottle.

Is that a boast or an admission of shame? Or even both!