I have always ben partial to a bottle of Châteaux Chunder as recommended by the wine expert below.
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What type of wine do you drink?
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Profpointy
Legendary Member
but red or white though?
Just came across this thread through the search function. Interesting to hear all the views on wine. Over the past year one of my work colleagues has put on a number of tasting sessions and they've been a real revelation. I'm still very much on the nursery slopes but definitely much better able now to pick out the flavours and generally a much better appreciation of it all. A very enjoyable journey so far and with lots of ground still to cover
Be afraid. be very afraid... you are on the slippery slope.... whatever is now your regular price point will soon taste cheap and nasty and you will spend an extra couple of pounds a bottle, then a fiver... then more... then you will know enough to spot real value and take delight in paying less!
I now taste at a semi professional level at many trade fairs (up to a couple of hundred wines in a day!) - a year or so ago at the local rugby club a wine merchant member put on a tasting. All the wines, bar one, were spot on their correct price point. the exception was a Bordeaux at IIRC around £8 that was a £13 wine - I queried this. He had bought a couple of containers full from Customs (from a failed smuggling attempt) and had had to pay cash, he wanted to shift it quickly, hence the knockdown price. I very often buy on the basis of wine shop tastings in eg majestic where on the counter you sometimes find value gems - far better than random selection from the stacks. And knowing which producers ( eg) are literally the wrong side of the road so must sell at cote du Rhone prices rather then the near identical Chateauneuf du Pape at twice the price is a real plus.
Enjoy the journey, on which you will find, as most people do, that better, more expensive wines with more flavour and body and the bottle lasts longer and you end up drinking less and actually spending the same. Two bottles of £5 Bojo or 1 £10 decent Cote du Rhone Village?
Spoked Wheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bournemouth
Try Casillero del Diablo Savignon
I like quite a few and some are quite cheap.
White:
Chablis
Soave (Italian and very cheap but I like it)
Chardonnay
Red:
Casillero del Diablo Savignon
Tesco cheap Chilean wine, quite good too
Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
- Location
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
Couple of cheeky Lebanese ones I had on Friday.
albion
Guru
Not necessarily true. I bought couple of bottles of £7 Caño Tinta de Toro on special at 2 for £8, kept going back for more, but now that I'm backing having to pay £7 for an OK £7 wine, the old reliable Speckled Hen is back to being my preferred tipple/meal accompaniment.
What's the Mosaic like? - I've never tried it. It looks young and dark in the glass
Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
- Location
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
Very drinkable, not as smooth on the palate as the Gaston Hochar but worth a try.
Flick of the Elbow
less than
- Location
- Midlothian Edinburgh
To my surprise I'm developing a taste for whites much more than reds. Reds so far are either full bodied and yummy or just insipid. But I can pick out a much better range of variations in whites. At the last session, all Aus or NZ, there was a very nice Chenin Blanc, wonderful honey taste, also a Riesling that smelled of petrol but tasted much nicer!
As usual we finished off with a fortified dessert wine, in this case a Rutherglen Muscat, absolutely fabulous. I've bought a bottle to round off Christmas Day.
As usual we finished off with a fortified dessert wine, in this case a Rutherglen Muscat, absolutely fabulous. I've bought a bottle to round off Christmas Day.
CopperBrompton
Bicycle: a means of transport between cake-stops
- Location
- London
1) Red (of course)
2) Everyday wine, Jacobs Creek Reserve Shiraz or Bethany G6
3) Ocado
4) RRP £10, Ocado often does 25% off deals, which is when I fill up the wine-rack
5) For special occasions, Peter Lehmann Stonewell Shiraz, around £30.
A well trodden path... I too find myself gravitating more and more to whites esp with restaurant food. you are in good company wrt Chenin and Riesling both producing a wide range of wines from steely dry to sweet sweet
The traditional home of Chenin is the Loire, but i think the grape's true natural home is South Africa, who produce across the whole range of styles. if you can, try FMC from Ken Forrester (the name comes from a blank label tester he brought to the UK once. Asked what is was he said " just a chenin tester", to which his questioner replied, " Bolleux, it's F(lipping!!!) Magic Chenin - and the FMC name stuck.)
Mrs M
Guru
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
We used to order from Laithwaites and the Sancerre and Viognier wines were very good. Expensive in supermarkets though. Like white Chilean Sauvignon or red Merlot. Some nice wines at M&S.
Like champagne very much, Lanson black label or GH Mumm but only at Christmas or special occasions.
Like champagne very much, Lanson black label or GH Mumm but only at Christmas or special occasions.
Mrs M
Guru
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Mr M will not drink French wine, all the more for me then
Cycling Naturalist
Guru
- Location
- Llangollen
I've got some of the 1986 Musar - and it's drinking brilliantly.
