Wine

**marothisu** · 02-07-2010, 02:31 PM

Originally Posted by pulse

I would classify wines as follows, and I'm clearly by no means a snob.

Under $4 (Mad Dog), this isn't really wine...
$5-$8. Cheap can be good, but most likely not when compared to..
$10-13. Potentially good.
$14-$25. The range of good wine. There are always some that aren't but, the quality is usually really good.
$25+ honestly I don't see the difference in a good $15 bottle and a $75 bottle.

I usually lump the $10-$13 and $14-$25 together. $50/glass you can definitely taste the difference and you can definitely taste the difference between a 20 year old vintage $1000 bottle of wine and a $50 bottle.

**CLONEing around** · 02-07-2010, 02:45 PM

We drink all different types of wines. Love reds out of Chile and Argentina. Also, Western Washington state is producing some good whites now. While different varietals, go better with different foods, the best rule of thumb is to drink what you think tastes good. Price doesn't always make a difference, like others have been saying. I've had some really good $8 wines. And some $15 wines that tasted "off". If you are in Ames, and aren't too much of a wine snob, you can get some pretty good "non-traditional" wines at the Taste of Iowa wine store on East 13th.

**CyAggie** · 02-07-2010, 02:46 PM

My wife and I enjoy a dry red on a winter evening, but pretty much stick to the whites.

We started with Zins, then moved towards dryer.

AT this point we enjoy a good pinot gris, pinot grigio, but our favorite wines that we drink 90% of the time are savigoun blans, of these 95% are from new zealand

**thatguy** · 02-07-2010, 02:56 PM

Wine drinkers drink Red Wines. The only time a white is acceptable is when it is a hot day outside and you don't want anything heavy. AND THERE IS NEVER EVER A REASON TO DRINK WHITE ZIN. EVER!!!!!!!

**CLONEing around** · 02-07-2010, 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by thatguy

AND THERE IS NEVER EVER A REASON TO DRINK WHITE ZIN. EVER!!!!!!!

**CyAggie** · 02-07-2010, 03:11 PM

Sorry I fail to meet your level of sobbery, but I will take take the dry, yet acidic sweet varietals of a marlborough region saviougn blanc over most reds.

**westcyedclone** · 02-07-2010, 03:31 PM

Mac Murray Ranch Pinot Noir
enough said.

**isuno1fan** · 02-07-2010, 03:55 PM

Red Zinfindale is where it is at.

FYI...white zin is actually a champagne

**GrindingAway** · 02-07-2010, 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by thatguy

Wine drinkers drink Red Wines. The only time a white is acceptable is when it is a hot day outside and you don't want anything heavy. AND THERE IS NEVER EVER A REASON TO DRINK WHITE ZIN. EVER!!!!!!!

This.

Oh and...

I'm not drinking any f'n Merlot.

**madcityCY** · 02-07-2010, 04:28 PM

Dry reds

cut my teeth on Chianti in Italy during my semester abroad. I have yet to find anything that tastes quite like it. Even the "house reds" in mom n' pop restaurants over there were amazing.

I mostly drink beer and whiskey, and I have yet to find any of the american reds that have really made an impression on me. I do like the Chilean Carmenere

**GeneralZod** · 02-07-2010, 04:38 PM

Bald Hills Pinot Noir - New Zealand

**mramseyISU** · 02-07-2010, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by cyclonedave25

It did for me the first few times I tried it, especially red wine, but after sipping on it more and more I started to aquire a taste for it.

My grandpa ran a sawmill that made the boards for wine barrels (staves). I spent 10 summers working for him in that sawmill and everytime I have a sip I taste the air in that sawmill. I just can't drink that stuff.

**pulse** · 02-07-2010, 05:04 PM

Originally Posted by marothisu

I usually lump the $10-$13 and $14-$25 together. $50/glass you can definitely taste the difference and you can definitely taste the difference between a 20 year old vintage $1000 bottle of wine and a $50 bottle.

Okay I've never had a $1000 bottle of wine. You said you could taste the difference. So my question is, is a glass from a $1000 worth $1000 to your palette? Or is a glass from a $20 bottle just as tasty? Is 'different' the same thing as 'better', not that I would know. Is it just different, or is it 200x better? I've always wondered whether a very expensive bottle of wine is worth it. I suppose you have to be able to not care about the price to answer that question.

**Arkansas** · 02-07-2010, 05:08 PM

Love red wine and my all time favorite has probably the most unforgettable name....Menage A Trois. Red table wine outta California.

**cyclonedave25** · 02-07-2010, 05:19 PM

Originally Posted by mramseyISU

My grandpa ran a sawmill that made the boards for wine barrels (staves). I spent 10 summers working for him in that sawmill and everytime I have a sip I taste the air in that sawmill. I just can't drink that stuff.

ohh, yes, I could see that being a problem.

Speaking of wine barrels, I was watching Mike Rowe make those the other day on Dirty Jobs.