over the past couple years my tastes have changed and I am really enjoying a glass of wine, two or three with a meal.
Instead of just cracking open a beer.
Now while I enjoy good wine,
I don't enjoy paying for it. So my quest is always to find wines that drink well in the 8-15 dollar range.
I have become a big fan of Toasted Head as of late,
any others come to mind?
Quote:I have become a big fan of Toasted Head as of late,
Just way too easy....
Can't remember the name, but there's a wine for $3.00 a bottle that comes in all kinds of fruit flavors. Whenever I get together with my friends, we get that for the girls. We NEVER get enough. It goes too fast.
As for $8-$15, go out to the vineyards on Long Island. you can do a tasting and then buy bottles of what you like pretty cheap. There are several out there my friends really enjoy going to. At least one has a resteraunt where you can enjoy your selection with dinner. Great date places.
Quote:Can't remember the name, but there's a wine for $3.00 a bottle that comes in all kinds of fruit flavors.
I am looking forward to someone who does not consider Kool Aide and grain an aperitif, to answer this question.
Boone's Strawberry Hill.
$2.49/each
Quote:I have become a big fan of Toasted Head as of late
R.H. Phillips is actually the winery I bought stock in to get wine cheaper by the case. R.H. Phillips makes Toasted Head right outside of Sacramento. I love Toasted Head and R.H. Phillips chardonney (when I drank it!)
Rombauer is my current favorite. I highly recommend it...
hawk crest
stag's leap's second label.
all varietals are excellent and very reasonably priced.
another good one is st. supery
yeah, the second label works well.
I like Shooting Star, Steele's second label.
and some of the estate bottled wines are a good buy.
the Rodney Strong Chalk Hill is much cheaper than the real deal.
shooting star is very nice, my wife likes that one too.
there are many excellent washington state wines too.
<li>columbia crest
<li>chateau st. michelle
Edited By LZMF1 on June 18 2002 at 8:57
with what your wife is bringing in,
she should buy you the good stuff;-)
yeah but sometimes it just doesn't feel justified paying such exorbitant amounts of money for 1 bottle of wine.
I always enjoy Bolla, especially their Merlot. :thumbs-up:
Ok I am scared........
I like LZ's taste......
crap, how long till I am sitting in a pool of drool pushing a square peg through a round hole.
It exceeds your $15 limit (it costs about $20), but I like the Ruffino Classico Chianti. Tried it at my buddy's rehearsel dinner for his wedding.
Always nice to know Danked.
The limit is soft.
It is nice to know some more expensive ones to try,
I was just trying to keep the cheap wine focus in order to qualify for the trailer park.
Cakebread, Chalk Hill, Steele are some of my faves that are a little more expensive,
Benziger is decent.
and I remember fondly when Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio was cheap.
If there any kind of rule for which goes with what kind of food? Red or White?
I know as far as Red = red meats, white = light foods like fish, Riesling = dessert..... but what about those "middle foods" like chicken?
Edited By Hey Ladi on June 19 2002 at 2:41
Riesling = dessert
screw that, try a desert wine,
there are a few that are tremendous.... a little $$$ though.
I think the rules for wines are getting somewhat relaxed,
I think people are tending to drink more of what they like than what they are supposed to drink with the meal.
No matter what I am eating,
If I plan to drink more than a couple glasses, I drink white.
Reds in quantity give me a headache.
Edited By Ken'sPen on June 19 2002 at 2:54
I don't really drink much wine......
please, I think beer & eggs is a nice combination :thumbs-up:
And I didn't ask about sessert, I asked about chicken :-D
Quote:ask about sessert, I asked about chicken
usually white, but depends how it's cooked. with a heavier sauce etc. you could go red without raising an eyebrow.
See, it's not true what they say about you ;-)
ok sometimes :-p
Red wine hangovers are awful.
uicide: :crackhead: