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- Ken'sPen - 06-18-2002
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?
- Arthur Dent - 06-18-2002
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.
- Ken'sPen - 06-18-2002
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.
- Galt - 06-18-2002
Boone's Strawberry Hill.
$2.49/each
- kindred - 06-18-2002
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...
- LZMF1 - 06-18-2002
hawk crest
stag's leap's second label.
all varietals are excellent and very reasonably priced.
another good one is st. supery
- Ken'sPen - 06-19-2002
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.
- LZMF1 - 06-19-2002
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
- Ken'sPen - 06-19-2002
with what your wife is bringing in,
she should buy you the good stuff;-)
- LZMF1 - 06-19-2002
yeah but sometimes it just doesn't feel justified paying such exorbitant amounts of money for 1 bottle of wine.
- Spitfire - 06-19-2002
I always enjoy Bolla, especially their Merlot. :thumbs-up:
- Ken'sPen - 06-19-2002
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.
- Danked - 06-19-2002
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.
- Ken'sPen - 06-19-2002
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.
- Hey Ladi - 06-19-2002
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
- Ken'sPen - 06-19-2002
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
- Hey Ladi - 06-19-2002
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
- Ken'sPen - 06-19-2002
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.
- Hey Ladi - 06-19-2002
See, it's not true what they say about you ;-)
ok sometimes :-p
- Luna - 06-19-2002
Red wine hangovers are awful.
uicide: :crackhead: