Wine?

[Proplus]

LOL!!! A wine thread.....let me tell you some of the wines I got in my collection:

Name: Cloudy Bay
Origin: New Zealand
Grape: Chardonnay (can get Sauvignon Blanc version)
Colour: Rich buttery yellow
Scent: Gooseberries, with a hint of cinnamon
Taste: A chalky medium dry white, rich on the palate bringing a buttery taste, leaving behind a tiny scent of lemonness....

This is a fabulous wine, served in many eateries. Essential with fish.



Name: Vega Sicilia
Vintage: 1975
Origin: Spain
Grape: unsure, but I'm certain that it contains Merlot
Colour: A vibrant ruby heading towards a deep rich purple
Scent: A raspberry hit on the nose, very berry
Taste: Surprising light on the palate with distinct raspberry/strawberry tastes. After taste of rounded oak will develop over age.

I've got a case of this wine, and expect no lower than £100 for each of these beauties. Only ever drunk 2 bottles of the case, on special occasions. Its a bit of shame that this wine was bottles so early, if it was left to age longer in its barrel, this would have become a great wine. Nonetheless, ageing still occurs in the bottle, and thats why I've kept them for so lone.



BTW, the best wine to have with Chinese food, isn't Riesling as many will say, but the slightly spicy Gewurztraminer from Alsace......

[Zak33]

Originally Posted by Honoop

Kumala Sauvignon Blanc Semillon - £4.99
This one is much lighter in colour almost creamy
Smell - this wine smells sunny, nice and bright
Taste - much smoother than the chilean, slightly sweeter due to less bite. Tastes very fresh and herby.

Herby........Sunny...bright....

she's getting there

now you gotta think of smells and tastes that you assosciate that with.....

Herby is good....but give us a clue.......go open a pot of herbs and work out which? Sage? Rosemary? cos them you can sort which food to go with it

[Clingy]

Just fancy a New Zealand Riesling!!!

I think I'll treat myself to a Villa Maria(?) Riesling. King of the grapes many say. Probably around £8 - £9 a bottle. Can I afford it? mmmmmm probably not, but I'm on this diet and need some rewards. If it was a red, then my annual treat (apart from the bottle of Xmas vintage port) would be a Amarone at around £15 a bottle.

What wine would you buy as a special treat to yourself?

[El Gordo]

Got a good tip for the red lovers among us.

If you've got a bottle of cheap plonk that you want to make more drinkable or a bottle that you've not had (or got) time to let breathe properly, just try this:

Take your bottle and simply up-end it into a clean decanter or carafe (even a jug at a push). Empty the wine as fast as you can into your chosen container so that the wine gets as much air into it as possible. Then let the wine stand for 2-3 minutes to let things settle. This also allows the now aerated wine to experience roughly the same amount of breathing it would as if it were left open for around 30 minutes.

Of course any wines flavour (but especially reds) will benefit from being decanted into another bottle etc.

[Blub2k]

Campo Viejo 1995 has to be one of the nicest wines there is and would always be on my shoppipng list if I want a nice tasty wine as a treat. I dont do white.

[Slick]

I love red wine but it allways gives me a terrible hangover, even if its just a couple of glasses. I even get hangovers later in the evening from it so I need to stay off it. Instead I just have white wine for a cheap night in with the gf.

[Blub2k]

I get that off of cider, not scrumpy, just cider, no harm really, would kill me if it was with red too.

[lynni]

urgh red it gives me really bad heartburn... as does dry white, i like sweet-medium wine but i only need a glass or two and im 3 sheets to the wind, very drunk!!

Never woke with a hangover tho which is always nice