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Burgundy or Bordeaux?
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Acidity can be a problem at the younger end, perhaps, but as you move 'down' the wine list I think you'll find it less of an issue.
May I recommend Gevrey-Chambertin, which impresses with the combination of its muscular, weighty attitude and paradoxical perfumed edge.
All in favour of a full bodied Rioja - although tanins can be overwhelming.
Beer is nice too.
May I recommend Gevrey-Chambertin, which impresses with the combination of its muscular, weighty attitude and paradoxical perfumed edge.
All in favour of a full bodied Rioja - although tanins can be overwhelming.
Beer is nice too.
iGary said:
Yep. Like almost everything from that part of the world, it relies on the aura of competence rather than competence itself. Having said that, I'd take a Burgundy as a very general rule.
mad jew said:Yep. Like almost everything from that part of the world, it relies on the aura of competence rather than competence itself. Having said that, I'd take a Burgundy as a very general rule.
Sorry but french bread, cheese, yogurt and mushrooms are difficult to best.
Hmm... Fair call but they don't make up for the lacklustre women, cars, language pronunciation, or monuments. Kidding, I don't mind French women.
mactastic said:I live where Sideways was filmed. 'Nuff said.
I'm not drinking any ****ing Merlot.
mactastic said:Now, now... I didn't say it was a GOOD movie.
It wasn't good?!... it was [in my opinion] excellent - a film, sorry movie, to have little or no plot with not convolution or be it full of self compulsive trite is quite something! A movie solely about characters and its ability to pull it off is a feat amongst feats!!
Loved it, bought it, respect it!!
PS. How does Lambrini fair in the world of wines?...
Last comment = huge joke!! 
iGary said:
Sorry, but here's where I take exception. As someone who worked in the restaurant biz for 20 years, trust me- there is no better white wine than what comes from Alsace. Other whites, especially California whites are too buttery and oaky. Steel barrels please.
And as for Burgundy and Bordeaux? Love them both a lot.
I do enjoy several wines from Oregon and Washington as well. And Spanish Rioja.
mactastic said:I live where Sideways was filmed. 'Nuff said.
will be there next month! SB coast actually, not inland, but close enough.
Maybe my question was too specific - there are lots of great wines in the world.
Personal favourite: Amerone (Italian - made from dried grapes - very butch, good with Boar)
Sideways was a lovely film. Drove up the PCH from LA to San Fran when I was 21. Never even occured to me to stop off and taste the wine. Next time...
Hic!
Personal favourite: Amerone (Italian - made from dried grapes - very butch, good with Boar)
Sideways was a lovely film. Drove up the PCH from LA to San Fran when I was 21. Never even occured to me to stop off and taste the wine. Next time...
Hic!
The Grood said:
Amerone is lovely. My current white of choice that I have chilling in fridge is a Gavi di Gavi which slides down nicely in the warm weather.
While on Elba (island off the coast of Tuscany) in May, we tried some of their local wines and were very pleasantly surprised. One red in particular was stunning... full-bodied with hints of blackcurrants and eminently drinkable
mad jew said:
Oh La La!
No, le mad jew is right!
Poor le me will take care of ze lacklustre french women. Ah, such a trageedy it iz, stuck weez parizian women avec le lacklustre!
ps: Summer is a nice time for Rosé, try some Chateau Saintes Roselline if you get the chance. It made me change the way I see Rosé...