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Iamnezzy

Iamnezzy

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Now, i like a beer as much as the next man (Half for the lady ;)), but occasionally i succumb to the dark side, usually red but here i have a fine vintage Chardonnay (£4 from Asda :eek:)

 

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I'm kind of a wine snob. I will drink the cheap stuff, but always have some great wine for special occasions.

Currently drinking this:

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Miner Family is expensive but amazing. I went to the vineyard in Napa and was able to drink a whole bottle of their limited run Benedetto.

Another favorite from Napa that I can rarely afford:

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Another from the cheap and cheerful range (3 for £10 at Asda) but it's a solid red, quite nice and a welcome tipple after a successful quiz win at my rugby club :)
 
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For reds I'm a sucker for Ripassos and Amarones from Italy. In whites I prefer lighter, half-dry things like Rieslings and Chardonnays.

But in general I do really like wine. :cool:
 
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Last one I bought, something like 8 bucks at the grocery store. Don't ever buy it, it tastes real bad. Really acidic and not pleasant at all.

That's what happens when you're on a student budget. I can't afford decent wine due to the amount of tax here in Québec. (Good wine starts at 15$)
 
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Last one I bought, something like 8 bucks at the grocery store. Don't ever buy it, it tastes real bad. Really acidic and not pleasant at all.

That's what happens when you're on a student budget. I can't afford decent wine due to the amount of tax here in Québec. (Good wine starts at 15$)
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I'm moving to Québec in a couple years. ****.
 
Shade Winery. Only a few miles from my house. Excellent wine, and even better people making it.
 

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Emiliana Merlot (year 2010 and others)

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Dense, dark and purple, this wine is packed with blackberry and plummy fruit flavours. The nose has the peppery/herbal edge so typical of Chilean Merlot and the palate shows dark fruits and ripe cherry flavours with a hint of chocolate and coffee.
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Maybe sorry for necroposting, but there's no reason to create a new thread for this when another one already exists, right?

Anyways, I've been active in the beer picture thread as well, but wine is another one of my loves, yet there seems to be no active thread about it here.
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I picked up this Dutch wine today. I've known of and been near the vineyard before. It's not that far away. But today I've met the owner who had a stand at a local market. Of course I had a taste, of their other wine as well.

Had to pick this one up of course. The climate here is appropriate for mainly white wines such as these although generally I am more into red wines
 
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Maybe sorry for necroposting, but there's no reason to create a new thread for this when another one already exists, right?

Anyways, I've been active in the beer picture thread as well, but wine is another one of my loves, yet there seems to be no active thread about it here.
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I picked up this Dutch wine today. I've known of and been near the vineyard before. It's not that far away. But today I've met the owner who had a stand at a local market. Of course I had a taste, of their other wine as well.

Had to pick this one up of course. The climate here is appropriate for mainly white wines such as these although generally I am more into red wines
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Another thing that I hadn't known: Wine is produced in the Netherlands?
 
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Some of my favorite Cabernets right now. At least ones we have cellared. Both Napa wines. The Riverrain is super small and boutique. The Kamen has larger production is more consistently good-great. The Riverrain goes from outstanding to ok!
 

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Yes! Quite a few vineyards nowadays. Especially in the very south of the country. Due to climate change many grape variaties move further up north too.
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Extraordinary.

Absolutely fascinating.

Well, as you say, with climate change, this should not be so surprising, yet - while I have no difficulty accepting that this has happened, for example, in southern England - somehow, it never occurred to me that this was also taking place elsewhere, in countries I had always assumed had temperate, (and quite wet) climates.

What wines grow best in the Netherlands? Are there any specific grape varieties (or, even, indigenous ones) that thrive in such conditions? How does the terroir influence what is grown there?

I would imagine that any wine (or grape) that does well in cool climates would also work well in the Netherlands.
 
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Extraordinary.

Absolutely fascinating.

Well, as you say, with climate change, this should not be so surprising, yet - while I have no difficulty accepting that this has happened, for example, in southern England - somehow, it never occurred to me that this was also taking place elsewhere, in countries I had always assumed had temperate, (and quite wet) climates.

What wines grow best in the Netherlands? Are there any specific grape varieties (or, even, indigenous ones) that thrive in such conditions? How does the terroir influence what is grown there?

I would imagine that any wine (or grape) that does well in cool climates would also work well in the Netherlands.
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Last I've heard is that due to climate change, grape varieties common in northern to middle France are doing quite well in the south of the Netherlands. But the most common are typical German (the Mosel region and whatnot) grapes. Not entirely sure which exactly but the one I've acquired today is made entirely of Johanitter, which is based on a Riesling grape.

As for our climate, we've been having more and more dry summers, it doesn't really rain that often but when it does it comes down in massive quantities. Our climate is quite mild generally, but don't expect any vineyards near the North Sea coast. The climate there isn't good for grapes, more of juniper berries (hence the prevalence of gin or 'jenever' in Dutch alcoholic history).

But even in Norway they're able to produce wine nowadays, a very different world of wine than say a quarter century ago.
 
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