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Alfie

That's alot of bottles!!

So what's your favourite wine? Assume you've tasted a few of them

Gullwing

We prefer mostly dark reds. Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petite Sirah.
But we also enjoy sweet whites, Rieslings, and Muscat Canelli.
We aslo drink a lot of Ports, and 25-30 year old Black Muscat which we took from Granpa.
We drink pretty much everything and have over 23 different varietals, plus different blends.
95% of what we have is from the US, the other 5% is from the rest of the world, mainly Australia and South America.
95% of what is from the US. is from California, Paso Robles mainly but a fair amount from Napa.
We do not like French wines.

klier

Then you don't know what a good wine is

French wine is the best wine in the world peroid. A Chateauneuf du Pape, or something like that is the finest and best wine in the world. That would be a Rolls Royce, and every American wine would be an.....Opel in comparison.

French wine first, after that Spanish (I am thinking about a good bottle of Rioja ), and after that, I don't really care. Californian, South African and Australian are all decent table wines.

Nice collection of bottles you have there though.

Gullwing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_competition

Beginning in the 1960s, a number of winemakers in California aspired to create wines that could rival the great wines of Bordeaux and Burgundy, which they so greatly admired. These wines were their standards of excellence, which they bought, drank, studied, and emulated. By the early 1970s a number had produced wines that they believed were outstanding, but had great difficulty marketing them, even the United States. The results of some early blind competitions were discounted and discredited by the wine world. Although the competitions were blind, the argument was that the judges somehow knew which wines they were tasting and were biased. Another was that the quality of the French wines was reduced in transit across the ocean.

However, the results of the historic Paris Wine Tasting of 1976 couldn’t be ignored. The blind evaluations were conducted by crème de la crème of the French wine establishment and it was the California wines that had endured the transit. The judges ranked a California wine number one among the ten white wines, and they also ranked three California wines among the top four white wines. More important, they also ranked a California red wine number one among ten reds, including Château Mouton-Rothschild, Château Haut-Brion, Château Montrose, and Château Leoville Las Cases .

The results shocked the world of wine and led to the recognition that world class wines could and were being produced outside France . This, in turn, led other New World wine makers in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Chile, and a number of other countries to believe that they, too, might be able to compete with the very best. The results also led to raised aspirations among Old World producers such as Spain,Italy and Portugal. Some critics believe that the consequence has been even higher quality in French wines and that the results of the Paris Wine Tasting have benefited consumers around the world.

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The Emperor

Lol! After seeing that collection of yours, the last thing i'd do is to come in a Wine debate with you...

Splenditenes

I don`t know how I missed this thread.. I love beer and this is one of my favorites!! it`s so smooth and clean, it reminds my of diesel fuel a lot for some reason.

Gullwing

You should try a Sam Adams (a real beer). I turned 21 when I was in Connecticut and that is what I drank for two years, and even now when I go out. I can bearly choke down a bud, and then I feel sick the next day.

I have a friend that built his own brewery in the town I grew up in. He makes very good beer. It is so good that even going 24-7 he can only fill orders for a few Costco and Trader Joes stores, in Southern Cal

Choleric

I agree that Bud might not be the best tasting thing around but it is great when you're in college, along with Miller light, Coors light, Keystone Light/Ice, Busch light, Miller high life, Bud ice, Old style and of course PBR.

But ever since I have been to Germany no beer other than German beer taste good to me.

Gullwing

If I want German beer all I have to do is go down to the Hofbrauhaus LV. They get all there beer shipped in from Munchen, the dunkel is very good.

warot

Man... I don't know how you can say that. Well I lived in Russia when I was in highschool, so we got to experience some pretty fine alcohol. But after coming to the States, the beer here (usually the lights) are just way too watered down. Now that I'm finally 21 and can buy my own stuff, I only buy import. And I will drink Bud select if I have to.

Liquor: Been really into whiskey lately. Used to love vodka (due to Russia) but not really into it anymore
Beer: Most beer is good as long as its cold
Wine: Don't drink it