Favorite Wine?

daisy5

Okay so what's your favorite wine? mine is Vino Del Fratelli - Moscato D'Asti

rediguana

Nice choice! I think I will get some Moscato d'Asti for the next time I have people over for dinner and serve it with the dessert - it's so gorgeous really chilled!

I don't have a "favourite" wine as such. I always like to try new wines so I rarely get the same thing twice. I like Rioja Reservas, AC Medoc, Saint Emilion Grand Cru, Cahors, good Argentinean Malbec (all reds); and Alsatian whites, Rueda, Burgundy, New Zealand Sauv Blanc, dry German Riesling etc etc (whites).

It would be easier for me to mention the ones I don't like so much! Not crazy about Pinotage, Shiraz-Cab blends, Muscadet, Grenache...

deRanged

I rarely buy the same thing twice - I like to keep on trying new wines.
One that I do keep buying is a Mas Codina Cava. Other than that I love big fruity wines - nice sauvignon blancs and the like.

Cloned Alien

My favourite wine is porta carmenere or any good chilean merlot. However revently i have tried superquinns new french wine range, out of this world especially the cotes de rhone for €7.

grenache

My two favourite reds would be an Aussie Shiraz from Barossa Valley and Valpolicella from Italy. Other reds i find highly palatable would be Argentinian Malbecs, Fleurie from Beaujolais and Cab-Merlot blends from Magaret River region of Western Aus.


In whites i go for Sauv Blancs mainly. Particularly like Sancerre from Loire Valley. Chilean ones also appeal to me. Other than that i like a glass of Vouvray from Loire, Italian Pinot Grigio, Aussie Semillon (Peter Lehman's is divine) or German Riesling from the Pfalz.

grenache

rediguana wrote: »

Not crazy about Grenache...

I wont take it personally

SoupyNorman

Absolutely love this


Also like the Nederburg range.


Like another poster said, I rarely buy the same wine twice. I love to try out any and all. (Reds of course)

James3555

Buckfast

MattKane

Barossan Shiraz, followed by NZ Sauvignon Blanc

the beer revolu

SoupyNorman wrote: »

Absolutely love this


Also like the Nederburg range.


Like another poster said, I rarely buy the same wine twice. I love to try out any and all. (Reds of course)

Why reds of course?
Doest the notion that white wine is somehow inferior to red still pervail in this country!!??

The wine I keep coming back to over a good few years now is Herencia Remondo - Montessa. A Rioja Crianza. Some vintages are better than others (2005 now) but all but one were excellent (2002 was poor, I think).
Not sure what shops sell it but I get it direct from Classic Drinks in Cork.

For white, at the moment I like dry Reislings - German, Alsace or New World.
Want to try and age some Reisling too.

shanel23

Reds I keep going back to are the wines from the Dao region in Portugal . Some fantastic undiscovered wines to be found from this region. I also love the oakey Spanish Riojas .

Baggio

Nothing better than a list of great wines to drive ya maaad when on night shift! grrr

anyway.....faves are Sagrantino Di Montefalco, deeep reds like quality Malbec from Argentina, Pinotage, Shiraz and Cabernet from South Africa, also nearly every red from Italy, Sparkling Shiraz from OZ, any decent champagne/Sparkling wine, but not Cava just seems to cut the throat a bit!,

whites - Alsace pinit gris or gewurtztraminer, New Zealand Sauvingnon Blanc's, also chile

hate bland wines with no depth of flavour somehow a few spanish i have tasted last few years seem like that , not sure why but i dont buy much spanish at all even though i know they usually make great stuff overall.

ciao' sipping amigo's ...Baggio ..

guildofevil

I was looking through this thread when a thought struck me. If this was a favourite beer thread it would be full of flavourless big brands and low cost sh1te. How come this thread isn't full of posts like "Le Piat d'Or!", "Blue Nun is great if it's really cold", "Mateus Rosé was good enough for my father so it's good enough for me", "Tesco own brand Chardonnay, is the best wine in the world and anyone who says otherwise is an idiot!"

I suppose there just isn't the brand loyalty with wine that there is with beer. Irish people don't have as much invested emotionally in their wine choice, so they know they are drinking a beverage, not supporting a team or saluting a flag. This is great (for wine) because people are willing to try new things, thus expanding their palate.

As beer geek and brewer that made me a little sad.

Then I saw this post and I felt a little better.

James3555 wrote: »

Buckfast

On the actual question, I am a Rioja man. I like the more oaky examples but I have yet to find one I would classify as my "favourite".

jasonbourme.cs

Bend in the River , Pinot Grigio really nice

the beer revolu

guildofevil wrote: »

I was looking through this thread when a thought struck me. If this was a favourite beer thread it would be full of flavourless big brands and low cost sh1te. How come this thread isn't full of posts like "Le Piat d'Or!", "Blue Nun is great if it's really cold", "Mateus Rosé was good enough for my father so it's good enough for me", "Tesco own brand Chardonnay, is the best wine in the world and anyone who says otherwise is an idiot!"

I suppose there just isn't the brand loyalty with wine that there is with beer. Irish people don't have as much invested emotionally in their wine choice, so they know they are drinking a beverage, not supporting a team or saluting a flag. This is great (for wine) because people are willing to try new things, thus expanding their palate.

As beer geek and brewer that made me a little sad.

Then I saw this post and I felt a little better.


On the actual question, I am a Rioja man. I like the more oaky examples but I have yet to find one I would classify as my "favourite".

I agree with alot of what's said above, I know a few wine reps who complain constantly about people's "sheep like" approach to buying wine. Mass produced, cheap, branded wines sell far more than more interesting, often better value, wines. Lots of people are very brand loyal - hence the Nederburgs, jacob's Creeks, Blossom Hills etc. of the wine world.
Having said that, the range of wines available to those who care to look around even a little bit is expenonitally better than the range of beers generally available and even conservitative people are far more likely to try new beers than new wines. Wine has come a long way in this country - it seems like beer has hardly set off from home yet!

Drives me crazy when you visit a 4 or 5 star hotel and they have a 4 or 5 star wine list, a reasonable spirit list and a 0 star beer list.
And, no, having a choice of 8 lagers is not a beer list!!:mad::mad::mad:

BaZmO*

Don't really have a favourite wine, but I have a favourite region and that'd be Corbières.
Not as readily available as the other more popular regions though. I love Argentinean Malbecs and I'm partial to a nice Rioja too.

Dublin_Gunner

After reading this thread, i'll be definitely popping into superquinn later for a bottle!!

I always have a soft spot for a good Bordeaux - and Molloys near me have brought in a whole new range of wines. I bought a 'St Vincent de Paul' Bordeaux, 'twas only €7.99, and a really drinkable wine. I was suitably impressed.

I've always been a fan of Shiraz/Cab mixes, the Cab takes the roughness away from the Shiraz, which can be a little too strong on its own IMO.

I like a good Rioja also, and superquinn have been selling some great reserve Rioja, a 1999 for €10.99, and a 2001 for €7.99 (I think), great value, and 2 really nice wines, good and 'chunky', round flavours, yum.

I do quite like a good white too. A good Macon Villages / Macon Lugny always goes down well when chilled, as well as a staple new world Sav Blanc.

garbanzo

In white it can only be Sancerre . . . . yum yum.

In red it's gotta be a French cote du rhone or bordeaux but I've been known to horse back virtually anything in my time.

At the end of the day there is still an awful lot of kack/snobbery talked about when it comes to wine. Thankfully this thread is not in that zone.

osnola ibax

Sancerre = formidable

though I do love a verdiccio aswell in the white.

I'm currently drinking a bottle of blossom hill cab sav, I'm sure this is the modern day equivalent of black tower but it's surprisingly smooth. Generally in reds I love a good beaugelais, and sometimes tescos have some great wines on specials...... (hic)

tennislite

Theres a wine tasting evening in Castleknock Tennis Club at 8:30pm Fri 25th Sept if anyone is Dublin/Castleknock located. www.cltc.ie

wine tasting French & Spanish wines, and dancing til late, only € 20 in aid of www.havenpartnership.com Great raffle prizes too, just ring 087 7745756 for more info,

DigiGal

Has to be JP Chenet