Wine Lovers, Speak Up!

Some of my best experiences have been with pairing meats and cheeses, which brought out flavor a that I would have not noticed otherwise. I'd be interested in a wine good just for sipping...perhaps a port? Originally Posted by YummyMarie

Tawny port...or sweeter, maybe an ice wine?

Never tried an ice wine, though I've heard of them. The production process sounds cool enough to try one just out of curiosity.

Opus One, Specs has it at $300
You can also but Overture same wine as Opus One but only $100

Never tried an ice wine, though I've heard of them. The production process sounds cool enough to try one just out of curiosity. Originally Posted by YummyMarie

It's hyper sweet and intense!
I got paid to cut lots of frozen grapes as a kid.
But we also had access to hunt all the vineyards. Deer love grapes.

Never tried an ice wine, though I've heard of them. The production process sounds cool enough to try one just out of curiosity. Originally Posted by YummyMarie

I presume you are already familiar with the basic idea of an Ice Wine...

Stop into your local Specs - a decent Shiraz might run $15-$25, and a decent Ice Wine runs $25-$35, and I think you'd find some at any Specs.

This link might explain the taste better than I'm about to try doing. Imagine taking a Moscato, de-bubbling it, then distilling it down to concentrate until the 20% remaining is a somber work of art. By the same token, I could imagine taking an ice wine, watering it down, carbonating it, and then selling it as a Moscato.

I like to enjoy the Riparosso Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, Italy. I used to bartend at an Italian restaurant, where I gathered some knowledge of wine but specifically Italian wine.

According to Johnson, one of the disadvantages of wine is it causes a man to mistake words for thoughts.

As far as eiswein you should read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trockenbeerenauslese
I taught wine appreciation "courses" at a local wine store. You can find a good to great German TBA for anywhere from $80 to well over a thousand (which you should kneel as you drink). I am a firm believer in CA cabs. Watch the movie Bottle Shock where Cali twice kicked France's ass. I must say The 1971 - I'm old - La Tache Burgundy beats the hell out of US pinot noir. I was forced to sell my wine collection. The highest price a single bottle brought was $1,600. While price can't always predict quality - Take Opus for example - there is some relativity. I did a blind tasting with 15 people from work who where skeptics. We had 8 wines, all cabernet ranging in price from $16 to $90 - with one exception. A bottle I had aged for a number of years with a market value o $200. 14 of the 15 people picked the expensive bottle as best. And not perfectly, but generally ranked the more expensive wines higher.

I had the huge advantage of getting great deals on wine through friends. Unfortunately, most of those wines are out of my buying ability these days. But it's nice to remember.
One last rant - I hate synthetic "corks". While they don't dry out and leak real cork is better if stored properly.