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I've watched and participated in some alcohol oriented threads , but don't remember a thread dedicated to 'favorite wines'. Forgive me if my memory has once again failed me. If not lets discuss your favorite wines.

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My better half likes her Chards and I do but not as much.
I like a good red sometimes with a steak.
 
s&wchad said:
You’re fine posting this!
I remember MD 20-20 from my youth...
Ugh! :eek:

The Mrs. likes late harvest or ice wines. I like a decent red with beef, but I prefer a good beer. Wineries don’t make a lot off of us.
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A year or so ago I found some Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill and thought it would be nice to re-live my days from 1969 after boot camp.

Pretty cheap laxative!
 
If "Only" I knew anything about wine

It's tough to shop for wine without any knowledge of what you are purchasing. I am not a sweet wine lover or a dry wine lover, I have bought a selection and poured them all in a gallon jug together and though it not too bad but I remain an uneducated wine drinker! It's been close to a year since we have been able to shop for anything because of the Covid 19 so when my wife allows me to go in a store to shop again I'll take another look.
 
I drink wine almost every day. Nothing fancy - its Moscato today, when that’s gone it might be a Sangria or a Riesling. Sweet wines only - the dry stuff tastes awful to me.

Not a snob, either. Wine from a box is good enough for me.
 
I'm not a drinker because after two Seven-ups, I'm dancin' on the tables and rippin' my clothes off. Believe me...not a pretty sight.

But, I do remember when I was down in the Four Corners area of Southern Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico several years ago that the hands-down local favorite was something called Tokay wine. You could get a whole gallon of it for a buck. Not being a wine drinker, I don't know how the stuff tasted, but it must've been pretty good because you'd see it all over the place. Very popular.
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Dry Red dinner wine from WA or CA producers. OR is more White wines, which my wife likes, but I find them kinda nasty!
My current favorite is 2017 Sharecroppers Cabernet Sauvignon from the Columbia Valley of WA State. Richland WA; maybe it's the Radioactive waste that gives it that just right flavor.
I probably wouldn't make it as a wine writer!

Best,
Rick
 
After way too many bottles of Boones Farm and Thunderbird in my misspent youth it took me a while to get into real wine.

15 to 25 years ago several of the local high end restaurants would have wine dinners and a lot of the time the actual winemakers would be there. Lots of good times, good food and good wine. Sadly the gentleman that organized the dinners has MS and is no longer able to do it. He had a lot of good connections in California wine country.

I have more wine than I'll drink in the rest of my life but I keep buying more. I have a lot of favorites under $10 a bottle
 

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My favorite is a Marlborough region Sauvignon Blanc. Starborough, Brancott and Marlborough Ridge are good but my favorite recently was Okiwi, I found it at Target of all places but it now sadly seems unavailable. It was about $10 per bottle and perhaps the label first attracted me, Okiwi is a small town in NZ and the label said it was a "Drinking Village with a Fishing Problem", I enjoy fishing in NZ and tasting the local wine so a double treat! Chardonnay was always my favorite but the Oak aged selections would give me a blistering headache, probably from the tannin. I stayed at a B&B in a vineyard and the owner introduced me to non-Oaked Chardonnay so I enjoy them on occasion.

I remember the first time my wife and I traveled to Spain. We went for lunch and wine was brought out immediately, the waiter asked if we wanted water and we both said yes and bottles were brought out. When we received the bill we found that the wine was included with the meal but the water was a nominal charge. We both agreed it was a great country!
 
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pawngal said:
After way too many bottles of Boones Farm and Thunderbird in my misspent youth it took me a while to get into real wine.

15 to 25 years ago several of the local high end restaurants would have wine dinners and a lot of the time the actual winemakers would be there. Lots of good times, good food and good wine. Sadly the gentleman that organized the dinners has MS and is no longer able to do it. He had a lot of good connections in California wine country.

I have more wine than I'll drink in the rest of my life but I keep buying more. I have a lot of favorites under $10 a bottle
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Pawngal, it is always good to have a challenge in life, I'm rooting for you.
 
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