JediJoker
2K Club - QQ Super Nova
The beer thread got off on a wine tangent, so here's a dedicated thread for wine appreciation.
Trisaetum and Utopia in the Ribbon Ridge AVA.
Thanks for starting this off, JediJoker. Yesterday I attended a cheese festival, at which there were also wine stalls. Tasted a few medium-dry reds from a couple of wineries, and ended up buying a couple of bottles from one I hadn't heard of before: Bigibila Wines. They hail from the central-Victorian township of Moonambel, which is roughly between Maryborough and Stawell. I bought a lovely savoury 2017 cabernet franc, and a couple of bottles of a 2008 shiraz / cabernet sauvignon / cabernet franc / merlot blend, called Harmony.
Ooh, sounds pretty fine. If a '17 franc is good now then cellaring for another year or two ought make it even better. Really like cab franc and generally find that barrel aging is good to a point, then more bottle aging after gets it to its best.
I could tell you a bunch of wineries in the northern Willamette Valley area to hit.Nope, not hit either but I'll make note and try get there next timer we're visiting up there. Our plan usually means family inn Portland, then a night or two in McMinnville to use as a base for checking out wineries - a cool b&b there has done us very well. I can't recall all the places we've done there, but a couple faves would be Airlie (their Foch is very nice) and Montinore for a couple of their whites.
Love Cabernet Sauvignon.
My go to when I am not pairing is "Joel Gott 815" the taste is pretty darn good for the $16 range.
Oregon Pinot Noirs can. But you have to get the good stuff. The sweet spot for the wineries I like the best around here is around $45 a bottle...
I live in easy distance (less than 90 minutes' drive) from two of the greater metropolitan Melbourne wine areas: Mornington peninsula, and Yarra valley. Both offer some great cool- and moderate-climate reds, as well as whites. Being a poor scientist I'd almost never spend over USD30 on a bottle of wine. (Too much surround material to save up for!) Fortunately for me, we've an abundance of supply here, and - all taxes included - I find there's an excellent variety of interesting, flavoursome drops available in the USD15-20 area (that's $22-30 for us, at present).I would love it if you all who live in wine country, or even those of you who often try out new wines.......tell what you paid for a bottle. That helps put it all in perspective...at least for me.
I'm not the kind of guy to go out and spend much more than $23-25 for a bottle.......I prefer the $15-20 range to be honest. I'd drink cheaper, if it truly is a great wine. I'm not interested in wine that isn't good.
I am sure there are solid Oregon Pinots in your price range. Is there Trader Joes in your area of Illinois?Well, that falls way outside what I can afford (or willing to afford). Maybe on very special occasion, would I spend $50 on a bottle. And, it better damn well be way better than those half the price.
I am sure there are solid Oregon Pinots in your price range. Is there Trader Joes in your area of Illinois?
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