denton- my sister and brother-in-law once brought back a wine that had apricot in it that was unbelieveable. It wasn’t sweet- she can’t remember what vineyard they got it from.
“I loved some of the NYS wines my sister and brother-in-law used to bring home after trips upstate.”
Bxgirl, the Finger Lakes region is considered near world class in the production of Rieslings. Not other grapes. Someone else asked what vineyards to visit in the area? Dr. Konstantin Frank is the one to see, but he keeps off the beaten tourist path. He’s the one who first started vinification in the region, and makes some of the best wines. BG, sounds like you need to come over and get some wine education, mainly by drinking. lol.
Sam said:
“I think Australian wine is pretty awful, although better than South African wine, which I find undrinkable.
The only places that produce really excellent winea are:
France
Italy
California
Spain
Portugal
German wines are the pits, Chile has good wine but the best of it stays in Chile, New Zealand should stick with growing sheep and NY State wine is right up there with Tunisian wines. ”
Sam, your wine knowledge is seriously out of date.
Germany: Best Rieslings in the world. Best Gewurtz, along with Austria.
NYS: See above, otherwise agree.
South Africa and NZ are producing some of the finest Sav Blancs in the world today, and certainly the best bargains. SA is making some very interesting reds as well, especially pinotage. I had a most excellent bottle of the same recently, made by a Black-owned estate. WHAT, we’ll drink together, I’ll bring this, you bring the skittles. http://capewine.com/fairvalley_start.htm
Australia makes a huge amount of high RS mass market wine, but they also make some good stuff. Don’t write them off.
Ironically, Portugal doesn’t yet produce much of interest, altho they are improving. Port was developed because Portuguese red wine was so bad it had to be used for something.
Bottom line is, with the internet, technology transfer, and wine schools all over, it is increasingly difficult to find truly bad wine, and the old rules about France, Cali, and Italy no longer apply.
bxgrl he is prolly in Chapel Hill with the in-laws. He is missing good couple of days. He would have forgotten what ESPN is if he was around for all of this.
i am sorry to those i have offended. won’t happen again. the end.
denton- my sister and brother-in-law once brought back a wine that had apricot in it that was unbelieveable. It wasn’t sweet- she can’t remember what vineyard they got it from.
dave – here’s a hot ukrainian for you: stan jouk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c760pdSc2CQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fETsvZnIgFA
unfortch his bat doesn’t swing our way. i’ve seen reasonable facsimiles on the Q train though. been tempted to miss my stop.
when is the next LollaPaLUSA?
M4L away?
yeah – he’s visiting in-laws in a different state.
“Although a good framboise at home is a guilty pleasure i don’t usually admit to haha.”
Can you tell us about any more of your at home guilty pleasures? Inquiring minds want to know…
“I loved some of the NYS wines my sister and brother-in-law used to bring home after trips upstate.”
Bxgirl, the Finger Lakes region is considered near world class in the production of Rieslings. Not other grapes. Someone else asked what vineyards to visit in the area? Dr. Konstantin Frank is the one to see, but he keeps off the beaten tourist path. He’s the one who first started vinification in the region, and makes some of the best wines. BG, sounds like you need to come over and get some wine education, mainly by drinking. lol.
Sam said:
“I think Australian wine is pretty awful, although better than South African wine, which I find undrinkable.
The only places that produce really excellent winea are:
France
Italy
California
Spain
Portugal
German wines are the pits, Chile has good wine but the best of it stays in Chile, New Zealand should stick with growing sheep and NY State wine is right up there with Tunisian wines. ”
Sam, your wine knowledge is seriously out of date.
Germany: Best Rieslings in the world. Best Gewurtz, along with Austria.
NYS: See above, otherwise agree.
South Africa and NZ are producing some of the finest Sav Blancs in the world today, and certainly the best bargains. SA is making some very interesting reds as well, especially pinotage. I had a most excellent bottle of the same recently, made by a Black-owned estate. WHAT, we’ll drink together, I’ll bring this, you bring the skittles.
http://capewine.com/fairvalley_start.htm
Australia makes a huge amount of high RS mass market wine, but they also make some good stuff. Don’t write them off.
Ironically, Portugal doesn’t yet produce much of interest, altho they are improving. Port was developed because Portuguese red wine was so bad it had to be used for something.
Bottom line is, with the internet, technology transfer, and wine schools all over, it is increasingly difficult to find truly bad wine, and the old rules about France, Cali, and Italy no longer apply.
bxgrl he is prolly in Chapel Hill with the in-laws. He is missing good couple of days. He would have forgotten what ESPN is if he was around for all of this.
I believe m4l said he was visiting the in-laws. Where on earth that might be I have no idea.
I never assumed you’re the “dominant” one. I just thought you would like either one of them or both reporting to you :o). Dirty dirty mind Mr. Dave.