Wine Suggestions for a Newbie

Pamela Anderson's Left Nipple wrote:

Incorrect. You're committing a cardinal sin for merely drinking white zinf!

(ALERT: Nothing screams cheap more than a bottle of white zinfandel!)

Yeah, sure sucks to be "cheap" and actually have wine that doesn't taste like f***ing paint thinner. Red wine absolutely blows and I'm tired of condescending yuppies like you talking about their favorite pinot noir or merlot or some French shit that they can't pronounce.

If you want to get them a good tasting bottle of wine, get the Beringer white zin. If you want to scream "I'm a pretentious yuppie," listen to everyone else on this thread and get them something that tastes like some old French hag's dirty feet.

hahahaha wrote:

Yeah, sure sucks to be "cheap" and actually have wine that doesn't taste like f***ing paint thinner. Red wine absolutely blows and I'm tired of condescending yuppies like you talking about their favorite pinot noir or merlot or some French shit that they can't pronounce.

If you want to get them a good tasting bottle of wine, get the Beringer white zin. If you want to scream "I'm a pretentious yuppie," listen to everyone else on this thread and get them something that tastes like some old French hag's dirty feet.

Look dude, red wine tastes how wine is supposed to taste. White zin has been created to taste like what Americans like. Like fuggin Coke or something. If that's what you like, just buy them a 2-liter of your favorite cola and forget about it.

There's a line between pretentiousness and foolishness. It's not thin.

Care to guess which side of it you're on?

No need to read beyond the first response--Columbia Crest Grand Estates Merlot '03. Have had 6 bottles in the past year. Excellent for the money--$10-12.

PT in Eugene wrote:

No need to read beyond the first response--Columbia Crest Grand Estates Merlot '03. Have had 6 bottles in the past year. Excellent for the money--$10-12.

I remembered that being a good bargain wine too, so I bought a couple at the store tonight, on sale for $6.99. Other values I loaded up on tonight, the 2005 Mitolo Jester Cab for $14.99, the 2004 Marquis Phillips Sarah's Blend for $11.99, and I picked up more of the Boxer too. You can't miss with any of these. But all the Aussie's have the screw cap, and I already mentioned the stigma those carry with people that don't know much about wine.

if you're having oysters get dry Lancer's

For $10-12 you can do better than this. You can get many malbecs and tempranillos for this kind of price and they are better than the Columbia Crest- CC makes millions of bottles of wine per year, so it's like buying a Buick when you could get a Lexus for the same price. Nothing against CC, but its just everywhere. For $14 you can get a Kunde cab that is far better, and Mas Donis is about $12. Rosenblum is the same, Seghesio, etc.

hahahaha wrote:

If you want to get them a good tasting bottle of wine, get the Beringer white zin. If you want to scream "I'm a pretentious yuppie," listen to everyone else on this thread and get them something that tastes like some old French hag's dirty feet.

And if you like drinking ZIMA, go with this guy's advice.