I have been drinking wine pretty often lately. And while I generally consider myself more of a beer
drinker, I have a deep love for Moscatos. Sweet wine seems to be the only wine I really love
drinking (though I also enjoy whites).

As I was drinking a glass of wine and fantasizing about Purplejedi licking some of the sweet wine
from my navel, I began to wonder if he would even enjoy the wine I selected.

So tell me, what wines do you drink? Do you have any suggestions? Are there any specific wineries
you visit often or enjoy?

If wine isn't your thing, you can list what you would allow PJ to lick/eat off of you

Certainly not sweet wines.

Wines are expensive in this country (Finland) due to taxation and the state owning all liquor stores, so I stay in the 9-12 euro region. I buy mostly French and Italian. I used to buy Spanish wine often, but they're mostly something that go down the best with spicy food. I prefer Cabernet type reds and can't really get along with Merlot. Some mixes are fine though.

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"Beaujolais-Villages Cuvée 3 Fleurs" is something that I like to drink when I don't eat anything at the same time. There's a more expensive and a more refined version out there too (just one flower pictured on the label). It goes down easy like most whites, but the taste isn't "dumbed down".

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I keep a bottle of Villa Bianchi always in the fridge in case, you know, someone needs a place to sleep after a night out. The taste is not that "complex", but doesn't taste like cucumber or pineapple like 80-90% of "easy" white wines these days do. I don't really drink white wines on my own or with male friends though.

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Spanish "El Coto" is a pretty safe choice together with food. Not just meat, vegetarian too. I know many others that drink that stuff too.

... and when I want to get drunk as a motherfucker and want to do it for relatively cheap:

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Does it taste good? Well, that's not the entire point. That stuff's gotten me messed up like Ayahuasca on several occasions.

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ZombieKitten said:

Lucky my dentist is all about Champagne and when he comes to dinner he brings the good stuff!

... and the award for the most absurd post of the day on the org goes to you.

novabrkr said:

I don't like anything that's too sweet, especially if it's only sweet because there's been tons of sugar added.

I prefer red over white.

Mostly I'm a fan of Austrian, French, and Italian ruby-coloured Zweigelts and Pinot Noirs (sometimes a good Chianti will do, too). I also like barrique wines.

What I don't like is too fruity/peachy ones (Blaufränkisch for instance).

Robert Kaman Winery's "Writers Block" is the best wine I've ever had. It's a red blend.

I love wine!

I’m not a snob by any means and have a hard time remembering labels other than a few (I always want to try new things!) but I do have particular taste. I know what I like and what I don’t.

For reds I tend to like blends, grenache, shiraz/syrah, tempranillo, malbec & barolo.

For whites – riesling, gewürztraminer, semillon, sauvignon blanc and pinot grigio (though I’ve had a lot of bad pinot grig’s too).

I also like a nice rose. Which is newer for me. I poo-pooed them at first but I really like them now.

And this past summer I went through a bottle of Prosecco almost every weekend. I love Prosecco.

A friend and I go to tastings from time to time that cater to wine geeks, of which I am not but I have a ball learning about them. We have a tasting coming up on Monday that is going heavily into wines from the piedmont region of Italy and I can’t freaking wait!

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isn't he gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm a red wine lover....my number one pick is Chianti...a smooth, hearty Italian wine.

If Chianti isn't available then I'm up for Merlot.

I love Chambourcin wines too which is a red semi-sweet wine.

I don't really like Moscato type wines that much. They are too sweet and too light.

I went to a wine expo last weekend and tasted a wine made from concord grapes and apples called Apple Concord. It was a pretty interesting yet fun type of wine. I bought two bottles of it.

Let's not forget though that you can really fall in love with one wine one year, but it might taste completely different the next year. The quality of the yield (crop?) varies.

Bleech can't stand wine. Just never developed a taste for it.

lazycrockett said:

....anything with a screw off cap

I like dry reds - meritage blends, cab sauv, pinot noir, syrah - the most. Not very into sweet or sparking wines. If I'm going white, I like a fruity sauv blanc.

The right pairing can be as much of a mindblow as a good concert.

All of the following are in my opinion fucking delicious, and they are all between €17 and €20 a bottle, and worth it:

Diemersfontein, Pinotage, South Africa

Leyda, Syrah, (Canelo Vinyard) Chile

Luigi Bosca, Malbec, Argentina

Don Tiburcio, Bodega Benegas blend, (can't remember country of origin, though judging by the name it's probably either Spain or Argentina)

Morellino di Scansano (Poggio Nibbiale Di Buchheim), Sangiovese/Montepulciano/Canaiolo/Petit Verdot/Cabernet Sauvignon, Italy

17.XI, Montsant (Buil & Giné), Garnacha/Carignan/Tempranillo, Spain

Corralillo, Syrah, (Matatic Vinyards) Chile

LadyCasanova said:

LadyCasanova said:

I have been drinking wine pretty often lately. And while I generally consider myself more of a beer
drinker, I have a deep love for Moscatos. Sweet wine seems to be the only wine I really love
drinking (though I also enjoy whites).

As I was drinking a glass of wine and fantasizing about Purplejedi licking some of the sweet wine
from my navel, I began to wonder if he would even enjoy the wine I selected.

So tell me, what wines do you drink? Do you have any suggestions? Are there any specific wineries
you visit often or enjoy?

If wine isn't your thing, you can list what you would allow PJ to lick/eat off of you

Well...I do like Moscato. Sweetness is my weakness.

But not TOO sweet. Japanese plum wine is too sweet for me.

Cabernet Sauvignon is my go-to wine normally.





Although in all honesty LadyC, it doesn't matter on you. Just pour, lay back & enjoy the show.

i like any wine as long as it's not dry. i rarely drink white but if that's all that's going then ok!

love a sweet wine, moscatel, ice wine, shiraz. my dad's wine from his regional area in france is lush.. very sweet brandywine

my favourite favourite is commandaria from cyprus, cheers!

I have sort of a weird wine thing in that I like to drink whites and rosés in the summer, and reds in the winter. (Unless it's summer and I'm having a steak - always red with steak.)

In the last couple summers, I've really gotten into vinho verde (Portuguese), but I like anything that is light and crisp, with citrus or green apple tones. Wines that are sweet or have notes of melon or peach, I will pour right down the drain - or fob off on my niece who, as a beginner drinker, still likes that stuff. A friend and I call those wines "skanky gewurtzraminers."

With reds, I don't care for anything too tannic or astringent. I like my reds juicy and silky, with berry, cherry, chocolate and tobacco notes - pinot noir, malbec, tempranillo. Sweetie just found a $4 tempranillo at Trader Joe's that satisfies both of us - he's Malbec and I'm Pinot Noir.

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hjd said:

I drink wine pretty much everyday, eleven months of the year (I don't drink at all for one month, just to see if I am addicted yet). From the USA I like wines from Washington State and from Oregon the best. Chateau St. Michelle is a favorite from Washington. Pricey but very, very good is their Eroica Riesling. Their nornmal Riesling is also very nice. Both are a bit on the sweet side for a Riesling, so you might like them.I like Sauvignon Blanc a lot (but maybe that's too dry for you?). Most Sauvignon Blancs from the Loire region in France are excellent (Sancerre, Tourraine, Saumur among them). South Africa also has excellent Sauvignon Blancs, as does New Zealand. From SA I often drink Boschendal Grande Cuvee or, if I want to spend less money, Boschenblanc. They also have a very nice Chardonnay/Pinot Noir blend that is not so dry and very fruity.I drink most wine with my meals. For dessert there are excellent sweet wines from Germany called Trockenbeeren auslese. These are low in alcohol and high in sugar and taste and look fabulous. Very good with, for instance, creme brullee.

I have had OK experiences with Sauvignon Blancs, but I would be a liar if I said they were my favorite

I am a fan of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, so a blend sounds promising.

Where did you find the Trockenbeeren Auslese?

Thank you for all of the suggestions!

novabrkr said:

Certainly not sweet wines.

Wines are expensive in this country (Finland) due to taxation and the state owning all liquor stores, so I stay in the 9-12 euro region. I buy mostly French and Italian. I used to buy Spanish wine often, but they're mostly something that go down the best with spicy food. I prefer Cabernet type reds and can't really get along with Merlot. Some mixes are fine though.

"Beaujolais-Villages Cuvée 3 Fleurs" is something that I like to drink when I don't eat anything at the same time. There's a more expensive and a more refined version out there too (just one flower pictured on the label). It goes down easy like most whites, but the taste isn't "dumbed down".

I keep a bottle of Villa Bianchi always in the fridge in case, you know, someone needs a place to sleep after a night out. The taste is not that "complex", but doesn't taste like cucumber or pineapple like 80-90% of "easy" white wines these days do. I don't really drink white wines on my own or with male friends though.

Spanish "El Coto" is a pretty safe choice together with food. Not just meat, vegetarian too. I know many others that drink that stuff too.

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I learn something new everyday. What price range is considered "cheap" in Finland? Here in
the states I can get an okay bottle of wine for 3-4 bucks (nothing fancy).

Alot of the choices you named sound promising, I will have to look around and see what I can find.

Do you know of any wines that have a spice to them?

ZombieKitten said:

Sparkling Pinot noir, Sauvignon blanc. I'm not good at red wines despite my dad's best efforts. Lucky my dentist is all about Champagne and when he comes to dinner he brings the good stuff!

Ooooo, I have never tried a sparkling Pinot noir

Dave1992 said:

I don't like anything that's too sweet, especially if it's only sweet because there's been tons of sugar added.

I prefer red over white.

Mostly I'm a fan of Austrian, French, and Italian ruby-coloured Zweigelts and Pinot Noirs (sometimes a good Chianti will do, too). I also like barrique wines.

What I don't like is too fruity/peachy ones (Blaufränkisch for instance).

I don't believe any of the wines I am drinking have sugar added after the fermentation process...(I could be wrong)

It sounds like I don't have any wine that you would enjoy, gotta bring your own bottle

CarrieMpls said:

I love wine!

I’m not a snob by any means and have a hard time remembering labels other than a few (I always want to try new things!) but I do have particular taste.

For whites – riesling, gewürztraminer, semillon, sauvignon blanc and pinot grigio (though I’ve had a lot of bad pinot grig’s too).

I also like a nice rose. Which is newer for me. I poo-pooed them at first but I really like them now.

And this past summer I went through a bottle of Prosecco almost every weekend. I love Prosecco.

Some of my friends are wine snobs and I HATE to drink with them, they spend more time
tisking about what I want to drink than they do simply enjoying their glass.

Again, very promising suggestions

missfee said:

I went to a wine expo last weekend and tasted a wine made from concord grapes and apples called Apple Concord. It was a pretty interesting yet fun type of wine. I bought two bottles of it.

I do love apples...maybe I can find this one online...

AsylumUtopia said:

All of the following are in my opinion fucking delicious, and they are all between €17 and €20 a bottle, and worth it:

Diemersfontein, Pinotage, South Africa

Leyda, Syrah, (Canelo Vinyard) Chile

Luigi Bosca, Malbec, Argentina

Don Tiburcio, Bodega Benegas blend, (can't remember country of origin, though judging by the name it's probably either Spain or Argentina)

Morellino di Scansano (Poggio Nibbiale Di Buchheim), Sangiovese/Montepulciano/Canaiolo/Petit Verdot/Cabernet Sauvignon, Italy

17.XI, Montsant (Buil & Giné), Garnacha/Carignan/Tempranillo, Spain

Corralillo, Syrah, (Matatic Vinyards) Chile

Thanks for the suggestions!