I'm so clueless when it comes to good wine...any favorites you guys have? I think dinner is going to be steak or lobster and the wine preference is somewhere from Chili or Australia. I usually pick a bottle between $15-$20 with a pretty label.

Any suggestions???

CarrieLee said:

That's what I do!

Ernest Julio Gallo wines are very nice, the grenache and Zinderfel are especially good!
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I was told I can't go wrong with a $20 bottle of Pinot Noir.

I don't know anything about wine.



Hope that helps.

Winter Wine is good and sweet. For desert.

i always get a bargain zinfandel or grenache from the supermakret for likke 2 $ and it tastes real nice ! no shitt. mabye not as good as some of that fancy shitt butt I likke it .. its all about the smoothness for me man. aint gon be able to relax when you know you got ripped off and paid 20 bucks for a bottle .
the ones i drink are just ass good ass those rich peeps wines. close your eyes and do the taste test an d youll see for yuoself..jus t like pepsi and coke no big differance

For you I would suggest a nice NIGHT TRAIN EXPRESS

Cuddles said:

wha ?

nothing compares to either one of these for the price...

Cuddles said:

does it taste like zinfandel...? wine gotta be drinkable ...I aint into no fancy sour shittt ...gotta be sweet and crisp with a nice bouqet man,..with a hint of berries and vanilla and cherries.gulp it down real cold,with some icecubes. i also likke to dilute it a bit with appel juce or cherry ..just a bit cuz you stll wanna taste the wine you know..best recipe when you have a cookout

We had a bottle of 2007 Riesling a couple of weekends ago and it was perfect.

It was so good I took a picture of the bottle so I could pick up some soon, but the picture is so dark I can't make out the label.

There's a DRL emblem at the top.

IF you should be so fortunate as to have a Trader Joes in your area may I suggest the now-famous "Two Buck Chuck"!



Charles Shaw wines are $1.99 a bottle and they're HELLA good!! I'm not kidding!!

I like Riesling and anything from Spain.

RenHoek said:

see ? thats waht Im saying

Red... in your area...

The Chocolate Block wine is so yummy... (I think its South African)

Menage a` Trois... a new wine, smooth with a hint of chocolate/plum and its wet

Chilian wine.... The Root wine... its a bit dry but fruity.

any type of Italian Brachetto Di` Aqui... sweet, and bubbly.

My favs in white

Ya can't go better than a good cheapo.... Fish Eye Chardonnay

Eiswein, by Silvander my fav dessert wine in white
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paintedlady said:

You're the bomb, thanks!

ALL of Barefoot Cellars wines are delish and AFFORDABLE. They get consistently high ratings.

CarrieLee said:

YW!

sinisterpentatonic said:

I used to love La Crema Chardonnay. But I'm just not feelin' the oak these days.

If you can find any whites or rosés by Verget...they are great values and absolutely delicious.

my fave australian wines are cab savs from the coonawarra region in south australia

I just can't like wine no matter how hard I try.

FunkMistress said:

then your fit for some NIGHT TRAIN EXPRESS

Cuddles said:

thunderbird and muscatel!

My old favourite was always Rosemount Estate Shiraz. Not as good as it once was but still nice. I also like Wyndham Estate Bin 555 Shiraz.

Fauxie said:

don't mind rosemount's cab sav... or Wyndham Estate's bin 444

Fauxie said:

That's the only red I can drink. (Reds give me a headache.)


Carrie, I've always heard red wine for red meat, white wine for seafood and white meat. If you want Australian, try a shiraz (sometimes spelled Shirah, I think).

JerseyKRS said:

Anything from Brown Brothers or Marlborough is amazing. Best buy would be Oyster Bay or Monkey Bay. If your after a sparkling wine then Moet & Chandon is the go.