OT Wine Recommendation Thread

[ltokuda]

If you like Pinot Noir’s, I recently found some really good deals from New Zeland. It seems like New Zeland’s wine industry is pretty young and they generally don’t have the big names that can command premium prices. I recently bought a case of “Yealands 2008 Pinot Noir, Marlborough” for only $12/bottle. I think that’s a great deal because its been pretty hard finding a pinot I like for under $20. The other one I really enjoyed was the “Palliser 2007 Pinot Noir” for $23/bottle.

Melville Winery (in Santa Barbara) had 2 pinot’s that I liked: “2008 Verna’s Pinot Noir” and the “2008 Estate Pinot Noir”, priced at $20 and $25 respectively. They sell some higher end pinot’s too but I didn’t get to taste those.

BTW, I got all of the wines above at “The Wine Exchange”, http://www.winex.com, located in Orange County. For those who live in the area, I highly recommend it. Great selection at very good prices.

One more recommendation is the “Frescobaldi 2006 Chianti Nipozzano Riserva”. I think I’ve seen it at Costco for about $18. I tried it last year and wasn’t too sure about it. But I drank 2 more bottles recently and it seems like its been getting better and better.

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[quote=waterboy]Does a device such as the Vinturi Essential Wine Aerator really do much, or will you taste a huge difference in decanting for an hour?[/quote]

I use the Vinturi into a decantour and I think it makes a huge difference. Really opens up the wine.

As for the cheap wine thing.

Try Layer Cake. Commonly availalbe for 12 to 18 dollars a bottle. FANTASTIC for the price! Really gotta try it but I only make the recommendation for thier Primitivo, Malbec, and Cab. The others taste a bit cheap to me.

Good Drinking!

CE

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[quote=waterboy]Does a device such as the Vinturi Essential Wine Aerator really do much, or will you taste a huge difference in decanting for an hour?[/quote]

I use the Vinturi into a decantour and I think it makes a huge difference. Really opens up the wine.

As for the cheap wine thing.

Try Layer Cake. Commonly availalbe for 12 to 18 dollars a bottle. FANTASTIC for the price! Really gotta try it but I only make the recommendation for thier Primitivo, Malbec, and Cab. The others taste a bit cheap to me.

Good Drinking!

CE

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[quote=waterboy]Does a device such as the Vinturi Essential Wine Aerator really do much, or will you taste a huge difference in decanting for an hour?[/quote]

I use the Vinturi into a decantour and I think it makes a huge difference. Really opens up the wine.

As for the cheap wine thing.

Try Layer Cake. Commonly availalbe for 12 to 18 dollars a bottle. FANTASTIC for the price! Really gotta try it but I only make the recommendation for thier Primitivo, Malbec, and Cab. The others taste a bit cheap to me.

Good Drinking!

CE

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[quote=waterboy]Does a device such as the Vinturi Essential Wine Aerator really do much, or will you taste a huge difference in decanting for an hour?[/quote]

I use the Vinturi into a decantour and I think it makes a huge difference. Really opens up the wine.

As for the cheap wine thing.

Try Layer Cake. Commonly availalbe for 12 to 18 dollars a bottle. FANTASTIC for the price! Really gotta try it but I only make the recommendation for thier Primitivo, Malbec, and Cab. The others taste a bit cheap to me.

Good Drinking!

CE

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[quote=waterboy]Does a device such as the Vinturi Essential Wine Aerator really do much, or will you taste a huge difference in decanting for an hour?[/quote]

I use the Vinturi into a decantour and I think it makes a huge difference. Really opens up the wine.

As for the cheap wine thing.

Try Layer Cake. Commonly availalbe for 12 to 18 dollars a bottle. FANTASTIC for the price! Really gotta try it but I only make the recommendation for thier Primitivo, Malbec, and Cab. The others taste a bit cheap to me.

Good Drinking!

CE

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[quote=temeculaguy]One last thing that didn’t make it into my diatribe. I found my way to wine steals in Pt. Loma and also 3rd corner. Both are nice, winesteals was more my speed, but I’ll go to both probably many more times. Winesteals has 4 locations and has been mentioned on the boards for years, it is what they say it is (good wine, good people). I have to go to 3rd corner on a weeknight to be fair, no place is at it’s best on a friday or a saturday night, or as I like to call it “amatuer night.”[/quote]

HAHAHAAHA! Hey I was there last night (Friday)! And found an excellent overpriced bottle of Barolo! The color was crazy and the taste was strange but oh-so addicting. I like drinking there because the wines are off the given trail and force you to try something you otherwise wouldn’t. Poor girlfriend has to sit by herself for 15 minutes will I am off in adult adventure land in the back making our selection.

Good food at 3rd Corner as well. I had the Pork Chop which was very good at 17 dollars but what made the dish was the Cabbage Savoy! Dear Lord I could have eaten a bowl of the cabbage just by itself!

CE

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[quote=temeculaguy]One last thing that didn’t make it into my diatribe. I found my way to wine steals in Pt. Loma and also 3rd corner. Both are nice, winesteals was more my speed, but I’ll go to both probably many more times. Winesteals has 4 locations and has been mentioned on the boards for years, it is what they say it is (good wine, good people). I have to go to 3rd corner on a weeknight to be fair, no place is at it’s best on a friday or a saturday night, or as I like to call it “amatuer night.”[/quote]

HAHAHAAHA! Hey I was there last night (Friday)! And found an excellent overpriced bottle of Barolo! The color was crazy and the taste was strange but oh-so addicting. I like drinking there because the wines are off the given trail and force you to try something you otherwise wouldn’t. Poor girlfriend has to sit by herself for 15 minutes will I am off in adult adventure land in the back making our selection.

Good food at 3rd Corner as well. I had the Pork Chop which was very good at 17 dollars but what made the dish was the Cabbage Savoy! Dear Lord I could have eaten a bowl of the cabbage just by itself!

CE

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[quote=temeculaguy]One last thing that didn’t make it into my diatribe. I found my way to wine steals in Pt. Loma and also 3rd corner. Both are nice, winesteals was more my speed, but I’ll go to both probably many more times. Winesteals has 4 locations and has been mentioned on the boards for years, it is what they say it is (good wine, good people). I have to go to 3rd corner on a weeknight to be fair, no place is at it’s best on a friday or a saturday night, or as I like to call it “amatuer night.”[/quote]

HAHAHAAHA! Hey I was there last night (Friday)! And found an excellent overpriced bottle of Barolo! The color was crazy and the taste was strange but oh-so addicting. I like drinking there because the wines are off the given trail and force you to try something you otherwise wouldn’t. Poor girlfriend has to sit by herself for 15 minutes will I am off in adult adventure land in the back making our selection.

Good food at 3rd Corner as well. I had the Pork Chop which was very good at 17 dollars but what made the dish was the Cabbage Savoy! Dear Lord I could have eaten a bowl of the cabbage just by itself!

CE

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[quote=temeculaguy]One last thing that didn’t make it into my diatribe. I found my way to wine steals in Pt. Loma and also 3rd corner. Both are nice, winesteals was more my speed, but I’ll go to both probably many more times. Winesteals has 4 locations and has been mentioned on the boards for years, it is what they say it is (good wine, good people). I have to go to 3rd corner on a weeknight to be fair, no place is at it’s best on a friday or a saturday night, or as I like to call it “amatuer night.”[/quote]

HAHAHAAHA! Hey I was there last night (Friday)! And found an excellent overpriced bottle of Barolo! The color was crazy and the taste was strange but oh-so addicting. I like drinking there because the wines are off the given trail and force you to try something you otherwise wouldn’t. Poor girlfriend has to sit by herself for 15 minutes will I am off in adult adventure land in the back making our selection.

Good food at 3rd Corner as well. I had the Pork Chop which was very good at 17 dollars but what made the dish was the Cabbage Savoy! Dear Lord I could have eaten a bowl of the cabbage just by itself!

CE

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[quote=temeculaguy]One last thing that didn’t make it into my diatribe. I found my way to wine steals in Pt. Loma and also 3rd corner. Both are nice, winesteals was more my speed, but I’ll go to both probably many more times. Winesteals has 4 locations and has been mentioned on the boards for years, it is what they say it is (good wine, good people). I have to go to 3rd corner on a weeknight to be fair, no place is at it’s best on a friday or a saturday night, or as I like to call it “amatuer night.”[/quote]

HAHAHAAHA! Hey I was there last night (Friday)! And found an excellent overpriced bottle of Barolo! The color was crazy and the taste was strange but oh-so addicting. I like drinking there because the wines are off the given trail and force you to try something you otherwise wouldn’t. Poor girlfriend has to sit by herself for 15 minutes will I am off in adult adventure land in the back making our selection.

Good food at 3rd Corner as well. I had the Pork Chop which was very good at 17 dollars but what made the dish was the Cabbage Savoy! Dear Lord I could have eaten a bowl of the cabbage just by itself!

CE

[NotCranky]

Scaredy, Some of us are just philosophically against taking something like this serious(and parting with money to do so). We are losers. The seriousness takes the fun out of it bringing on self-consciousness in some. Going around to wineries would make me feel like a sheep.When this topic gets serious it reminds me of the star bellied sneech machine. We are in the “wine star” club and you have no star upon thars.Do you hace “wine star” language to discuss fermeneted grapes at your disposal? Have you been to right fermented grape places? Here is my list. Do you have a “wine star” quality house to put that bottle in? Ruins a perfectly good thing to catch a buzz with and wash down a tuna melt.

[NotCranky]

Scaredy, Some of us are just philosophically against taking something like this serious(and parting with money to do so). We are losers. The seriousness takes the fun out of it bringing on self-consciousness in some. Going around to wineries would make me feel like a sheep.When this topic gets serious it reminds me of the star bellied sneech machine. We are in the “wine star” club and you have no star upon thars.Do you hace “wine star” language to discuss fermeneted grapes at your disposal? Have you been to right fermented grape places? Here is my list. Do you have a “wine star” quality house to put that bottle in? Ruins a perfectly good thing to catch a buzz with and wash down a tuna melt.

[NotCranky]

Scaredy, Some of us are just philosophically against taking something like this serious(and parting with money to do so). We are losers. The seriousness takes the fun out of it bringing on self-consciousness in some. Going around to wineries would make me feel like a sheep.When this topic gets serious it reminds me of the star bellied sneech machine. We are in the “wine star” club and you have no star upon thars.Do you hace “wine star” language to discuss fermeneted grapes at your disposal? Have you been to right fermented grape places? Here is my list. Do you have a “wine star” quality house to put that bottle in? Ruins a perfectly good thing to catch a buzz with and wash down a tuna melt.

[NotCranky]

Scaredy, Some of us are just philosophically against taking something like this serious(and parting with money to do so). We are losers. The seriousness takes the fun out of it bringing on self-consciousness in some. Going around to wineries would make me feel like a sheep.When this topic gets serious it reminds me of the star bellied sneech machine. We are in the “wine star” club and you have no star upon thars.Do you hace “wine star” language to discuss fermeneted grapes at your disposal? Have you been to right fermented grape places? Here is my list. Do you have a “wine star” quality house to put that bottle in? Ruins a perfectly good thing to catch a buzz with and wash down a tuna melt.

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