OT Wine Recommendation Thread

[Arraya]

Couple of my new “favorites” $15-20

http://www.clinecellars.com/index.cfm?method=storeproducts.showDrilldown&productid=e25d581e-1b78-7bfe-4cf0-798572d7cbc4&ProductCategoryID=75119e30-c7d7-cba6-5bf3-611315a990c6&OrderBy=PXPC.DisplayOrder%20Asc,%20P.Price1

Cashmere is a very flavorful, smooth wine offering big cherry, raspberry and chocolate notes with hints of cracked black pepper and plum.

http://www.layercakewine.com//index.cfm?method=pages.showPage&pageid=eb1b6a19-1cc4-fbb6-2337-b25381844e91&isMarketingURL=1&
Dark, dense and creamy, complex aromas of black plum, Bing cherry, blackberry and pepper merge with licorice, tobacco, mocha and dark chocolate. This is one inky
Shiraz; an explosion of dark, super ripe, wild blackberry, with a touch of cigar box finishing with a mélange of exotic spices.

[svelte]

All that really matters is what tastes best to *your* palate.

Try making a weekend afternoon of wine tasting in the Temecula Valley. There must be 25 wineries within a 10 mile drive.

We usually just go for the fun, but we’ve gone with a few self-professed wine snobs lately and they’ve forced us to pay attention to the quality of the wine.

The wineries high on the wine snobs’ list as producing the best: Wilson Creek, Wiens, Callaway, Leonesse, and maybe Monte de Oro (it is new, jury is still out).

As for the best-looking, most hoppin’, most fun wine tasting rooms: Thornton, Churon, Monte de Oro, Ponte, Leonesse, Wilson Creek, Bailys, and Callaway…roughly in that order.

(we still say half the taste comes from the atmosphere – if you’re having fun, it just tastes better)

Once you decide the wines you like, you can sign up for that winery’s wine club and they will be delivered to your door on a regular basis.

Enjoy!

[svelte]

All that really matters is what tastes best to *your* palate.

Try making a weekend afternoon of wine tasting in the Temecula Valley. There must be 25 wineries within a 10 mile drive.

We usually just go for the fun, but we’ve gone with a few self-professed wine snobs lately and they’ve forced us to pay attention to the quality of the wine.

The wineries high on the wine snobs’ list as producing the best: Wilson Creek, Wiens, Callaway, Leonesse, and maybe Monte de Oro (it is new, jury is still out).

As for the best-looking, most hoppin’, most fun wine tasting rooms: Thornton, Churon, Monte de Oro, Ponte, Leonesse, Wilson Creek, Bailys, and Callaway…roughly in that order.

(we still say half the taste comes from the atmosphere – if you’re having fun, it just tastes better)

Once you decide the wines you like, you can sign up for that winery’s wine club and they will be delivered to your door on a regular basis.

Enjoy!

[svelte]

All that really matters is what tastes best to *your* palate.

Try making a weekend afternoon of wine tasting in the Temecula Valley. There must be 25 wineries within a 10 mile drive.

We usually just go for the fun, but we’ve gone with a few self-professed wine snobs lately and they’ve forced us to pay attention to the quality of the wine.

The wineries high on the wine snobs’ list as producing the best: Wilson Creek, Wiens, Callaway, Leonesse, and maybe Monte de Oro (it is new, jury is still out).

As for the best-looking, most hoppin’, most fun wine tasting rooms: Thornton, Churon, Monte de Oro, Ponte, Leonesse, Wilson Creek, Bailys, and Callaway…roughly in that order.

(we still say half the taste comes from the atmosphere – if you’re having fun, it just tastes better)

Once you decide the wines you like, you can sign up for that winery’s wine club and they will be delivered to your door on a regular basis.

Enjoy!

[svelte]

All that really matters is what tastes best to *your* palate.

Try making a weekend afternoon of wine tasting in the Temecula Valley. There must be 25 wineries within a 10 mile drive.

We usually just go for the fun, but we’ve gone with a few self-professed wine snobs lately and they’ve forced us to pay attention to the quality of the wine.

The wineries high on the wine snobs’ list as producing the best: Wilson Creek, Wiens, Callaway, Leonesse, and maybe Monte de Oro (it is new, jury is still out).

As for the best-looking, most hoppin’, most fun wine tasting rooms: Thornton, Churon, Monte de Oro, Ponte, Leonesse, Wilson Creek, Bailys, and Callaway…roughly in that order.

(we still say half the taste comes from the atmosphere – if you’re having fun, it just tastes better)

Once you decide the wines you like, you can sign up for that winery’s wine club and they will be delivered to your door on a regular basis.

Enjoy!

[svelte]

All that really matters is what tastes best to *your* palate.

Try making a weekend afternoon of wine tasting in the Temecula Valley. There must be 25 wineries within a 10 mile drive.

We usually just go for the fun, but we’ve gone with a few self-professed wine snobs lately and they’ve forced us to pay attention to the quality of the wine.

The wineries high on the wine snobs’ list as producing the best: Wilson Creek, Wiens, Callaway, Leonesse, and maybe Monte de Oro (it is new, jury is still out).

As for the best-looking, most hoppin’, most fun wine tasting rooms: Thornton, Churon, Monte de Oro, Ponte, Leonesse, Wilson Creek, Bailys, and Callaway…roughly in that order.

(we still say half the taste comes from the atmosphere – if you’re having fun, it just tastes better)

Once you decide the wines you like, you can sign up for that winery’s wine club and they will be delivered to your door on a regular basis.

Enjoy!

[meadandale]

If you go to Temecula…

I’d avoid Wilson Creek. Last time we were there the tasting price was outrageous, the wines were poor and the tasting room was like a PB frat party.

I have a wine club membership at Leonesse Cellars. They are on the backside off the main winery road so they don’t get as much traffic. I think they are one of the hidden gems up there.

We’re also fans of South Coast.

Thornton has had some good wines in the past but I don’t like how they do tasting (too restauranty).

Stuart Cellars has made some really good wines as well (I used to have a wine club membership there).

There are several others that are pretty new that I haven’t had a chance to get to yet.

[meadandale]

If you go to Temecula…

I’d avoid Wilson Creek. Last time we were there the tasting price was outrageous, the wines were poor and the tasting room was like a PB frat party.

I have a wine club membership at Leonesse Cellars. They are on the backside off the main winery road so they don’t get as much traffic. I think they are one of the hidden gems up there.

We’re also fans of South Coast.

Thornton has had some good wines in the past but I don’t like how they do tasting (too restauranty).

Stuart Cellars has made some really good wines as well (I used to have a wine club membership there).

There are several others that are pretty new that I haven’t had a chance to get to yet.

[meadandale]

If you go to Temecula…

I’d avoid Wilson Creek. Last time we were there the tasting price was outrageous, the wines were poor and the tasting room was like a PB frat party.

I have a wine club membership at Leonesse Cellars. They are on the backside off the main winery road so they don’t get as much traffic. I think they are one of the hidden gems up there.

We’re also fans of South Coast.

Thornton has had some good wines in the past but I don’t like how they do tasting (too restauranty).

Stuart Cellars has made some really good wines as well (I used to have a wine club membership there).

There are several others that are pretty new that I haven’t had a chance to get to yet.

[meadandale]

If you go to Temecula…

I’d avoid Wilson Creek. Last time we were there the tasting price was outrageous, the wines were poor and the tasting room was like a PB frat party.

I have a wine club membership at Leonesse Cellars. They are on the backside off the main winery road so they don’t get as much traffic. I think they are one of the hidden gems up there.

We’re also fans of South Coast.

Thornton has had some good wines in the past but I don’t like how they do tasting (too restauranty).

Stuart Cellars has made some really good wines as well (I used to have a wine club membership there).

There are several others that are pretty new that I haven’t had a chance to get to yet.

[meadandale]

If you go to Temecula…

I’d avoid Wilson Creek. Last time we were there the tasting price was outrageous, the wines were poor and the tasting room was like a PB frat party.

I have a wine club membership at Leonesse Cellars. They are on the backside off the main winery road so they don’t get as much traffic. I think they are one of the hidden gems up there.

We’re also fans of South Coast.

Thornton has had some good wines in the past but I don’t like how they do tasting (too restauranty).

Stuart Cellars has made some really good wines as well (I used to have a wine club membership there).

There are several others that are pretty new that I haven’t had a chance to get to yet.

[meadandale]

[quote=svelte]
The wineries high on the wine snobs’ list as producing the best: Wilson Creek, Wiens, Callaway, Leonesse, and maybe Monte de Oro (it is new, jury is still out).[/quote]

I’d have to take exception to that one…didn’t think their wines were as good as they (the winery) thought they were. Especially for a $12 tasting fee and the rudest cashier I’ve ever met.

However the parking lot was full…but I know there will be at least one extra spot in the future…since I won’t be back 🙂

[meadandale]

[quote=svelte]
The wineries high on the wine snobs’ list as producing the best: Wilson Creek, Wiens, Callaway, Leonesse, and maybe Monte de Oro (it is new, jury is still out).[/quote]

I’d have to take exception to that one…didn’t think their wines were as good as they (the winery) thought they were. Especially for a $12 tasting fee and the rudest cashier I’ve ever met.

However the parking lot was full…but I know there will be at least one extra spot in the future…since I won’t be back 🙂

[meadandale]

[quote=svelte]
The wineries high on the wine snobs’ list as producing the best: Wilson Creek, Wiens, Callaway, Leonesse, and maybe Monte de Oro (it is new, jury is still out).[/quote]

I’d have to take exception to that one…didn’t think their wines were as good as they (the winery) thought they were. Especially for a $12 tasting fee and the rudest cashier I’ve ever met.

However the parking lot was full…but I know there will be at least one extra spot in the future…since I won’t be back 🙂

[meadandale]

[quote=svelte]
The wineries high on the wine snobs’ list as producing the best: Wilson Creek, Wiens, Callaway, Leonesse, and maybe Monte de Oro (it is new, jury is still out).[/quote]

I’d have to take exception to that one…didn’t think their wines were as good as they (the winery) thought they were. Especially for a $12 tasting fee and the rudest cashier I’ve ever met.

However the parking lot was full…but I know there will be at least one extra spot in the future…since I won’t be back 🙂

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