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Pastimes : Do You Know a Good Zinfandel? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tommaso who wrote (17)	11/10/2001 7:34:11 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 43

I love Chardonnay, but I have a few rules I like to follow, even though sometimes I do break them. My first rule is that I don't like to spend any more than $10.00 on a bottle of wine. I make exceptions for certain wines or occasions. My second rule is that if the wine is grown and bottled in St. Helena or Napa Calif. and is under $10.00, I always buy it. I just found a Christmas Chardonnay yesterday at Cost Plus called Reindeer Wine for $4.99. It was grown and bottled in Napa. I bought one bottle just to try, which I did last night, and it was a very good Chard. I will definitely go get more and love the price. I make a game out of it with another wine lover. We see who can find the best wine buys. I have to be very careful with the reds, which I also love to death. Only problem is I can only handle a glass or two. I sometimes will fall asleep right at the table after drinking too much red. I don't think that I am alone in that one. I like to buy wine by the case and take advantage of discount wine stores. I like to go to wineries and spend time doing that here in Washington and Oregon and Calif. I think that the "made in St. Helena or Napa" rule applies to the reds also, but I realize that getting a good red for under $10.00 is difficult. Some of my favorite reds come from the Bordeaux region of France. I really haven't found a US red better than reds from there. Perhaps you have some recommendations? I am also fond of Spanish reds and Chianti. If you ever find a 1998 Chateau St. Michelle Savignon Blanc buy every one of them and drink them up. Same with the BV 1998 Sav. 1998 was a great year. Maybe between the two of us we can discover some great inexpensive, as well as expensive, wines? M

To: Tommaso who wrote (17)	11/21/2001 8:36:54 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 43

T, Lindeman's Australian Chardonnay is awfully good for the price. It retails for $6.99 at the local supermarket and they sometimes have it on sale for $5.99 with another 10% rebate for a six-banger. The same co. makes a decent Pinot and an acceptable Merlot at the same price, but the Chard is their value leader, IMHO. This one isn't for those who like super dry or heavy oak whites. It is more for those of us who love beaucoup fruit.