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Pastimes : Wine You Can Enjoy @ Under $20 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MoneyPenny who wrote (354)	5/3/2006 7:03:37 AM
From: MoneyPenny	Respond to of 1277

Er: "betting some posts". Got a PM this morning telling me I should have some coffee before I write. I am glad that this thread is Getting some more posts. LOL MP

To: MoneyPenny who wrote (354)	5/3/2006 9:11:01 AM
From: FiloF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1277

I think that is a very good post -- drink what you enjoy and enjoy the experience. For example, I really am not a big fan of white wines so I usually order red, even with seafood or fish. Gasp! I am sure certain sommeliers and some wine geeks look at that with disdain. Too bad. I like reds and I am going to drink what I like. The one white I do like is Riesling, but definitely on the dry side (not as a dessert wine). As for the sauterne discussion -- I had the privilege of sharing a bottle of a D'Yquem from the early 80s. Easily the best dessert wine, actually the best wine period, that I have had. It just melted in my mouth. And to take it on topic -- I have found a few really good bargains lately. One of them is Italian Red -- Allegrini Palazzo Della Torre. If you can get that for the price that I have been able to get lately ($13 for the 2001 vintage), definitely worth checking out.

To: MoneyPenny who wrote (354)	5/3/2006 8:49:32 PM
From: Jon Khymn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1277

>>>but alas, we can not discuss them here. ($20 per glass?) I don't think anyone here will be offended if we discuss slightly (?) expensive wines... >>> I took the full wine course at Windows on the World. I've been wanting to take some wine classes. please tell me more about the course and how to enroll...

To: MoneyPenny who wrote (354)	5/3/2006 11:07:39 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1277

Rieslings can be very good. I have had some outstanding German wines that we could discuss here. Alas the wine stores around here stock very little. Most stores are more likely to stock German Mueller-Thurgau, YUK! The flip side is that it is difficult to know enough German producers and vineyards to make great selections. IMHO it is about as hazardous terrain as Burgundy, except I know more about the latter. I am delighted to know that you are sticking to snob wines for your tasting. I used to know the owners of a wine friendly restaurant. They had wine events a few times a year, but I never made it to one. I kept offering to provide some more interesting wines thay they could buy from the distributor, but they never took me up on it. I drank some 1989er Schloss Schonborn - Johannisberger Klaus Riesling Kabinett that is forward and fruity yet dry. I seem to recall paying around $16 for each bottle, but did not record that information.

To: MoneyPenny who wrote (354)	5/4/2006 12:38:00 AM
From: Mark Marcellus	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1277

Okay, I just had another really good Riesling though not everyone here will like it - it's a little sweet and it has a screw cap. It's the Loosen Riesling Dr. L 2004, for which I paid $9.29. It's only classified as qualitatswein, but you wouldn't know that from drinking it. Loosen is a top Mosel producer, and they do a really good job with this one. Best wine I've had for under $10 in a while. Here are my notes: White straw. Pears, honey aroma. Intense pear, with classic riesling "slate". Long pear, cloves finish. Fruity, intense, delicious wine, I'd guess the sweetness is Kabinett+. Alcohol is only 8.5%. This is a real bargain.