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

To: estatemakr who wrote (955)	12/3/2009 11:14:31 PM
From: SG	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1277

I'll bet you could distinguish the $20-30. bottles you drink from the $8-10. bottles I drink, LOL! SG

To: estatemakr who wrote (955)	12/4/2009 2:04:51 PM
From: Thomas Mercer-Hursh	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1277

I'm the kind of guy that can't yet honestly say that I can discern a $75-$100 bottle of wine from the $20-30 bottles that I normally drink. But hey, I'm willing to practice ;-) If you are buying the right $20-30 bottles, they may well be better than the average $75-100 bottle. There is nothing about cost of production which makes that difference ... it is only a question of what the market will bare and the attitude of the winemaker.

To: estatemakr who wrote (955)	12/11/2009 9:00:21 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Respond to of 1277

Last week one of the bottles I enjoyed was a 1990 Le Bon Pasteur. Outrageously good and fully mature. It was full round and jammy. I don't recall all the flavors exactly now, but I remember thinking it was a great bottle. I see now that Parker had rated it a 92, which explains why it was so good. I built my own wine cellar in a house I had built for me. It has racks with a capacity of around 500 bottles with enough space to stack another 50 to 80 cases. The racks were almost full when I moved in twelve years ago. I have put most of the cases up and it is starting to dwindle. In a few years I will go on another buying binge. There is a mix of everything from under $10 bottles to $100 and up. The bulk is probably in the $25 - $40 range. I do enjoy a Grand Cru Bordeaux from time to time.

To: estatemakr who wrote (955)	12/15/2009 9:09:20 PM
From: X Y Zebra	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1277

But hey, I'm willing to practice practice makes perfect.... :) wine is probably the best subject to become a perpetual student... seriously... the more you drink, judiciously and inform yourself of what you are drinking, the better you become... over the long run, you will benefit the most, by your knowledge, the pleasure you get, and given your stated situation possibly build a respectable collection, that if bought with discipline and in measure... will increase in its value... a case of liquid assets that you can enjoy daily.... a few hints where to get more ideas... winearomawheel.com en.wikipedia.org Robert Parker says he will have a wine cellar management tool erobertparker.com Parker's Wine vintage chart: erobertparker.com who makes the most wine.... en.wikipedia.org UC Davis Wine store: bookstore.ucdavis.edu Great Wine Terroirs bookstore.ucdavis.edu anyway... let your passion and (taste) be your guide.... salud....