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

To: SG who wrote (976)	12/16/2009 1:38:25 PM
From: Thomas Mercer-Hursh	Respond to of 1277

Amarone is made from grapes which have been set out on screens to dry for a while, not to raisins, but part way there. Hence the dense, raisiny taste. Love'em. You can find a similar density and concentration in some CA Zinfandels, although not for the same reason.

To: SG who wrote (976)	12/16/2009 4:29:58 PM
From: FiloF	Respond to of 1277

I love Amarones. Not cheap, though. Cesari is a good value. A couple of others in that relative price range that are also good are Tommasi and Corte Majoli. Same deal with Barolos - love them but expensive.

To: SG who wrote (976)	12/16/2009 5:45:06 PM
From: X Y Zebra	Respond to of 1277

delicious wine. depending on the specific bottle, and yours seems to be one of them... a big wine. i was given as a christmas gift a few years ago six (different) bottles of the amarone wines... they were all delicious... i do not remember the exact flavors, but i remember that they were no ordinary valpolicellas -which tend to be on the lighter side. later i found out that the amarone wines are made with grapes that are put to dry (in a similar way they make pedro ximenez sherry in spain) the pedro ximenez grapes are left to dry until they are almost like raisins... in the amarone wine the drying process is not as extensive. and i do not recall it being sweet at all. but full of flavor and not much acidity, that tend to appear in the most italian wines. if you liked the amarone you will love the Barolo i am sure. the wine of kings some call it (which i am sure some big bourgogne wine lovers will contest that -g) but like many other famous wine names... you have to be careful to be specific as to which barolo you will be getting... it can vary in price and quality.... personally.... it has been harder for me to learn the italian "denominazione" than the french... particularly because i made an unintended mistake by reading on bordeaux as my first region... probably bordeaux is the best organized... from there... you have to be very good at memorizing the at times tiny vineyards that are capable of producing very good wines... as i have found that burgundy is harder than bordeaux in learning about who produces what and in what quality. (Robert Parker has a book on Burgundy that helped me).... but everyone else the reading becomes more confusing as in some cases there are many winemakers, regions, etc. that makes it hard to memorize all that infrmation so my suggestion when buying a barolo (or any other wine for that matter) is do some reading on the area, and then identify (on paper) what would be the best vineyards.... then go buy ... obviously the internet makes it a lot easier, particularly when it comes to do the buying....

To: SG who wrote (976)	12/29/2009 6:18:10 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1277

i found a shiraz well under $20 that i would like to suggest here...the review is pretty accurate, at least to my palate....the comments about the vintner were interesting as well (i had the 2007) :) McWilliam’s Hanwood Estate Shiraz McWilliam’s Wines has a long heritage as a family-run winery in Australia since 1877. They tout themselves as “Australia’s most awarded winery,” and they certainly have earned a number of awards over the years. McWilliam’s has vineyards in South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales—the latter being the area where the grapes for this Shiraz were harvested. While there are a couple different lines of wine available under the McWilliam’s name, the Hanwood Estate is their entry-level wine in terms of price. McWilliam's Hanwood Estate Shiraz The nose on this wine is beautiful. It has a nice nutmeg nuance layered on top of blackberry, cherry, toasted oak and black pepper. The palate is equally enjoyable. It starts out with a lively spice feature which I would call a combination of black pepper and nutmeg. Raspberry and blackberry flavors are the next thing you notice, and I would say that the fruit is full, but not jammy. Some cocoa flavors come to life in the mid-palate and the nutmeg returns on the finish, which is relatively long. They used both French and American oak barrels in the production of this wine, as well as oak staves. I know some purists scoff at the idea of using staves, but if good wine can be produced using oak staves and it saves a few bucks on the price of the wine then I have no problems with it. I’m usually one to avoid Australian Shiraz in this price range due to the fact that it’s often filled with overtly jammy fruit, a whack of spice and nothing else. But this wine is quite nice, especially for the price. Wine: McWIlliam’s Hanwood Estate Variety: Shiraz Vintage: 2006 Alcohol: 13.5% Rating: 86 Price: $12.00 cheapwineratings.com i've been looking for inexpensive reds which are more heart healthy and i thought this one fit the bill nicely