Question for the corks
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We've been on a chianti kick recently. This one is our current fave:
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Southern French, Spanish and Italian reds. Great with food, lots and lots of very good $10-15 wine. Avoids the jammy excess of California and the Southern Hemisphere.
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Southern French, Spanish and Italian reds. Great with food, lots and lots of very good $10-15 wine. Avoids the jammy excess of California and the Southern Hemisphere.
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Pinot? Burgundy? Rioja? Shiraz? What style do you like- light, medium or full bodied? Lots of “sugar”? Sweet or dry? An interesting taste or smooth? I am no expert but I have found that people consistently like either smooth or “interesting” wines.
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I don't know about Brenda, but my favorites are:
Pinot noirs - Oregon especially, Burgundy (I wish - such a crapshoot but incredible when you hit), some Californias. South America shows promise but not there yet.
Rhones and other Southern France - the perfect food wine
Great cheap Bordeaux - it;s out there, you just have to find it. Chateau Sabatey is a good pick.
Italian reds of all sorts - such variety of styles and grapes!! Montepulciano di Abruzzo, Chianti, Piedmontese Nebbiolos (wish i could afford Barolos), Barberas
Zinfandel when I can find it in the old style I like - spicy, dense, but not so jammy
Spanish reds of all sorts, like Italians - so much great $10 wine.
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I was going to recommend montepulciano d’abruzzo but mik beat me to it
Also good veneto wines, like valpolicella.
For us it’s usually either Italian or local for reds.
Whites for us are mostly French.
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I was going to recommend montepulciano d’abruzzo but mik beat me to it
Also good veneto wines, like valpolicella.
For us it’s usually either Italian or local for reds.
Whites for us are mostly French.
@bachophile That's a great chart! Italian wines can be intimidating until you get used to the regions and styles. The used to be the world's largest producer. Not sure if they are still or not.
