Favorite Wine

[Jack on Rainy]

Interesting poll but I can't vote because I am bewitched by wonderful
options! I haven't yet bottled my first kit wine, started in March but
have all four listed varietals polishing or bulk aging. As to my
historical favorites, I'd like to vote for dry/reds - I'm with Smurfe.

 

[JimCook]

Australian Shiraz, from Barossa valley especially. It's like drinking a ribeye.


- Jim

 

[geocorn]

Show this poll to a wine steward at a liquor store and he would "dropin his tracks". As an aside,the wine steward really opens up when you start talking Super Tuscan, Barolo, Amarone, Chateuneuf-du-Pape.

 

[sangwitch]

my favorite wine is the one that is open!


I like the big chewy reds most of all

 

[OilnH2O]

My "other" was Pinot Noir because I have more of that than anything ele, but I can see my taste evolving to different reds -- I've got Nebbiolo andshiraz going as well but still like "everyday" cabs and merlots.

 

[moonmoon]

so many choice/
but Pinot Noir is ok!

 

[dfwwino]

Rhone blends, such as Syrah, Carignan, Grenache, etc.

 

[BonnieJoy]

I made a crumptious LH Vidal that has changed non-drinkers minds about wine. Also a favorite was the batch of tart cherry mead I made last Fall. Tastes like fresh cherry pie. Yum.


My palate has been evoling. The first vinifera that pulled me away fromsweet quafing wines was aRiesling. Then I discoveredOld Vin Zin.


I have 7 gallons of CA Zin fermenting right now. Can't wait to get it into my Hungarian Oak barrel.

 

[pkcook]

Of the Kit wines I've made, my favorite is the Veiux Chateau Da Roi (Chateuneuf-du-Pape). Of fruit wines there is no question its the red raspberry!


Of the commercial wines that I've not made in kit, I love Shiraz!Edited by: pkcook

 

[s.arkvinomaker]

I've got a wine for you I bet you would just love. I visited a winery in S. Florida called Eden Vinyards in Alva , FL They make a Starfruit wine which is floral in smell, mildly sweet and tropical in taste. Their website is www.edenwinery.com I am now in search of fresh fruit to try making it myself now.

 

[s.arkvinomaker]

That's a tough one because like someone said they are all our baby's especially after working with them for a year. I don't think I can narrow it to one but maybe a couple. Muscadine and plum. They are the two I make every year.

 

[moto-girl]

Of all the kit wines I've made, none are over a year old. But, as for commercial wines, a big red chewy Zin usually fits the bill.

 

[dfwwino]

Show this poll to a wine steward at a liquor store and he would "dropin his tracks". As an aside,the wine steward really opens up when you start talking Super Tuscan, Barolo, Amarone, Chateuneuf-du-Pape.

Tell the wine steward that you're looking for a Tannat Merlot and you'll really impress them. When they respond "Huh," tell him or her it is a blend most popular in Uruguay, but also in Argentina. When they respond "Huh," tell him or her Uruguay is a small country in South America bordered byArgentina and Brazil and the Atlantic Ocean. Perhaps you can tell I was looking for a sample of the RJ Spagnols Restricted Quantity Argentine Tannat Merlot. But she at least was familiar with Carmenere and I bought and tried a bottle. I explained to her that Carmenere was a grapepreviously mistaken for Merlot and now a major grape in South America. She did indeed open up and gave me several empty wine boxesfor my upcoming move.

 

[Coaster]

Any port or icewine I've made.

 

[Wade E]

DFW, theTannat Merlot RQ is the 1 that caught my eye and pre-ordered as soon as I seen it.
Edited by: wade

 

[Jwhelan939]

Lambrusco

 

[Oneo Teras]

A fine Pinot Noir is the best... Second is Amarone.

 

[myway22]

Chianti and Amarone - Red
Pinot Grigio- White


Although since joining this forum, I find myself trying some new wines, so I may change my mind.

 

[hannabarn]

Chianti

 

[joeswine]

WELL people any white wine will do for me,pino nior if I had to chose a red,1st,2nd sharaza,guess thats a perty wide divide