Any wino's out there

[spennysaint]

That's a good reason for opening it.

definately although not sure that OH agrees!!

Try Argentinian Malbec - its lovverlly - we buy that when we are in engerland...here we drink the local malbec.

I'll give it a go, thanks for tip

[frias]

I prefer white. Australian oaked Chardonnay if pos but the amount we drink in this house anything on offer will usually do. Not Zinfandel or anything German though, too sweet. Will drink red if nothing else available. Never get to buy anything expensive enough to lay down. No success with home made. Couldn't even cook with it!

[Jardiniere]

Also if anyone likes white ....try Cote de Duras - Sauvignon - its from Bergerac (Da da dah da di da di da dah) and is very good......

[geoff]

I like red wine

How could anything I love so much treat me so badly?!

See you tomorrow when I've slept it off geoff

[allotmentlady]

MY oh LOVES red wine, he drinks chablis and sauvignon mainly australian, I like medium whites and champagne!

[bubblewrap]

Still on the beer!!

[pigletwillie]

MY oh LOVES red wine, he drinks chablis and sauvignon mainly australian, I like medium whites and champagne!

As he drinks Chablis he obviously likes Whites as well.

I love Ice cold Premier grand cru Chablis, the flinty taste is just perfection on a summers day. Great premier grand cru Chablis is on a par with Batard-Montrachet or Corton-Charlemagne, yet costs a fraction of the price, so do try to find one you like.

All Chablis must be made from Chardonnay, yet it tastes far removed from most people’s perception of the grape, especially if they are used to drinking Australian chardonnay. There are three reasons for this. Firstly, Chablis is a cool climate where grapes struggle to ripen each year. Secondly, it has soil structure that appears in only a few other regions. Thirdly, and perhaps most importantly, for those who cannot believe Chablis and Australian Chardonnay are made from the same ingredient, it is rarely matured in new oak barrels.

It's bracing acidity and (my favorite part...) lack of oak treatment make Chablis a perfect food wine. I tend to shy away from New World chardonnays unless 1. I have tried them before and know they aren't oaky; or 2. the label says "unoaked." Chablis, on the other hand, goes well with shellfish (raw or cooked...), chicken dishes, pasta with cream sauces, and on and on.
A lot of the Aussie chardonnays are over oaked to give them honeyed almost cloyingly sweet overtones, thankfully only France makes chablis.

[janeyo]

We have a chatueau neuf du pape hidden away. Wine tends to get bought quite cheaply as we both drink a lot of it. OH prefers red in the winter and white in the summer. He likes Zinfandel but quite hard to come by so I have to search them out as pressies for him.
I like Rose wines best as they are so easy drinking but will drink anything! Not keen on Chardonnays at all though.
My ex and his dad were into wines big style and he used to put the reds on the radiator before opening to bring out the flovours. I didn't really like warm wine lol.

[HayleyB]

Crikes PW you'd give Oz Clarke a run for his money, and drive James May around the twist

[pigletwillie]

Warm wines are yeuk,

The old adage about serving reds at room temperature was coined before the advent of central heating. An ideal average for reds is 17-18 degrees C. Just pull the cork an hour before you want it.

God wines really do benefit from decanting as that does really get the flavours and aromas moving.

[Rhona]

God wines really do benefit from decanting as that does really get the flavours and aromas moving.

I agree - we always decant, but we decant cheaper wines too. We've been told that a few times in French vineyards in recent years, but to decant cheaper wines quickly rather than slow and steady.

[Glutton4...]

We don't do decanting - it adds to the washing-up!

[pigletwillie]

Ahhh, your glasses are not big enough then!!!

[Glutton4...]

Wrong! We do have a pair of glasses that hold a whole bottle each, but they're so fragile I won't use them.

(I didn't really want to admit to having such mahoosive glasses... ho hum )

[pigletwillie]

Does anyone use Majestic wine merchants?