Wines of our Times

[slaton]

originally posted by Rahsaan:
it really didn't taste like Barbaresco or Nebbiolo to me.

Really? I just bought a few bottles of this. Oh well, at least the price was right ($25).

 

[Thor]

(Is Yixin in the country?)

No, but Yaniger probably is.

 

[Yixin]

And nary a corked wine for the last 3 weeks, which makes me very worried about the next big wine dinner I have coming up.

But I need Callahan sitting across the table to really fuck up the wines - on my own there's just not enough TCA karma. I still remember that night.

 

[VLM]

originally posted by Chris Coad:

originally posted by Rahsaan:

originally posted by Chris Coad:
Really though, all furrin' wines?

I had some Samuel Adams later in the evening, although mainly because it was the only beer left in the refrigerator at the office.

I've never been one to drink American wines for symbolic reasons, but please do tell about your All-American Fizz party.. I'm sure the notes will arrive in due time :)

I admit a fondness for clumsy symbolic gestures. But I'm afraid no notes were taken on Tuesday. It was not a night for wine analysis.

I drank scotch and finished the evening with a Budweiser longneck. Yup.

 

[Jeff Connell]

originally posted by Todd Abrams:
DornfelderLast night I tasted a low alcohol dornfelder. It was not something I would purchase for more than novelty.

Are there serious wines made from this grape or does it mostly go into cheap stuff for the domestic market?

I have generally found the Dornfelders from Lingendelder (Pfalz) and from Furst (Franken) to be good, usually harmonious, sometimes delicious, never more than slightly spoofy. My experience with other Dornfelders is spotty.

 

[David M. Bueker]

I've had decent (not great) Dornfelder from Fitz-Ritter.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

Yes, the White Star has always been awful. Have you tried the demi-sec?

We have beer at my office; but we're in software.