Everyday "house wine"

MikeD wrote in news:NpD8e.686$rC7.89 @newssvr31.news.prodigy.com:

My current red du jour is Montepulciano d' Abruzzo from Bosco bpught at Cpostco for 9.97 US a really nice wine with limited (two months?) aging potential but great taste right now.

MikeD wrote in news:NpD8e.686$rC7.89 @newssvr31.news.prodigy.com:

For white I can't beat the 5.99 for 2000 La Vignee from Bouchard pere et fils though I only have four bottles left and I doubt I will ever see that price again.

White: I recently discovered Clos du Bois Reserve Chardonnay for $12.95. To my palate it's reminiscent of Cakebread at 1/3 the price.

Red: Estancia Cabernet Sauvignon ($10).

Ed Jay (remove M to respond)

Mike,

There was a recent thread on this subject. For more info than you have gotten so far, you might want to look at "house wine," for this group in Google. Groups. The thread was about three months back, IIRC.

For me, Caymus Conundrum for white, Costco ~US$20.

Red, Glen Carlou, Grand Classique, SA, Parrl, Costco ~US$13, Bdx blend.

Italian red, Gabbiano Chianti Reserva, ~US$ 18.

Port, Taylors 10year Tawny, ~US$ 25.

OTOH, I also open quite a few different wines nightly, depending on what wine

-club shipments have arrived. These, however, are my everyday wines and are usually to be found around the house on any given evening. I do choose from about 3,000 btls for anything that I really want to pair, however.

Tonight, I'm trying "kobe" burgers with a Selby Syrah, and a Duckhorn Merlot.

Hunt

Cost me $38.00 CAN. Very nice but a "splurge" wine when SWMBO wants one.

Again $38.00 for me but this one often last me a week when I decide to binge on cigars.

Well MikeD, did you get some worthwhile wines in this thread. As I suggested, also see the previous thread for several lists from other posters. I'll be checking the Web site, to see if any of these made it into the tasting rotation. One thing to consider here, is that this is an international NG, so recommendations for wines, whether to pair with food, or of a type to hit a price-point, will often yield suggestions that are just not available to the OP, because of location and distribution. That's one of the great things about wine, it is available everywhere, just not all of it available everywhere.

This is one good reason for people to post their location, when asking for recommendations. Now, I know that you were just interested in what everyone was drinking as a "every day" wine, but did you see the spread in people's choices - try and find some of those (probably great wines, especially for the $) in Omaha, NE/US, especially at the Piggly-Wiggley.

Hunt

MikeD escreveu:

I think most Rioja Crianza (red) of good producers are fine as an every day wine. Recently I tasted a Vin de Pays d'Oc very interesting (Altera, from Schroder & Schyler), only US$ 16.00 (well, in Brazil we have VERY HIGH import taxes on beverages, so maybe it costs only US$ 10.00 elsewhere(. Another very "drinkable" wine is Alamos Cabernet Sauv from Catena, Argentina. Only U$ 13.50 (or about US$ 8.00).

Hunt:

I knew I'd get an international flavored response. My question wasn't geared so much towards running out and trying to find those wines as it was to get a feel for what people in the NG prefer.

I see a lot of responses listing French wines, so I guess I better get to work trying a few. I've had a few non-varietal French reds (Cotes du Rhone, Beaujolais) but I'm pretty far behind the rest of you, so I better get moving. I just hope my liver holds out!

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Hunt wrote:

Cocha y Toro Casillero del Diablo, Ch$3,200.-, (about US$6) Cabernet Sauvignon

Nothing comes close in terms of price/performance.

-Indirecto

Good point about the location often semi-dictating the selection. I live in Seattle, where I can fairly easily barrel taste the Walla Walla and Yakima Valley wines two/three times a year, a definite advantage when buying less expensive stuff by the case. Right now I use Hogue Fume Blanc 2004, a DiStefano rose got on case sale (shared with a friend who has a discount), Animale Syrah 2002 (pre-sale, as my longtime friend lives two doors down from the winemaker), and a JM Cellars Cab/Merlot blend.

There are some great value FR wines in fairly wide distribution in the US. If you can score some Morgon Beaujolais, it doesn't get much better (from that appellation) than those. They, like most designated BJs hold up to a few years of cellaring. The Loire Valley also sees wide distribution in US and offers some very interesting wines. Good drinking, and to your liver (health)!

Hunt

Right now:

Red: 2002 Cline "5 Reds". White: 2004 Kim Crawford SB

Dean