Good wine

Hi Mel, Maybe you could try an inexpensive Piesporter Riesling. Always a hit in our house - even with non-wine drinkers. Lots of wine out there, and there has to be one that's just right for you!

Good luck, Dick

Mel wrote:

It might be that you haven't found anything that tastes good to you. Or maybe its that the wine you're choosing doesn't go well with the food you are eating. My friend, who knows very little about wines, decides what she wants to eat and then asks the guy at the local wine store to recommend an appropriate mid-priced wine. The results are almost always pleasant.

"Mel" snipped-for-privacy@home.com asks....

appetizer/dessert.<

Just curious.....why? Because of the perceived medical benefits you've seen in the news?

Salut/Hi Jim,

le/on 18 Oct 2003 23:13:03 GMT, tu disais/you said:-

just what I was wondering myself.

What is a troll? I can assure you that I was simply asking a question and not expecting to be accused of anything. I wanted to drink it at night because I don't want to drink it in the daytime..... I was just asking for opinions...

"Mel" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com:

So either you have been drnking really bad stuff, or you don't care for wine. Either way if we don't know specifics we can't give specific advice. If you have been trying Mogan David or the like or if you have poured a glass of Dom Perignon it makes a huge difference.

What don't you like about what you have tried? too sweet, not sweet enough?

think about it this way "Had some food, it was horrible won't do that again!"

Salut/Hi Mel,

le/on Tue, 21 Oct 2003 05:39:06 -0500, tu disais/you said:-

I commented

You went on to say

And you came back to say

A troll is someone who makes an inflammatory post just for the effect.

accused of anything.

Do you know the saying "Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt them. The Usenet is a a place where people do odd things, and we quite often get people writing here to see if they can wind us up.

But why do you want to drink it at all, if you don't like it? There's no particular virtue in drinking wine, and drinking wine for the sake of it is a loser's game if ever there was one.

Mel,

Since you appear to be a rookie, or newbie to this news group thing, you have to put up with the arrogant SOBs who like to pounce on people like you, trying to demean you. Fear not Us lurkers come to the rescue once in a while.

To answer your question(s), you might want to start with a sweet German Peisporter wine or a white zinfandel wine, just to get acclimated with drinking wine. These are more closely related to fruit juice as far as I am concerned, however, they'll give you a start. In fact, that's where I started.

The benefits will come when you become acclimated to red wine, of which, there is an infinite amount of good stuff. Since I refuse to drink French wines, your might try American Cabernets, Australian Shiraz or my favorite - Italian Reds.

Wente Vineyards of Livermore, Ca., has recently put out a fairly good Cabernet the past two years, and a fairly decent price. There are too many California wines to mention here. There are also many great Oregon and Washington wines (reds). Caymus (any year) is pretty outstanding. Stags Leap is also quite consistent. Of course the two above is on the higher end of the price scale.

I am a fan of Super Tuscans, of which the Sangiovese grape is king. When you become acclimated, you must try the following:

They'll set you back quite a few bucks, but well worth it.

I realize that I will soon be attacked by the lovers of French Wine, however, I have my reasons and will stick to my guns.

A glass or two a night will do you good. Keep at it an no matter what your taste is, you will soon be craving the taste of a good red. Much like drinking two fingers scotch, gotta get used to it first.

rr

snipped-for-privacy@roadrunner.net (rr) pontificates....

Stoned Jim snipped-for-privacy@aol.comprosit in a drunken stupor, fell off his bar stool and gurgled:

No logic here, just plain common sense. Mel obviously wanted to know something about wine drinking. Thanks for the compliment.

She's a newbie to morons like you, who don't answer questions, but rather enjoy jerking people around.

Funny thing! That's exactly what your mammy said to me after tea last week.

The "epitome of ignorance" asks why she wanted to drink a glass of wine. Its because she wanted to drink a glass of wine. Duh? Should have had nothing to do with respectfully answering the question.

She chose not to answer because of your moronic comeback. Mel chose not be be the target of your fodder.

Now here's the kicker about a premise being wrong. My intent was not to answer her question, but rather to point out the high-muck-a-muck types who answer sincere questions with ignorant questions of their own. The fact that her question might have been answered is incidental.

What is painfully evident, Pecker head, is your total lack of class in dealing with people. Trolls? I have exposed your "not-so-tacky" trolling skills which peeked its ugly head from out of your rectum. Painful not only to the world, but I'm sure, to yourself. Talk about scoring low.

Now, pick yourself off the floor, call a taxi and have the taxi take you back to the sanitarium. Oh yeh, tell your mammy all the bad things you have done and have her slap you upside the head a couple of times before they let you out again.

On another note, stay away from the Ripple.

Now, really, GO AWAY.

rr

snipped-for-privacy@roadrunner.net (rr) stumbles within his own post and sez....

nothing to do with respectfully answering the question.<

But OTOH sez...

While there discussing the philosophy of drinking wine (I think).

The best way to start is telling us what you have been drinking and what you don't like about it. The easiest thing to do is order a glass at a restaurant. This way your acquiring your taste but not spending a fortune on a bottle you don't like. If you like the wine by the glass write down 2 things. The first is what you liked about it, the second is what you tasted during and after and the way the wine smelt to you. If possible ask the waiter if you can have the label and make a small book with labels of what you like.

My two corks worth.

Not4wood

Don't forget New York wines.

Not4wood

"not4wood" wrote in news:3f985b8a snipped-for-privacy@news1.prserv.net:

I've never had a New York wine I liked. What do you suggest?

On 23 Oct 2003 Soned Jim snipped-for-privacy@aol.comprosit after his second bottle of Pagen Pink, slurred:

Oh, lapses, I do have much. However, next time I share tea with your mammy, I will express to her my deepest sympathy. It must have been quite a task for her to raise an imbecile.

"poof" rr

These comments refer to Finger Lakes. I have very little experience with downstate wines.

Riesling, if you can find them. They are not widely distributed. They come in both dry and off dry. A few god Chardonnay and Gewurztraminer are made. The reds are generally short because it's not hot enough for a long period of time for red grapes to ripen. There is some luck with lighter Pinot Noirs. NYS wines have good acidity.

Downstate (Long Island and Hudson) are supposed to have a few good reds. Someone else can comment on them.

Tom Schellberg

LOL, I too am new to drinking wine. I usually drink beer. I think the reason wine never appealed to me was because I was serving it wrong. It seems that not wines are served at room temperature. I have learned allot about wines and serving wines just by reading these newsgroup postings. Does anyone know of a good wine book/software/website that lists wine types, their main ingredients, the conditions/temperature that wines are to be served, and with what types of meals?

Thanks in advanced, Alex

Try Wine for Dummies (I hate the titles but they generally are good books) or Windows on the World Wine Course (by Kevin Zraly, from Windows on the World restaurant, NYC). Both are good beginners books, and are what I tell new employees to read as they are learning about wine.

Good suggestions (as you say, the Dummies book is better than the title). Andrea Immer's "Great Wine Made Simple" (or somethign like that) is good, if you're willing to take the effort to try her taste comparison pairings (oaked vs unoaked, etc). Dale

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