Red or White Wine - Clubhouse

19/09/2002 at 10:00

I'm away the next couple of days so this is my Friday thread. When I was a youngster most people seemed to drink white wine but the balance seems to be changing.

What is your preference?

19/09/2002 at 10:01

Mines obvious!

Barkles

19/09/2002 at 10:07

Red
I'm getting berries, I'm getting the heady scent of flowers, I'm getting the fireside in winter I'm getting...

on your nips.

Wicked Witch

19/09/2002 at 10:08

I was out last night, after copious amounts of really good NZ Montana Chardonnay I think we can safely say mine is white, so if anyone has a good hangover cure, feel free to post it.

Xerxes

19/09/2002 at 10:08

I like Chardonnay, but much prefer a nice red - not too heavy (too many bad memories of cheapo bulgarian plonk as a student). As I stated elsewhere, at the mo' my favourites are:

Don Darias (Tesco, 3.49)
Why try Uruguay? (Tesco, 4.99).

The latter is a Tannat and very smooth - plus wife is from Uruguay, so we have that one often anyway, so lucky I like it :-)

Giant Haystacks

19/09/2002 at 10:10

Um, now let me think, what's my favourite. Could it be RED!!! I love it!!

Don Minquez

19/09/2002 at 10:22

red... Chateau Lafite 1986

Velociraptor

19/09/2002 at 10:22

Red, almost exclusively. The darker and fruitier, the better. After years of studenty stuff like Liebfraumilch and Vinho Verde and Piat d'Or, the only whites I drink from choice nowadays are pudding wines, and that's a rare event.

Peet

19/09/2002 at 10:24

Can anyone crash this thread?
Current favourite is White Grenache. (A rose for those that don't know). Very fruity. A bottle is gone before you know it. Mmmm. Now... tonight... running or wine... running or wine... running or wine....

Don Minquez

19/09/2002 at 10:26

Theres nowt better than a good Chardonnay. I know chard's out, but I do like Chablis and Poullis Fuisse. And unoaked Aussie Chard

cheeky monkey

19/09/2002 at 10:26

red in the winter, white in the summer....on the number of days I'm driven home from work in the summer imaging a nice big glass of chilled white wine, down to the detail of the condensation(?) on the outside of the glass.....a nice Rioja goes a long way to lighten the spirits on a winters evening though too!

Don Minquez

19/09/2002 at 10:40

I love Rioja too!

Peet... Or should I call you spidy?

Peet

19/09/2002 at 10:46

Peet will probably get my attention quicker than spidy.
But saying that, 'Oi' gets my attention quite quickly too.

fat girl slim

19/09/2002 at 10:46

Has to be red.
Aussies reds are favourites, especially shiraz.

The Evil Pixie pirate

pirate

19/09/2002 at 10:57

Red!
Rosmount estate wines from M&S
Honey Tree SHiraz
Lovely!

Wurzel

19/09/2002 at 11:04

Big beefy reds, Aussie Shiraz (Wolf Blass), Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon (Torreon de Paredes Riserva), Grand Echezeaux, Barolo or, the biggest of them all, Amarone. But then again, I wouldn't say no to a glass of trockenbeerenauslese.

Don Minquez

19/09/2002 at 11:07

Evil Pixie?!!! M&S SELL ROSEMOUNT? One of my faves is the RM Shiraz!

neilruns .

19/09/2002 at 11:11

As my drinking partner is still heavy with child, for the next few says or so at least, I've not been putting away as much wine as I'd like.

I tend to go white in the summer, red in the winter. Used to be big on chardonnay, but moved more into sauvignon blanc lately - ideally from New Zealand. Also been experimenting with antipodean Rieslings.

Why has nobody mentioned Thunderbird?

Neil

neilruns .

19/09/2002 at 11:16

Surely Don Darias is an aftershave?

Peet

19/09/2002 at 11:23

Thunderbird? Chunderbird! 14 and 17% by volume if I remember rightly.
Tough stuff. Liquor of the streets. Bargain basement prices too.
Probably good for unblocking drains too.