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Post by The Fence End on Jul 23, 2010 19:05:29 GMT
I really like sweet white wines, easily my favourite wine. However this is probably due to my no frills upbringing with a bottle of Hock or Blue Nun being opened by my parents on special occasions!
Having now climbed the social ladder a bit and marrying a classy bird I can't really break out the Blue Nun and I can only find Black Tower in the supermarkets which, to be honest, is only half a step above Blue Nun! I've heared some of the Germans wines may suit my taste.
So I wondered if anyone with a bit a taste out there could recommend a really good sweet white wine?
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Post by Pogue Mahone on Jul 23, 2010 19:19:30 GMT
Guinness with a Jameson's chaser.
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Post by loveandpride on Jul 24, 2010 8:18:57 GMT
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Post by Gavin Archery on Jul 24, 2010 9:57:31 GMT
Sauternes Grand Cru - expensive but fulfilling with desert.
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Post by dabigfella on Jul 24, 2010 20:01:29 GMT
Some Reislings are quite potable I (or so I have been told of course!)
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Post by truthteller on Jul 24, 2010 21:20:05 GMT
Sainsburys basics......2.68  |
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Post by The New Matt Murphy on Aug 2, 2010 14:05:23 GMT
I really like sweet white wines, easily my favourite wine. However this is probably due to my no frills upbringing with a bottle of Hock or Blue Nun being opened by my parents on special occasions! Having now climbed the social ladder a bit and marrying a classy bird I can't really break out the Blue Nun and I can only find Black Tower in the supermarkets which, to be honest, is only half a step above Blue Nun! I've heared some of the Germans wines may suit my taste. So I wondered if anyone with a bit a taste out there could recommend a really good sweet white wine? I'm unsure as to whether sarcasm lies at the heart of this post?! Apologies if not! |
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Post by Fat Andy on Aug 2, 2010 14:49:01 GMT
If you're not being sarcastic then definitely go for German wine. Because of the terrible reputation it's actually fairly good value for money. You'll still look a bit of a tit if you try and serve it with a steak, mind you, but a good halbtrocken from the Mosel will go well with cured meats and fish.
Gavin's Sauternes will be lovely, but it'll also be very heavy and therefore probably not that good for drinking in large quantities.
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Post by Fat Andy on Aug 2, 2010 14:51:20 GMT
Actually, even if you are being sarcastic, you should still drink good German wine because it's very good value and very underrated.
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Post by Pogue Mahone on Aug 2, 2010 14:53:32 GMT
What have you mostly been drinking Andy this summer?
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Post by loveandpride on Aug 2, 2010 16:01:20 GMT
If you're not being sarcastic then definitely go for German wine. Because of the terrible reputation it's actually fairly good value for money. You'll still look a bit of a tit if you try and serve it with a steak, mind you, but a good halbtrocken from the Mosel will go well with cured meats and fish. Gavin's Sauternes will be lovely, but it'll also be very heavy and therefore probably not that good for drinking in large quantities. Surely this is a dessert wine, you're not advocating serving it with a main course are you? |
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Post by Fat Andy on Aug 2, 2010 16:48:01 GMT
Correct, L&P.
Pogue, mostly this summer I have been drinking Hopback Summer Lightning, Sam Adams lager, Pimms and lemonade.
When I've been drinking wine, it's either been crap or South African, it seems. Raats Cabernet Franc and Springfield Whole Berry are my red recommendations, if you can find them anywhere; Flagstone Two Roads is a very nice white. The only other really nice stuff I've been drinking is some very dry, very cheap Alsace Riesling, but I bought it in Alsace which is what made it cheap.
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Post by malcolmnl on Aug 3, 2010 6:04:34 GMT
Try to wean yourself off of the sweet wines (most of them are Blue Nun rubbish) onto dry whites. Start with chardonnay as that is one of the more sweeter drys. Go on, try it. It's a lot easier than stopping with cigs.
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Post by loveandpride on Aug 3, 2010 12:13:00 GMT
"Pimms and lemonade." I think we all know what Pimm's is drank with we are from Oxfordshire after all. I'm sorry but it really grates with me when people say "and lemonade" Anyway what's your fruit of choice to add to your jug I'd have to go mint and cucumber as the absolute essentials maybe with the addition of some apple or orange. I reckon you're a bit left field choosing strawberries and a sprig of borage. Try adding a slug of gin just to liven it up
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Post by ox4eva on Aug 3, 2010 12:35:47 GMT
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Post by Paul Cannell on Aug 3, 2010 12:59:28 GMT
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Post by The Fence End on Aug 3, 2010 16:02:43 GMT
Try to wean yourself off of the sweet wines (most of them are Blue Nun rubbish) onto dry whites. Start with chardonnay as that is one of the more sweeter drys. Go on, try it. It's a lot easier than stopping with cigs. I'll give the very dry ones a go, I'll report back. |
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Post by Scottish Yellow on Aug 3, 2010 20:47:04 GMT
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Post by Gavin Archery on Aug 3, 2010 20:54:33 GMT
Chardonnay is quite nice. Although that is a generalisation. Australian and Chilean chardonnay are better than others. Personal taste really.
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