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quite often i find a good bottle of wine i like and say i need to remember that one i dont write it down, then i forget what its called and im back to guessing again.
Specifically for whisky, an 'older' bottle does not make it better, it merely makes it taste more like the cask.
quite often i find a good bottle of wine i like and say i need to remember that one i dont write it down, then i forget what its called and im back to guessing again.
At the risk of hijacking this thread, sorry OP.
I have tried to like Whiskey on several occasions in my life and just can't get any great pleasure from it. Last time I tried I bought a bottle of Laphroaigh (or however the hell you spell it) for £30 from my local supermarket. I opened it and tasted it and it was like getting a mouthful of coal. Really nasty. I allowed my eldest lad to drink it and to my surprise he had a small glass or two every night for a week or so claimimg he liked it. As the bottled neared the end he told me it was getting better as time went on. I tried it again and the taste was nuch less peaty (is that the word?) and not too bad at all.
Basically I don't know how to buy the stuff, how to prepare it for drinking, how to drink it, what to mix it with, or anything.
Got any basic tips for me. Thx.
Wolf Blass Cabernet Sauvignon is currently on offer at Sainsbury's for the delectable price of £5.49 mmmm
Good supermarket wine.
Right I have the following wines to choose from in the house.
White
Jacob's Creek Reserve Chardonnay, 2004, 12.5%
Ernest & Julio Gallo Chenin Blanc, 2006 11.5%
Jacob's Creek Chardonnay Vintage 2006, 13%
Red
Ernest & Julio Gallo Sierra Valley Merlot, 2003 13.5%
Wolf Blass Cabernet Sauvignon "Yellow Label", 2005, 13.5%
Asda Chianti, 2001, 12.5%
First Cape "Limited Release" Merlot, 2006, 13.5%
So out of those which should I avoid and which would good to begin with?
Might I recommend ChateauNeuf Du Pape. I didn't like Red wine till I tried this wine.
Right I have just drunk most of the Wolf Blass Cabernet Sauvignon "Yellow Label"
Now while it was OK to drink and it did get better the more I drank my overwhelming sensation is one of the wine being quite acidic.
Now is this a trait of whine or is it just me?
Wolf Blass Cabernet Sauvignon is currently on offer at Sainsbury's for the delectable price of £5.49 mmmm
Good supermarket wine.
Might I recommend ChateauNeuf Du Pape. I didn't like Red wine till I tried this wine.
Which producer though as that is a castle and there are many variations named after it.