Wine appreciation thread. Don’t know too much but let’s have a go. Generally drink red, all I know of white is I don’t like a lot of it but do like Pinot grigio and albariño. Red, I generally buy Spanish or south American wines. My reasoning being, I tend to like them, while Australian wines are awful, French wines are oversidised overproduced and overpriced (though some are lovely but a bit pricey), and Italian wines I’ve found either gorgeous or awful but inconsistent.
One thing I’m sure of is I’ve never had a bad carmenere from chile. Gorgeous stuff. And Argentinian malbec is usually very very good. Having a glass of it now and it’s gorgeous stuff.
Odd this thread doesn’t have more input, given the number of world travelers and wine drinkers we have on here. Sad to see @anon61956325 spending weeks in Italy and drinking the piss ordinary beer you’d get in many pubs in Cork. While surrounded by great wines that would appeal to his missus and himself.
Occasionally a wine blows you away, this is one of them. Made by Dave Phinney of The Prisoner fame, one of the worlds finest blenders. This is a Grenache with small amounts of Syrah and Carrigan from near the Pyrenees. Outstanding wine.
