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Champagne Lover
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:01 pm
Michigan (perhaps more cleverly known as "The Big Mitten")
J-Lab's in da house!
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Fri Mar 24, 2006 11:34 am
Manila, Philippines
Jeff B wrote:What wine/grape/region do you not "get"?
David M. Bueker wrote:I despise 99.9% of Sauvignon Blanc. I cannot see why anyone would drink them.
Champagne Lover
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:01 pm
Michigan (perhaps more cleverly known as "The Big Mitten")
Rahsaan wrote:There are wines that I don't like as much as others, but I'm not sure I don't 'get' them. I mean I can usually see why other people might like them.
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Jay Labrador wrote:I agree with you on Sauvignon Blanc. Viognier is another one I don't get.
J-Lab's in da house!
1093
Fri Mar 24, 2006 11:34 am
Manila, Philippines
Brian Gilp wrote:Jay Labrador wrote:I agree with you on Sauvignon Blanc. Viognier is another one I don't get.
I never liked Viognier until I tried Cold Heaven http://www.coldheavencellars.com/. This is not the big, lush, oily style of Viognier. The 2010 are especially nice with the Sanford and Benedict showing the best. Not sure if you can get them or if its even worth it to you to try but this is one wine that may help you understand, it did for me.
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Champagne Lover
2163
Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:01 pm
Michigan (perhaps more cleverly known as "The Big Mitten")
Joy Lindholm wrote:Jeff B wrote:At least there has been no mention of champagne yet, so all replies have been appreciated...![]()
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Jeff-
Not to be a pot-stirrer, but one thing I don't get about Champagne is why people are so obsessed with the big Champagne houses, when you can buy much superior (IMO) RM Champagnes for much better values. Why buy massed-produced when you can have very small production, hand-crafted, family owned-estate Champagne that carries with it so much soul?
The exception I could see might be some of the very old Champagnes you have mentioned from the big houses in another post. Personally, I have not had the pleasure of tasting a Champagne much older than the early 90s, so I can't speak to the super-aged stuff.
Joy Lindholm wrote:For me, wine is very much an integral part of mealtime, so I don't get the obsession with over-ripe, flabby, overblown alcoholic wines that smother food from any region or grape. This rules out 95% of what comes from Australia and California. The one region most befuddling to me though, is Napa, and the obsession people have with it. I have tasted some very good wines from Napa, if the winemaker understands how to show restraint. What I don't get is how people are still duped to buy stupidly overpriced, very lush wines that have no nuance other than explosive fruit and oak, because they think they must hold on to the status symbol that "Napa is everything" and they want to impress their friends.
Another thing I don't get are people who say "I only drink Cab".