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In Reply to: RE: No whites? posted by jimbill on December 08, 2009 at 20:09:43
...the Neyers on the list was one we've had.
Our house whites are Ferrari-Carano and Landmark Overlook.
We've had the Chalk Hill and Beringer Reserve which were both excellent.
But my fave is zin and drifting more towards pinot noir. I like a good cab, if it's not too expensive.
Syrahs are a little too heavy and Petit Syrah even more so.
I haven't cared for many of the blending grapes made into their own wines - merlot, carignan, grenache, petit verdot, cabernet franc, etc.
And I'm sure there are great foreign wines - I just haven't taken the time to learn about them.
Music is like wine. Like I said once before, I like classic rock and related genres of music, but although I've been exposed to a little of everything else, like be-bop jazz, classical symphonies, chamber music, showtunes and the like, they didn't connect with me.
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of learning about wine by working in a good wine store was the need to try everything. How else could you recommend and sell everything?
Plus, I really enjoy finding new elements in wine. There are so many different grapes and winemakers trying to express them that I can't stay within a geographic boundary. I'd feel like I was missing too much.
...of being an audio equipment reviewer - I got to listen to pretty much anything I wanted to determine what worked well together and what I liked.So I know what you mean. I put myself through college bartending and it was quite an education in spirits.
But living in the SF Bay Area for 30 years - being an hour away from Napa, an hour and a half from Sonoma, with a weekend place in Santa Cruz - being able explore the wine from all of those areas doesn't leave a lot of time for the foreign grapes.
I always get advice at restaurants with heavy Italian or French wine lists but what I've found hasn't caused me to look much further.
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Listen to yourself..
You learned about many spirits. How many were from Napa or Sonoma?
You listened to alot of audio equipment. How much of it was from California?
You're right, those restaurant people were wrong. They got your taste wrong.
But don't stop exploring. Step on through to the other side.
Not a huge fan of opera in general. But I do appreciate it and have a few recordings that I listen to on occasion. I'm definitely glad that I looked into it.
I enjoyed a bottle of Pacific Rim Riesling tonight. Riesling offers something that no other white grape can. But you have to try them to understand.
It's not like I'm a fan of everything. I don't much care for sangiovese wines. WS is totally in love with them. But I do like nebbiolo. Grab a good bottle of Barolo with a few years on it. Get back to me...
...a few years ago I had an excellent reisling paired with spicy Asian food at the Slanted Door in SF.
Haven't had one since.
I was driving through Tuscany in 1992 during the release of the 1990's and had some great chiantis and reservas.
I like them a lot. Even the California sangiovese from Luna.
The others Italian varietals I've had were interesting but nothing has knocked my socks off.
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