What's your favourite wine?

[ChrisC]

@FOXY Never had an aged Riesling myself but I do really like a nice mineraly Riesling so I am pretty jealous of that one

Less jealous of the sherry vinegar...

I can imagine some of those '99s will be excellent, so hope you enjoy

[FOXY]

@ROman said in What's your favourite wine?:

@foxy01 The grape in the Alfa wine is supposed to be great.

The Alpha Reserve Old Vines is already pretty good upon release (after 4-5 years in a barrique) and from pretty old vines back then (80-90 years).
after another 10+ years bottled up in a cellar it got pretty close to some of the top Italian reds. unique grape variety as well.

I prefer the Alpha Reserve over their top tier release - much better value for money.

[FOXY]

@ChrisC said in What's your favourite wine?:

@FOXY Never had an aged Riesling myself but I do really like a nice mineraly Riesling so I am pretty jealous of that one

Less jealous of the sherry vinegar...

I can imagine some of those '99s will be excellent, so hope you enjoy

Good dry Rieslings can be amazing for the reasons you mentioned - crisp, mineral/minerality and the wet, damp stone cellars.
with some of the Ahr and Mosel GG's you can get some really big cinema if you let them sit for a decade or two. but those need some grape sugars to get there.

[endo]

nice

[hajduk]

Spontaneous warm temperatures a Friday? = Spontaneous aperitif!
Raw Pet Nat! Raw cheeses! Strawberries!

[hajduk]

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[Giles]

@FOXY said in What's your favourite wine?:

is into Chateau Musar

I used to drink a lot of the red in the early/mid nineties when it was an absolute bargain.....

[FOXY]

@Giles only became aware of them in the mid 2000’s…
Good thing is that there are lots great, younger vineyards in Europe with decent bottles in the €10-20 price bracket.
The odd thing in the UK and Scotland is that I can’t find a decent wine shop or merchant - it’s terrible supermarket stuff or stiff-upper-lip, prestigious labels stuff only. Very little in between.

[Giles]

You tried The Wine Society?

[Alex]

@FOXY wine society is good. St John do good wine, and they deliver. I have had some good, more modern wine from The Sourcing Table.

[FOXY]

will check both - did Wine List (from 2020, not The Wine List website) a while back, but they went bust after a year or two...

[Tago Mago]

Off to Südtirol in 4 weeks, let’s see what we need to fill up on

[Tago Mago]

More research

[hajduk]

One very beautiful Orange wine. A classic one from Croatia and a very nice German Pet Nat.

[hajduk]

Red wine from Austria

[Tago Mago]

Refreshments secured for today

[Chap]

@hajduk said in What's your favourite wine?:

Red wine from Austria

Actually not (since 1918) Alto Adige is a part of Italy

[hajduk]

@Chap Oh shit! What an idiot I am! Thank you, my friend, for correcting me.🫵

[Chap]

@hajduk said in What's your favourite wine?:

@Chap Oh shit! What an idiot I am! Thank you, my friend, for correcting me.🫵

No prob mate... at least here. It is (or was) quite a controversial issue

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_South_Tyrol

Better not start a discussion about it with the locals or Tyrolians in general especially the elder ones