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sound67

#100
August 10, 2007, 12:43:19 PM
I'm generally a Shiraz fan, I like reds that are both powerful but smooth, favoring Australian Shiraz with blackberry flavors.

None better than this (at least up to € 20, which is my limit):



Thomas
"Vivaldi didn't compose 500 concertos. He composed the same concerto 500 times" - Igor Stravinsky

"Mozart is a menace to musical progress, a relic of rituals that were losing relevance in his own time and are meaningless to ours." - Norman Lebrecht

bhodges

#101
August 10, 2007, 12:52:03 PM
Quote from: sound67 on August 10, 2007, 12:43:19 PM
I'm generally a Shiraz fan, I like reds that are both powerful but smooth, favoring Australian Shiraz with blackberry flavors.

None better than this (at least up to € 20, which is my limit):

That's what I drink more than anything else these days (Shiraz) and often Penfolds.  My favorite "everyday wine" is Wyndham Estate Bin 555, and it is (amazingly) around $8 here.



--Bruce

sound67

#102
August 10, 2007, 01:07:33 PM
Quote from: bhodges on August 10, 2007, 12:52:03 PM
That's what I drink more than anything else these days (Shiraz) and often Penfolds.  My favorite "everyday wine" is Wyndham Estate Bin 555, and it is (amazingly) around $8 here.



--Bruce

I know that one. Trades for around € 7 here, at least from the internet. Very fine wine for the money, I agree, tried 2 bottles of this. I've been shopping around a while now, trying to find my favorite Shiraz wines. Disappointed by popular favorite Peter Lehman's "Barossa" Shiraz (for around € 10, no real character there), and by Wolf Blass and Rosemount wines. But the Penfold's is great. Looking forward to tasting the new Luddite and Rees Miller Shirazes I just got from my favorite dealer.

From South Africa, there are at least two I liked so far: a highly respectable Allesverloren Shiraz and the pricier Stellenzicht Golden Triangle Shiraz. But nothing IMHO compares to the Penfold's.

Thomas
"Vivaldi didn't compose 500 concertos. He composed the same concerto 500 times" - Igor Stravinsky

"Mozart is a menace to musical progress, a relic of rituals that were losing relevance in his own time and are meaningless to ours." - Norman Lebrecht

Mozart

#103
August 10, 2007, 01:17:22 PM
Im drinking water from my 2 liter apple juice bottle.

Kullervo

#104
August 10, 2007, 02:49:42 PM
I've been on a tonic water + grape juice binge as of late. It's like drinking cheap champagne that actually tastes good. :)

Robert

#105
August 10, 2007, 02:59:30 PM



Stone Brewing "ARROGANT BASTARD"

Solitary Wanderer

#106
August 10, 2007, 05:12:29 PM
Water
'I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.' ~ Emily Bronte

sound67

#110
August 12, 2007, 07:54:42 AM
Good to know there's plenty of space on this classical music discussion board for lavatorial humor.  ::)

ND:



Chateau Vignol 2006 Entre-deux-mers
Variety: 60% Sauvignon Blanc/Grise, 30% Semmillon, 10% Muscat
Awards: Médaille d'Or concours Général Paris 2006 - TOP VINS 2006 - Médaille d'Or Vigneron Indépendant 2006 - Médaille d'Or Vigneron Indépendant 2004, Une Etoile Guide Hachette 2004,  Coup de Coeur Guide Hachette 2003, Médaille d'Or 2002 Concours Général de Paris, Médaille d'Or 2002 Concours Général de Bordeaux, Médaille d'Or 2002 Concours Général de Paris, Médaille d'Or 2002 Concours Général de Bordeaux. 

Desopite many honours for this inexpensive ($6.50-7.00) estate wine, I found this a rather bland variety with over-powering grapefruit aromas, but not much else. Soft at first, but with a rather harsh finish. Maybe I was foolish to try a sub $10 French white.

Thomas
"Vivaldi didn't compose 500 concertos. He composed the same concerto 500 times" - Igor Stravinsky

"Mozart is a menace to musical progress, a relic of rituals that were losing relevance in his own time and are meaningless to ours." - Norman Lebrecht

sound67

#111
August 13, 2007, 01:24:54 PM Last Edit: August 13, 2007, 01:29:16 PM by sound67
Not a bad little Chardonnay at a very modest price (€ 6):



The Winery of Good Hope Chardonnay 2006
http://www.thewineryofgoodhope.com/gh_chardonnay.htm

Fresh-faced and uncomplicated wine with a nice citrus flavor, a little acidic pinching of the nose. Lively.
"Vivaldi didn't compose 500 concertos. He composed the same concerto 500 times" - Igor Stravinsky

"Mozart is a menace to musical progress, a relic of rituals that were losing relevance in his own time and are meaningless to ours." - Norman Lebrecht

Kullervo

#112
August 14, 2007, 08:29:18 AM
Water from the tap as I'm out of distilled water. Tastes like pool water.  :-X

Lilas Pastia

#113
August 14, 2007, 06:46:12 PM
Quote from: Papageno on August 10, 2007, 05:25:54 PM


QuoteThis fresh and lively Sauvignon Blanc  combines  depth and crispness. It finishes dry and mineral, yet with aromatic zest and great palate length.

PSmith08

#116
August 15, 2007, 08:45:10 PM
Absolut and lemonade. Perhaps tied for my favorite drink.

I'm generally a fan of Stoli, but the handle of Absolut was at a good price. God help me if I ever find La Bière du démon here in the States. When I was in Rome, a little place up the street from the hotel had it. It was a potent, and pleasant, break from the 2/3rds L of Peroni that were everywhere, cheaply, too.

Solitary Wanderer

#117
August 16, 2007, 03:18:53 PM
Soy chai latte  :D
'I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.' ~ Emily Bronte

Bogey

#118
August 17, 2007, 04:11:33 PM
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on August 16, 2007, 03:18:53 PM
Soy chai latte  :D

That is a favorite of mine Chris.  I have Starbucks make mine without water....just the soy milk.
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sound67

#119
August 27, 2007, 06:46:52 AM Last Edit: August 27, 2007, 06:48:56 AM by sound67
I drank this three days ago, but I'm sufficiently appalled to warn fellow members now:


Theakston Grouse Beater Ale

Not only marked this the absolute rock bottom of British beverages that I tried (those who are familiar with British ales will know that this covers a lot of ground), no, not just that. It's what evil must taste like. To give you some idea, it tastes like I imagine insecticide would. I agree, though, that it must indeed be "legendary", since no one who ever tasted it is likely to forget the experience to his or her dying day.

How come the British, who love beer so much, suck so badly at making them?
"Vivaldi didn't compose 500 concertos. He composed the same concerto 500 times" - Igor Stravinsky

"Mozart is a menace to musical progress, a relic of rituals that were losing relevance in his own time and are meaningless to ours." - Norman Lebrecht
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