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Ramin
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Joined: Mar. 15 2005
From: Toronto, Canada
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Ladies and Gents,
Thanks for all the responses and the funny complements! I've been around for 8 months (mostly observing) and really think this is a great forum with lots of useful info floating around and some super nice members. I know most of the active members through their posts and thought it was time to know all of you a little more. It's like going to your local bar and meeting the regulars that hang out there. Except if any of you are on FBI's most wanted list, I would collect the reward for turning you in to finance my first Flamenco guitar!  (Currently I have an inexpensive classical Yamaha)
As for the wine, Kate, I'll try to find the one you mentioned, thanks. But I doubt if I can find it in Toronto. Chilean wines are good, but I don't drink white wines unless my blood alcohol level is seriously low and I don't have any other choice. (I don't like hard liquor, beer is fine but it makes you fat, at least the amount I consume does!)
I'll be checking regularly to see who has uploaded his/her photo. Sorin, I'm not sure what you have uploaded because it does not show up in your profile. Simon, how come your photo is 33 kB? Isn't that over the limit?!!!
Have a good weekend,
Ramin
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Date Nov. 25 2005 15:03:00
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Any serious wine drinkers in this forum?
I like all good redwines.... All of them!!! 
Ribera de Duero is a "modern" wine. It's not as woody as old style Rioja, and sometimes it's closer to Australean wine than European wine. It's very good but it also gets expensive if you want something really good.
Flyogh: What's wrong with Chardonnay?
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Date Nov. 25 2005 15:37:55
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So what are we drinking today ole sports?
I'm going to have a few glasses of Navarra Crianza. A very good price/quality product.
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Date Nov. 25 2005 15:39:44
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I am partial to a good Rioja but the serious wine buffs I've met in Spain all rave about Ribero del Daurro
Hola
Ribera del Duero are good eg Vega Silicia, which costs 120 euros la botella: I have tried 5 bottles and the only one which was great was a 1962. Rioja is just as good and cheaper, Murrieta, Muga, Ardanza etc. There are some good wines in Navarra.
White wine in Spain is poor. El Dorado de Murrieta is an exception. In the South, there are great wines in Jerez, Sanlúcar and Chiclana, but they are de solera and have 15 degrees.
The best wines in the world are still from France: Corton, Le Montrachet and the great sweet wines such as Chateau Yquem etc.
I have just eaten scallops for lunch, with a Spanish Gewurztraminer: the food was great, the wine una mierda. Gewurztraminer should be from Alcace.
Some you win, some you lose.
Suerte
Sean
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Date Nov. 25 2005 16:22:47
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Miguel de Maria
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From: Phoenix, AZ
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I am always on the quest for the best wines under $15. It seems France makes an unidentifiable lot of these, but I can rarely remember the names.
Going up in price a bit, I have always loved the Kim Crawfords...he's a winemaker from New Zealand, Marlborough, an area I visited a few years back. I like the fact that the NZ wines come with screwcaps and thus are never bad. They make nice Sauvignon Blancs and Pinot Noir.
Staying with whites, Oregon (in a similiar microclimate to some of the NZ wineries) has some nice ones. A great buy is the King Estate Pinot Gris (same as Pinot Grigio).
As far as the Spanish, I like the Marques de Caceres Rose, Campillo Rioja for tinto. I'm not sure what the big deal about the Marques de Murrieta, but it's drinkable, that's for sure. Last night I had some Segura Viujas (wrong spelling, I'm sure), a Brut Cava or Dry Sparkling wine to celebrate thanksgiving. Not bad and definitely the coolest bottle ever! I had a pretty decent table wine the other day, called Proyecto 6 or something like that.
California makes some incredible wines, but they are very American--big and bold and lacking in subtlety. That can be okay, especially without food (imo). The Duckhorn Merlot can be had for $50 and is awesome. I don't think you can go wrong with Plumpjack Cab, which comes with my favorite screwcaps. These may well be going for $80 or so in the store nowadays. I had some a couple of days ago, but it was a half bottle and was subpar.
I used to be a big fan of Italian Supertuscans, but they are so expensive and I don't see them quite as much anymore. There was one called Selvemaggio that was just a great deal. These are really good wines. Ah..and the oddly shaped Gattinara, Travaglini is not bad, not bad at all. For a special occasion I would reach for an Amarone from Veneto. These wines are made from grapes and are superbrilliant and flavorful. They take forever to open. For a similiar idea, but less expensive, there is a sort of wine which is made from the leftovers, but the name of it is slipping off my tongue. It would be from Veneto, too, of course.
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Date Nov. 25 2005 17:54:34
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Ramin
Some 20 years ago I worked in a vegetarian restaurant some summers. Right in the middle of Rhone wine country. Take a look for small Rhone wine. They can be very good, but they are summer wines. They like the smell of the sun. Vaqueiras..... is the famous one. Crozes Hermitage and Cóte Rotie are others.
Rhone wines are not made with Pinot Noir, a wonderfull grape if you can afford a good Bourgogne.  The Rhone grape is Syrah, or Shiraz in other worlds. It's a wonderfull power grape.
Kate.
I don't think Ribera de Duero is a pijo wine. They are just plain very good wines. But they tend to be a bit brutal. If you want elegancy, they cost money 
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Date Nov. 25 2005 20:16:25
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pijo = snob, no?
Hi Miguel. Yeah, your right. Sorry for the Spanglish language. It's difficult not to mix when you live here. (I never mix with my own language. Noone speaks it!!!)
Duende. Take care with this Amontillado!!!!! A flamenco drinking sweet or semi sweet sherry.......
Cojones tio.... una copita de Fino o Manzanilla (Both very dry sherrys)
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Date Nov. 26 2005 6:54:27
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