Posted: 3/23/2009 3:45:21 PM EDT
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My wife is looking for a good juicy, fruity, not the dry crap, wine. Any suggestions?
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| I'm partial to Pinot Noirs, but you have to be careful as many have a lot of tannins and can be tart. I'm in great Pinot growing region and we have a lot of award winners close, so I'm kind of spoiled. Local wineries that make great Pinots include: Torii Mor, Benton Lane, Sokol Blosser and Argyle. Figure $22-$40/bottle or more, depending on what you get. |
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My wife is looking for a good juicy, fruity, not the dry crap, wine. Any suggestions? thanks not the dry crap....  that made me cry a little.
Not dry red, humm what about a late harvest something in red or a port? Note: many new to wine will misdiagnose dry for what are sometimes flaws in a wine. There are many fruity robust wines our there that are 100% dry. |
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LRB45, Check out my thread on red wine. There is a lot of excellent information in it: http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=822390 
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What you really want is a crappy sweet wine, not that good dry stuff. 
Try a Vinho Verde Vinhos Verdes are light, fresh, and intended for drinking within a year. At less than 1 bar of CO2 pressure they do not quite qualify as semi-sparkling wines but do have a definite pétillance. The white Vinho Verde is very fresh, due its natural acidity, with fruity and floral aromas, depending of the grape variety |
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My wife is looking for a good juicy, fruity, not the dry crap, wine. Any suggestions? thanks Tell her to forget wine and go for San Gria if that is what she is looking for. My wife wasnt paying attention one night and drank a whole bottle before she realize what she had done. That night was full of WIN for me.  (sorry, but no pics)
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| Chardoney.... or however you spell it... had a really good one the other night... it was Robert Mongavi, same guy who makes Opus One, America's premier wine. The Opus One is a red and it goes for $200 a bottle and up. The Chardoney is a white and goes for $20 and below. The Chardoney is buttery and I love the after taste, good with shrimp or lobster. Mmmmmmm think i may go get some now |
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The wife says red. The wife needs to be more specific. 
Sweet is what you're looking for. If you have a local vineyard, visit them... They can give you what you want. When I'm looking for a sweet, non-dry wine, I usually go for a raspberry wine. Probably just me, but one of my favorites. |
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fruity, cheap, not too bad but probably looked down upon? http://www.manischewitzwine.com/products/Products.htm#traditionals
the blackberry and concord grape are good this is good http://www.lakewoodvineyards.com/niagara-label.html mead (honey wine) http://www.lakewoodvineyards.com/wildflower-blend-label.html |