Good red wines?

[B_B_C]

Will finish the red wine bottle this weekend.

Is that common knowledge that I should have it standing opened for a while in room temprature before drinking it? just assumed it should be cold

few subjects seem to carry more bullshit and pretence than wine talk (its probably happens when we believe every thing the French say about themselves)
Most people find it tastier at room temp , a bit like some cheeses tast better at room temp.

try it some time and unless you have ended up with a realy shitty wine you will notice a difference.
However most people find white wine tastier when cooled

[Swede!]

few subjects seem to carry more bullshit and pretence than wine talk (its probably happens when we believe every thing the French say about themselves)
Most people find it tastier at room temp , a bit like some cheeses tast better at room temp.

try it some time and unless you have ended up with a realy shitty wine you will notice a difference.
However most people find white wine tastier when cooled

will try the red wine at room temprature tonight. But as I mention, should I keep it in the firdge and then take it out a while before, or always at room temp?

[Dr Dutch]

Red wine room temp or a bit lower
White wine fridge or a bit higher.

But the best temp is the one you like best of course. I like red wine a bit colder, except when it has a very strong round taste (starting this bullshit wine specialist vocabulary again btw)

[freespirit]

[Swede!]

Red wine room temp or a bit lower
White wine fridge or a bit higher.

But the best temp is the one you like best of course. I like red wine a bit colder, except when it has a very strong round taste (starting this bullshit wine specialist vocabulary again btw)

for sure, will try!

[Metabolic]

OPs wine is a very good chilean wine.

[240 is Back]

red wine is my mortal enemy, seriously.  I love it.  but every time I skip it for 2 weeks, I add 5 pounds of muscle and look/feel worlds better.

doing my best to have a glass once a week, and that's it.

never did drugs, have given up liquor, never drank beer.  Wine is a completely different animal though.

[Cleanest Natural]

I have brie cheese, blue cheese and apple bites as well as organic raw almonds with red wine.

[wes]

I have brie cheese, blue cheese and apple bites as well as organic raw almonds with red wine.

How sweet! 

[Tapeworm]

Australia: any shiraz (red).  Hunter Valley semillon (white).

Do not buy Australian pinot unless you're a gambler.  Don't buy a malbec from anywhere unless you enjoy fermented gym socks.  Or at least buy a better one than the only one I ever bought.

[Cleanest Natural]

Australia: any shiraz (red).  Hunter Valley semillon (white).

Do not buy Australian pinot unless you're a gambler.  Don't buy a malbec from anywhere unless you enjoy fermented gym socks.  Or at least buy a better one than the only one I ever bought.

I loved the malbec in the above pic. Why you so traumatized?

[FAST LANE]

The red wine at room temp thing is more of what your "supposed" to do... Personally, I don't like red wine at room temp, however, like one of the above posters stated, it really depends on which kind it is.  I put most of my red wines in the fridge with the whites.  I just think they taste better cold.  I've been to Italy and they also refrigerate some of their reds.  YEAA BUDDY!!

[Hulkotron]

Lake Country Red

[Tito24]

all the things you can do with a wine bottle

[dr.chimps]

Australia: any shiraz (red).  Hunter Valley semillon (white).

Do not buy Australian pinot unless you're a gambler.  Don't buy a malbec from anywhere unless you enjoy fermented gym socks.  Or at least buy a better one than the only one I ever bought.

oblig.

A lot of people in this country pooh-pooh Australian table wines. This is a
pity, as many fine Australian wines appeal not only to the Australian palette,
but also to the cognoscenti of Great Britain.

"Black Stump Bordeaux" is rightly praised as a peppermint flavoured
Burgundy, whilst a good "Sydney Syrup" can rank with any of the world's
best sugary wines.

"Chateau Bleu", too, has won many prizes; not least for its taste, and
its lingering afterburn.

"Old Smokey, 1968" has been compared favourably to a Welsh claret,
whilst the Australian wino society thouroughly recommends a 1970 "Coq du
Rod Laver", which, believe me, has a kick on it like a mule: 8 bottles
of this, and you're really finished -- at the opening of the Sydney
Bridge Club, they were fishing them out of the main sewers every half an
hour.

Of the sparkling wines, the most famous is "Perth Pink". This is a
bottle with a message in, and the message is BEWARE!. This is not a
wine for drinking -- this is a wine for laying down and avoiding.

Another good fighting wine is "Melbourne Old-and-Yellow", which is
particularly heavy, and should be used only for hand-to-hand combat.

Quite the reverse is true of "Chateau Chunder", which is an Appelachian
controle, specially grown for those keen on regurgitation -- a fine wine
which really opens up the sluices at both ends.

Real emetic fans will also go for a "Hobart Muddy", and a prize winning
"Cuiver Reserve Chateau Bottled Nuit San Wagga Wagga", which has a
bouquet like an aborigine's armpit.

[Mitch]

lol @everybody talking about red wines and not mentionning a single french red wine.

[njflex]

lol @everybody talking about red wines and not mentionning a single french red wine.

u fancy a bordeaux,,,

[Dr Dutch]

lol @everybody talking about red wines and not mentionning a single french red wine.

Moi je prefere un bon Chateau Migraine...

[Tito24]

gayer than french wine

[Dr Dutch]

gayer than french wine

[Mitch]

Moi je prefere un bon Chateau Migraine...

Haha, good stuff, never heard about it though

If you know your french, you will appreciate this 

[arce1988]

  Malbec

[Jizzacked]

I almost agree with this.

When I was in Maui a couple months ago we threw a party for some of our scuba diving buddies and had a blind taste test.  One bottle was $500.  Another was $300.  The rest were average priced $20-$60 per bottle.  My wine snob friend insisted we (and especially he) would able to taste the difference.  I told him he was fooling himself!

We marked each bottle and then wrapped each in a brown paper bag and on the spur of the moment created a grade sheet and marked it as we all tasted from each bottle and nibbled on snacks.  The result: we all liked bottle number 6.  Turns out it was a $60 bottle.  The $500 bottle came in third place and the $300 came in 5th place.

The lesson: trust your tongue—not the price!  Don't get me wrong: a good bottle of wine can be VERY expensive.  But your tongue should determine whether or not it's a good bottle--not the price nor the winery that it comes from.

cool post bay... #1 tester on your grade sheet seems like a real asshole.  hope that wasn't you?

and I personally think most malbec wines are awesome.... los alamos is a good cheap one, only about $12 a bottle

[Princess L]

[Coach is Back!]

I'm a "wine snob" we hit the wine country here in Calif 2-3 Times per year.  I've found that J Lohr has a great red at a great price ($15-45.00).