Whats a good bottle of Wine/Champagne for 300.00?
 

Just want 1 bottle for 300.00 ish

get a good pinot grigio

whats that one all the people rap about?

Opus 2001 or 2002

Opus One or Stags Leap Cabernet will run you $100+ a bottle, and should satisfy even the most discerning palate - buy 3 bottles and go crazy!!!

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My old man turns 50 this year.. So I figure I get him something nice.. he like his merlot. But he really enjoyed a bottle of champagne I picked up a few weeks ago

Wine Spectator's 2005 Wine of the Year is:
Joseph Phelps
Insignia Napa Valley 2002
96/$150, 15,000 cases made

Here is another incredible red..
1999 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac

and another..
2001 Chateau Latour Pauillac

Champagne - 1998 Moet et Chandon Dom Perignon

Nice I am doing research on those now =)

These guys should have them all :thumbsup

http://www.wineaccess.com/splash/totalwine/

if you dont know it, you won't see the difference to a $5 wine anyway :)

chateau lafite is very very wellknown its an eyecatcher and thats bout it, anyone who appreciates wine will think ok he paid a lot for a bottle thats available for a hell of a lot less too just without the lafite name

its like cristal, everyone knows it, but 99% wouldnt tell cristal from a 10 dollar methode champagnoise

I dont know shit about wine neither, other than a $5 wine usually taste like crap and that the wine should be bought based on what you ar eating not based on what it cost :2 cents:

its easy just start drinking wines like everyone else, get a few $5 ones, different regions and countries and pick what you like. Ive got $5 supermarket wines here I drink on a regular basis, soon youll see a winecard and know what you like and what you dont and what fits with what.

But theres nothing like a wrong wine with a wrong dish imho, some ppl drink sweet white wine with steak, hey if you like it you like it...

http://www.1855.com/bordeaux/vin/100...-fleur-petrus/

these guys have a lot, export everything, that lafleur is btw pretty amazing Id take it any time over a Lafite

I might not know 5.00 from 500.00 other then the name.. On the other hand.. I am not the one that has been to wine tasting classes/partys/vinnards ect. He has =) (bad grammar but it's 5:40am)

be a man and get retsina for $3

Try to find an 89 Chateau Musar.

I'm pretty partial to Chateau Latour 96, an excellent wine. You can find it online for about 250.00 and up.

Interesting, their lafleur is that good, eh? I will get some soon to find out.

Thanks!

i guess boycott of france products didnt last long :1orglaugh

Bump =) +1

halo2? head 2 head?

just for shits n giggles?

It's not necessary to spend $300 for a good bottle of wine.. LOL

there are a lot better ones then the standard lafite etc

Ive got sweet wine here thats absofuckinglutely amazing. Forget all the others, this is an icewine, I gave the link to another guy here as well, $40-50 for a 375ml, theyve got so many prizes they had to put the labels on the back of the bottle too lol

if you wanna dine at home with any girl, serve this one together with a nice choclate dessert and she will melt.

Its pure nectar.

http://www.globalwinespirits.com/wx/...renauslese.htm

all wine tastes like shit!

I am writing these down I am going to check the local liquor stores first and if I can't get them I will order em online. To bad there wasn't an affilate program. People would make $ selling wine

If you like Cab I think you will love this. Far Niente it is my favorite:

http://www.farniente.com/WinesVineyards/cabernet.html

my gf likes really sweet ones, so we drink a lot of sauternes etc, anything from cheapass 5 bucks to icewines over a 100 (icewines are german wines where the grapes are picked when theyve got the biggest amount of sugar in them and when theyre frozen - theyre gifts to a couple getting married, old tradition in germany, every weingut has a few 100 only)

Anselmann is the best really, try to get it, I know its in the US as well. Its so damn good, you just wanna put the bottle on the table and poor it over icecream, in coffee or drink it all at once. Id doesnt have that nasty spicey taste to it like the french desertwines have.

canadian but I know its in the US too

http://www.vintages.com/frame_result...AUSLESE+ 1999

1983 Chateau Lafite Rothschild is much better if you can get your hands on it! :)

1996 Moet et Chandon is a better year

Plump Jack is phenomenal if you can find it! :thumbsup

Sassicaia, Salaia, are yummy as well...I could go on for days about wines!

http://www.winecommune.com/stores/it...ID/797403.html

Other vintages will be cheaper I expect.

Opus One is overrated IMO.

You want a winning cabernet. Caymus wins all the time.

1997 Caymus Cabernet if you can find it. Its still less than $300.

Ah yes.. and throw in a bottle of Ferrari Cerrano Black Muscat for dessert. YUMMY!!

Ok, Icewines. Anyone have anymore info on that? how to pick out a true icewine?

US ones (never tasted one) http://www.icewines.com/home.html

Theyre 99% german, eiswein its called, sadly most German weingut sites are in german only

Thanks =)

np

suddenly realise that you dont know the german winesystem... theyve got a pradikat system meaning it ranges from low to high quality from say landwine to the best there is

this trockenbeerenauslese (meaning dry grape - auslese means actually the best but its used as a term to tell ppl its very sweet too) is the best anselmann is very famous and all the prizes theyve got really tells something

cause like france germany has 1000s and 1000s of weinguter (companies or ppl who produce wein)

http://www.germanwine.de/english/gui...winelabels.htm

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/walte...itz-ritter.gif

thats a riesling its a grape variety famous, spaetlese means its sweet, its

spaetlese
auslese
beerenauslese
trockenbeerenauslese

(from sweet to sweetest) see the anselmann is the sweetest and icewine too

d00d! Blasphemy! :1orglaugh

the one time you need serge and the prick isnt around.. must be drunk in some strip bar

You guys are killing me LOL! Look I'll agree with you that Cristal is way overrated but its a hell of a lot better and impressive than Asti :1orglaugh

And remember he was looking in a particular price range... in that range chateau lafite is rated in the 90's...not many wines in that league :winkwink:

echo demoni 2005 pino grigio

7.99

cant beat it!

:2 cents:
I'm a big wino! Drink it all the time, love it.
Just bought a bottle of this for one of my girlfriend's celebrating a milestone birthday (she's way into champagne). This is the best champage we have ever had. The bottle is especially nice looking also.

1996 CHAMPAGNE NICOLAS FEUILLATTE, ?Cuvee Palmes d?Or?, Epernay, France - $100.00

The price on this is smokin'. Next closest retailer was at $225. The wine shop that has this is in Yountville, CA - Groezinger's
www.groezingers.com
great guys, very knowledgeable and awesome pricing.
Enjoy!!!!!

Didn't realize there were so many wine savy peeps hanging out at GFY! Next show we need to do a wine and cigar night!

See wines are like websites...everyone has their own tastes and preferences :thumbsup

and have 6 ppl show up? there are maybe 6 ppl that have a clue what they are talking about when it comes to fine dining and drinking... I assure you...

im def not one of them either... i enjoy mc d's and subway.. occasionally i will go all out for quiznos but rarely. and when it comes to fine wine? shit if you catch me paying more than 15 bux, just shoot my ass.

Mad Dog 20/20...buy 150 bottles of the stuff. He'll drink happily for a year.

I can't see why anyone would spend that much on a bottle of wine... It all tastes the same to me, usually i'd rather have a beer.

Serge would tell you the same thing that I'm going to.

There is no good or bad wines, only wines that you like or dont like. You going to let someone else tell you something is good when you think it tastes like shit?

The best advice has already been posted in this thread: try some of the less expensive varieties to see what you like first, and then go from there. But if you try a $3 bottle of wine and you really like it, then theres nothing wrong with that.

Nothing says "I love you" like a bottle of Thunderbird.

If you like sweet wine at all ... Dolce ... VERY good, but VERY sweet!