Canadian Cabernet? The mind reels.
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Wine thread - what are you enjoying?
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Yes, Canada has multiple wine growing regions. The Okanagan of British Columbia and The Province of Ontario have a lot of vineyards. The Okanagan is a extension of a desert that runs through the USA right up into Canada. We get vultures flying up from the USA and lotsa rattlers and stuff.
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Black Box Cab. Joke all you want, but it is a darn nice wine and cheap enough to have on hand. It keeps on the counter top, where if I open a bottle, I have to do it in before it becomes salad dressing. I have bought plenty of $20 wines that can't touch it.
A friend of mine swears by the least expensive Canadian domestics that he can find in those ~4L boxes(~4 quarts). That and gin and tonic cocktails. He can go all day long slurping that stuff up.
I’ll look for that. The Weis cab franc barrel select from down our way is worth seeking out.
I don't see wines from Ontario in the beer and wine stores here. If they are from Ontario it doesn't indicate that. The Jackson Triggs Cabernet that I am sipping atm is decent. Not too acidic, leaves a grape flavor on the tongue and overall is a good experience for $10.00 a bottle.
Also... there's great Cab Franc and Pinot Noir here, but the signature red grape will be Saperavi for sure.
+1 for the wines of François Morissette. Especially if you can find bottles from a couple vintages ago. I feel they are getting a little expensive for what they are, but still worth trying. He also had a project under the same name “Pearl Morissette” in California, but don’t know what happened of it.
Thomas Bachelder in Niagara and Norman Hardie in Prince Edward County grow really good Chardonnay & Pinot Noir.
In a blind tasting with friends not long ago, everybody prefered County Chardonnay ‘14 from Norman Hardy over Meursault ‘18 from Roulot… Different styles, but still.
Cheers.
Sipping a 4L box of Bodacious Smooth Red. It's grapey, sweet'ishy and very red. Can you tell I am a nooB at wine? lol I worked a Italian restaurant for 2.75 years as the lounge bar waiter when I was ~12 years old and found some good wines but nothing serious about wine ever happened.
I worked a Italian restaurant for 2.75 years as the lounge bar waiter when I was ~12 years old and found some good wines but nothing serious about wine ever happened.
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Like I always said, you gotta be careful going to work in a bar at age 12, you just might end up drinking 4L boxes of wine!Sipping a 4L box of Bodacious Smooth Red. It's grapey, sweet'ishy and very red. Can you tell I am a nooB at wine? lol
(Joking, of course - no need to discriminate as long as it's wine. Although I have also been known to contribute to the beer thread...)
hehe. I developed a affinity for martinis at that job... like quadruples...
I bought a couple of Aussie vinOs and they where good. I have not tried Dead Arm.
Wowow. I just can't see spending USD $50-$60 on a bottle of vino. I am into Italian dry red wine and domestics and usually spend about $8-$15 a bottle.
Btw gd fan I know your a New Yorker . With that said 8 know you like your beers as well. I was at a bar tonight on 19th and 8th and they had Maine Dinner not lunch on tap and it one of the best beers ever. I have had just about every big name great beer out there including Younger and I gotta tell ya you need to go down there and get you one . Also had about 5 different Tree houses in cans as well .
Bar was Crown Alley .
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Right on, thanks for the suggestion. That's not one that I'm familiar with so I'll happily seek it out.
P.S. I don't think I'm a New Yorker, I merely live here until I can finally return to California!
P.S. I don't think I'm a New Yorker, I merely live here until I can finally return to California!