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Janet Wilder[_4_]

On 5/19/2014 6:05 AM, wrote:
> On Sun, 18 May 2014 19:06:02 -0500, Janet Wilder >
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Tonight we had chicken enchiladas and salad for dinner. We had a beer
>> can chicken the other day so the leftovers went into enchiladas. To go
>> with my enchiladas, I opened a bottle of Fredericksburg (TX) Winery Dry
>> Reisling. This is a fruity wine and perfectly complemented the cheesy
>> goodness of my enchiladas.
>>
>> I love wine, but I am not a wine snob. If it tastes good to you it's a
>> great wine. If it doesn't taste good, it's a bad wine.
>>
>> There is absolutely no correlation between the cost of a bottle of wine
>> and the drinkability. I've had $5 wine that was fabulous. I've had $40
>> wine that I poured down the sink because it was undrinkable.
>>
>> I normally don't pay more than $10 a bottle for wine, but when I'm at
>> Texas wineries I'll gladly pay more (up to $30) to support an in-state
>> industry. We just joined a wine club when we up there last week. I'm
>> looking forward to what Becker Vineyards sends us in October. This can
>> be a lot of fun.
>
> Total agreement with drink what you like - years ago we were members
> of the Opimium Society and there were fancy dinners with fancy wines.
> Very often I found there were wines I didn't care for which were
> highly prized by others.
>
> One thing I did learn though, from a wine taster of the year, was how
> to substitute a German sparkling for expensive champagne for weddings
> etc. that was invaluable.
>
I'm a big fan of Spanish Cava as a sub for champagne.

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Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

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