zxcvbob wrote:
> Richard Periut wrote:
>
>> zxcvbob wrote:
>>
>>> C. L. wrote:
>>>
>>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Sorry to piggy back on your reply, but I was out and about this
>>>>> morning.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I
>>>>
>>>>> tried to find Beaujolais Nouveau but the guy said it wasn't in
>>>>> stock yet.
>>>>> And I hate Beringer's; way overrated. I did, however, find a nice
>>>>> Australian Chardonnay, appropriately labeled "Fat *******". Uh, you'd
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> have
>>>>
>>>>> to know the whole story for that to mean anything!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Isn't Fat ******* French? I just bought a bottle of Shiraz but
>>>> didn't look
>>>> at the label that closely.
>>>>
>>>> BN is just coming out now so depending on what store you go to they
>>>> might
>>>> not have it yet.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> It supposedly just arrived Thursday in Minnesota. There are 2
>>> different Georges BN's. The one in the colorful label is the
>>> "villages" version, and the one in a bottle without a label but with
>>> balloons and stuff painted on the bottle is the just plain BN. They
>>> were both $10 per bottle. I got a bottle of the villages, and a
>>> bottle of Gewürztraminer.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Bob
>>>
>>
>> AFAIC,Beaujolais should not even be bottled. By the time the stuff is
>> bottled and hits the tables in the US, it has lost those nuances that
>> only the freshest Beaujolais can bring.
>>
>> It's like comparing a nice NY sharp cheddar, to Cheez Whizz.
>>
>> Richard
>>
>
> I like it. Also I like drinking the current year's harvest at
> Thanksgiving; it just seems fitting. But generally there are better
> cheap wines -- I'm drinking an Italian wine called "Citra" right now.
> It was $5 or $6 for a bottle (2002), and is quite good. It's made from
> a grape I've never of before called "Montepulciano" d'abruzzo.
>
> I'm not sophisticated enough to appreciate the nuances of really good
> wine; and rather spend the money on a bottle of really good whiskey or
> extraordinary beer.
>
> Best regards,
> Bob
>

If you can appreciate good whiskey (I prefer a nice Macallan Glenlivet
25 year scotch,) and good beer (I brew my own when I have a chance, and
no store bottled one can beat it in freshness,) then you can appreciate
better wines--which BTW don't have to be too expensive. There are many
Italian wines which are not expensive, and taste damn good. One of them
is Duo Torri which I pick up for 8.99 for 1.5 liters.

French wines can be very expensive, and be horrible. What sells at times
is the French name. Unless of course you have enough $$ to shell out for
a Rothschild, et cetera.

Richard

--
"..A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava
beans and a nice chianti..."

Hannibal "The Cannibal"

Silence Of The Lambs 1991