On Fri, 19 Feb 2021 19:42:08 -0400, Lucretia Borgia
> wrote:

>On Fri, 19 Feb 2021 16:22:04 -0700, Graham > wrote:
>
>>On 2021-02-19 3:54 p.m., Lucretia Borgia wrote:
>>> On Fri, 19 Feb 2021 14:29:37 -0800, Taxed and Spent
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2/19/2021 2:11 PM, RichD wrote:
>>>>> Assuming there a few winos in this group...
>>>>>
>>>>> You visit someone you haven't seen in a while,
>>>>> and bring a bottle of wine, as a gift, or to share.
>>>>> However, you don't know their tastes.
>>>>> What to buy? I figure, everyone enjoys bubbly, therefore
>>>>> cava or prosecco? (I'm on a sub-champagne budget)
>>>>> Or a fruity, simple rose?
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, since this is a foodie group - if the bottle is intended
>>>>> for immediate enjoyment, I might bring some hors d'oeuvre.
>>>>> Suggestions? I'd stop at a deli, and pick up a quart of
>>>>> antipasto - or ...?
>>>>>
>>>>> Crackers and cheese is so mundane -
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Rich
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Why would you assume everybody enjoys bubbly? That is wrong.
>>>>
>>> A nice bottle of Henckel Trocken and slices of smoked salmon.
>>>
>>I agree!!
>>If you don't know their taste in wine, one of the fizzies is safest.
>>I always take white wine when I have dinner with my son's family as my
>>d-i-l gets serious headaches from red wine.
>>Another suggestion is a bottle of Sauternes to have with the sweet
>>course - and it will always go with cheese.
>
>Personally I prefer red but the Henckel was recommended to me for my
>eldest daughters wedding. He had been Canadian Wine Taster of the
>Year and told me after two sips, no telling it from expensive fancy
>French I still always keep a bottle ready in the 'fridge as a
>friend is originally from Prussia where it is made.

You're lucky the friend isn't from Sweden. You'd be drinking Swedish
wine.