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TheCaptain said:
I've always hated wine. No matter how fancy or expensive.

Last year...shortly after I hit 40...I tried some French Pinot Grigio
with my Chicken Alfredo and all of a sudden I got it.

Now I love certain wines with certain foods. Its really awesome. Dont
rule it out.
This is coming from someone who drank nothing but Busch Light for
15 years.
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Maybe you picked out the wrong wines? I'm not sure what you consider expensive, but IMO there's not much difference between a $10 bottle and a $25 bottle. After that you can taste the difference sometimes.

I've had some horrible wines in my life...do you have a friend who's a wine connoisseur and pick it out? I had a few friends like you, so I picked out some wine instead of them and now they like wine. Not saying you have to, but maybe...idk
 
not a big wine person (im a college student so c'mon who seriously is at my age?) but my grandpa makes a pretty good homebrew that i enjoy at holidays and family gatherings and what not
 
cyman1189 said:
not a big wine person (im a college student so c'mon who seriously is at my age?) but my grandpa makes a pretty good homebrew that i enjoy at holidays and family gatherings and what not
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You'd be surprised. Go to a big city like NYC, Chicago, LA, Washington DC, etc and you'll find a good number of college kids who love wine.

I think it's a cultural thing though. Almost all my friends from big cities or europe/south america grew up drinking wine even when they were 15. Parents letting them drink it at dinners or whatever. So they were always willing to have wine. My entire family is from big cities (My immediate family is the only ones in the midwest) and all my cousins grew up being able to drink wine at dinner with my aunts/uncles and it's pretty normal in those cities.

My friends from rural areas at ISU, which were at least 75% of them, never did this. It was beer instead of wine. Getting them to have wine was much harder.



I'm pretty sure it's a cultural thing.
 
cyman1189 said:
not a big wine person (im a college student so c'mon who seriously is at my age?) but my grandpa makes a pretty good homebrew that i enjoy at holidays and family gatherings and what not
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I started drinking wine my 4th and 5th year in college. It was just something different, not to mention I could get drunk off a cheap bottle of $6 wine. :wink:
 
ornryactor,
Don't worry about the tasting on the tests too much. Everything on the tests is from things you had in lecture so just do your best when you do the weekly tastings. Also, use all the hints you can, like the shape and kind of bottle, color of the wine, the legs, how it feels in the mouth and so on in addition to actual scent and flavor. Plus that portion of the test is really pretty small.
 
marothisu said:
Maybe you picked out the wrong wines? I'm not sure what you consider expensive, but IMO there's not much difference between a $10 bottle and a $25 bottle. After that you can taste the difference sometimes.

I've had some horrible wines in my life...do you have a friend who's a wine connoisseur and pick it out? I had a few friends like you, so I picked out some wine instead of them and now they like wine. Not saying you have to, but maybe...idk
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I would classify wines as follows, and I'm clearly by no means a snob.

Under $4 (Mad Dog), this isn't really wine...
$5-$8. Cheap can be good, but most likely not when compared to..
$10-13. Potentially good.
$14-$25. The range of good wine. There are always some that aren't but, the quality is usually really good.
$25+ honestly I don't see the difference in a good $15 bottle and a $75 bottle.
 
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Conniseur? No.

But we have a fairly stocked wine fridge, a couple racks, belong to several wine clubs.

Just joined Frogs Leap out in California. So far, little pricey - but really good.

For those in the DSM area - you should check out the wine club at Hy Vee out on 72nd in WDM. I think they hold a "class" about once a month or so. Generally have a wine maker, vineyard owner or area distributor. 10-12+ wines to try, generally a bit of food. Discounts at the store afterwards, specials throughout the month and from time to time, they have free tastings at the store. Had two this past week.
 
I really enjoy wine. I've had cheap wines, expensive wines, and everything in between. I enjoy trying to find a great wine at a great price...I'm no wine snob.

A few that I can think of off the top of my head that I think are great wines at a great price:

Villa Pozzi Nero D'Avola
McWilliams Shiraz
Wyndham Estates Bin 555
Rex Goliath Pinot Noir
Villa Vitale Valpolicella

Drawing a blank on several others...will post if I remember.
 
pulse said:
I would classify wines as follows, and I'm clearly by no means a snob.

Under $4 (Mad Dog), this isn't really wine...
$5-$8. Cheap can be good, but most likely not when compared to..
$10-13. Potentially good.
$14-$25. The range of good wine. There are always some that aren't but, the quality is usually really good.
$25+ honestly I don't see the difference in a good $15 bottle and a $75 bottle.
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I usually lump the $10-$13 and $14-$25 together. $50/glass you can definitely taste the difference and you can definitely taste the difference between a 20 year old vintage $1000 bottle of wine and a $50 bottle.
 
We drink all different types of wines. Love reds out of Chile and Argentina. Also, Western Washington state is producing some good whites now. While different varietals, go better with different foods, the best rule of thumb is to drink what you think tastes good. Price doesn't always make a difference, like others have been saying. I've had some really good $8 wines. And some $15 wines that tasted "off". If you are in Ames, and aren't too much of a wine snob, you can get some pretty good "non-traditional" wines at the Taste of Iowa wine store on East 13th.
 
My wife and I enjoy a dry red on a winter evening, but pretty much stick to the whites.

We started with Zins, then moved towards dryer.

AT this point we enjoy a good pinot gris, pinot grigio, but our favorite wines that we drink 90% of the time are savigoun blans, of these 95% are from new zealand
 
Wine drinkers drink Red Wines. The only time a white is acceptable is when it is a hot day outside and you don't want anything heavy. AND THERE IS NEVER EVER A REASON TO DRINK WHITE ZIN. EVER!!!!!!!
 
Sorry I fail to meet your level of sobbery, but I will take take the dry, yet acidic sweet varietals of a marlborough region saviougn blanc over most reds.
 
thatguy said:
Wine drinkers drink Red Wines. The only time a white is acceptable is when it is a hot day outside and you don't want anything heavy. AND THERE IS NEVER EVER A REASON TO DRINK WHITE ZIN. EVER!!!!!!!
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This.

Oh and...

I'm not drinking any f'n Merlot.
 
Dry reds

cut my teeth on Chianti in Italy during my semester abroad. I have yet to find anything that tastes quite like it. Even the "house reds" in mom n' pop restaurants over there were amazing.

I mostly drink beer and whiskey, and I have yet to find any of the american reds that have really made an impression on me. I do like the Chilean Carmenere
 
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