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What kind of wine did you have lately?

How could it be anything but? *L*

It is a good wine, though. I think the Chileans are seriously underrated for their wines.
Any time I'm in a restaurant and don't know the wines I'll always go with the Chilean. Can't go wrong.
 
Any time I'm in a restaurant and don't know the wines I'll always go with the Chilean. Can't go wrong
Any time I'm in a restaurant and don't know the wines I'll always go for the wines of the region of the former Grand Duchy of Baden in Germany.
Can't go wrong. :)
Of course I also enjoy wines from any country of this world, provided they are good. :)
 
Tonight I am having a "Müller-Thurgau" aka "Rivaner" :)
 
I now copy the label of my wine tonight:

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Durbacher
2019
Klingelberger
(Riesling)
Qualitätswein trocken
Baden
 
Right now: Grüner Veltliner Grüner Veltliner

Grüner Veltliner (Green Veltliner) is a white wine grape variety grown primarily in Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. The leaves of the grape vine are five-lobed with bunches that are long but compact, and deep green grapes that ripen in mid-late October in the Northern Hemisphere.

In 2008, Grüner Veltliner plantations in Austria stood at 17,151 hectares (42,380 acres), and it accounts for 32.6% of all vineyards in the country, almost all of it being grown in the northeast of the country. Thus, it is the most-planted grape variety in Austria. Some is made into sparkling wine in the far northeast around Poysdorf. Along the Danube to the west of Vienna, in Wachau, Kremstal and Kamptal, it grows with Riesling in terraces on slopes so steep they can barely retain any soil. The result is a very pure, mineral wine capable of long aging, that stands comparison with some of the great wines of the world. In recent blind tastings organized by the Austrian Wine Marketing Board, Grüner Veltliners have beaten world-class Chardonnays from the likes of Mondavi and Maison Louis Latour.[

 
This thread is meant to go on forever - or at least for so long as there is wine and people are there to enjoy it! :)
 
How could it be anything but? *L*

It is a good wine, though. I think the Chileans are seriously underrated for their wines.
The wine in our region here in Baden also used to be under-rated and the wines of Rhine and Moselle used to be over-rated.
Not any more now - I am happy to say.
 
What I am enjoying right now:

Durbacher Kochberg
2018
Spätburgunder Rotwein
Kabinett
Baden

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Btw: Spätburgunder = Pinot noir
 
I like Merlot.

My current favorite is from Pindar, a vineyard on the eastern part of Long Island.

This is pretty exceptional...

Pindar016_Merlot11111.jpg
 
This may surprise a few people but the UK has slowly become quite good at winemaking and growing grapes.
We've won some prestigious awards recently in global competitions which would have been impossible 20 years ago.

 
This may surprise a few people but the UK has slowly become quite good at winemaking and growing grapes.
Last time I was in England I made a point to visit some English wine estates in South England.
I remember that many of the grape varieties had German names that were quite rare in Germany itself.
 
This thread is like a diary.
You can look up what wine you had in the past - and enjoy it again - in your memory! :)
 
Has wine-drinking gone out of fashion?
I still enjoy the Gewürztraminer.
 
I finished a bottle of Aldi merlot when making dinner. I can't drink because of medication interactions but it seems to be perfectly good for cooking purposes.
 
Today I have enjoyed a German Riesling from Baden-Baden - as I could not get any Beaujolais Primeur.
 
Today I have enjoyed a German Riesling from Baden-Baden - as I could not get any Beaujolais Primeur.
Last night I had a bottle of Saint Emilion that was pretty decent.
 
Yesterday I had a fine Rosé from the village of Affental near here.
Affental sounds like "the valley of the monkeys" - but the wine is fine.
 
I have called it "Rosé" here for better understanding.
On the label it says: "Spätburgunder Weißherbst".
 
So a rose from Pinot Noir and, presumably, an autumn harvest.
 
an autumn harvest.
Yes, that would be a kind of translation. But in this case "Weißherbst" means a higher quality of a Rosé.
Conditions are: It must be a quality wine (Qualitätswein) and not a mixture of something, but from one grape variety only.

So Spätburgunder Weißherbst is a Rosé from Pinot Noir only, and Portugieser Weißherbst is a Rosé from the grape "Portugieser" only.
I could not find any French term for the "Portugieser".
 
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