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So what wines/champagne do people drink on here? Im mainlya red wine person and prefer the old world. Rioja, Amarone being my favourite types, and if im going to drink champagne it would be Pol Roger or non vintage Krug as i prefer the taste but thats a personal choice.
 
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Red Bordeaux. Typically petit chateau in great years, and cru classe in good years. Oregon pinot noir from 2006 have been a recent go to wine. Cotes du Rhone and Argie Malbecs are the house wines.

I like Pol Roger. Krug NV is a bit rich for me... Wink


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Dam! That's a question that will take a long answer...

Red wines, I'm not prejudiced. So, in no particular order:
California zinfandels: Cardinal Zin (by Bonny Doon), St-Francis...
CA others: St-Francis cab ; Liberty school syrah; Ca Del Solo charbonno; Terre Rouge mourvèdre; Raymond cab...
French bordeaux: Haut-Médoc in general (St-Julien, St-Estèphe and Pessac-Leognan in particular), I always vary the vineyards - there are so many...
Other French: mostly Rhône syrah based wines, and small southern vineyards (like Bandol) who use mostly mourvèdre...
Italian Brunello di Montalcino: anything from Bruno Nardi; Italian chianti: I vary, but the Il Grigio is a staple...
Other italians: Valpollicella classicos, Sicilian wines (very surprising)...
Others: Chilean carmeneres (not the cheap ones); Australian syrah (not he cheap ones); tannats from Uruguay...

White wines: these days, I pine mostly for German rieslings, but the "kabinett" ones, which are dryest... I also enjoy rhône varietals from california and rieslings from Washington state...

Vin jaune (yellow wine), from Arbois, in France, is also a favorite, though I have it only rarely... Very particular wine...

Champagnes: definitely the Tainttinger or the Roederer, the regular, not the Cristal... I might add that the California Roederer is aslo very good, though it trades the characteristic "wet hay" champagne taste for something more citrusy...


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My favorite wine right now is Terrazos de los Andes Malbec Reserva 2005, from Argentinia...
 
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My recent favorite has been a Trinchero "Lewelling" Cabernet Sauvignon 2002.

I found this one night with dinner at Capital Grille, unfortuanetly the last time I went there, they ran out of 2002 and only served a 2003 vintage. Very good but no match for the 02'


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Now I am no expert, but my fav is Silver Oak Cabernet


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