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boere wors wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 11:51 pm

Just had a NZ Framingham Sauvignon Blanc... dry but strong flavors of apricot and passion fruit. Delicious!

What's the point of drinking wine with a strong flavor of other fruits?

Amethyst wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 11:06 am

boere wors wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 11:51 pm

Just had a NZ Framingham Sauvignon Blanc... dry but strong flavors of apricot and passion fruit. Delicious!

What's the point of drinking wine with a strong flavor of other fruits?

I agree. Just have grape juice.

SaintK wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 10:41 am

frankstero wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 1:08 pm Anyone tried Tuscan white? Mazzei Vermentino

Thanks Frankie
Have been drinking this Pecorino Abruzzo Contesa from TWS quite regularly. A bloody good "food" white and a snip at £9 95

I think the shop I work at sells the same wine with a slightly different label, great wine.

If you like Pecorino (the wine, obviously, not the cheese ) then Passerina is well worth a try as well.

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 11:07 am

Amethyst wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 11:06 am

boere wors wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 11:51 pm

Just had a NZ Framingham Sauvignon Blanc... dry but strong flavors of apricot and passion fruit. Delicious!

What's the point of drinking wine with a strong flavor of other fruits?

I agree. Just have grape juice.

Apricot juice and a shooter

frankstero wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 11:14 am

SaintK wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 10:41 am

frankstero wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 1:08 pm Anyone tried Tuscan white? Mazzei Vermentino

Thanks Frankie
Have been drinking this Pecorino Abruzzo Contesa from TWS quite regularly. A bloody good "food" white and a snip at £9 95

I think the shop I work at sells the same wine with a slightly different label, great wine.

If you like Pecorino (the wine, obviously, not the cheese ) then Passerina is well worth a try as well.

Pretty sure that Tesco's do one of those in their Finest Range at £8 a bottle!!

Amethyst wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 11:06 am

boere wors wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 11:51 pm

Just had a NZ Framingham Sauvignon Blanc... dry but strong flavors of apricot and passion fruit. Delicious!

What's the point of drinking wine with a strong flavor of other fruits?

frankstero wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 10:39 am

boere wors wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 11:51 pm

Just had a NZ Framingham Sauvignon Blanc... dry but strong flavors of apricot and passion fruit. Delicious!

Fantastic producer! Their Rieslings are amazing, and their Pinot Noir is a cut above the Marlborough norm

Good to know, cheers. Will watch out for those. Riesling is probably my favorite white wine, I can highly recommend this one from the Mosel valley in Germany... excellent, as are many whites from Germany.

Lovely hot day here so just drinking the last glass of my last bottle of a 2018 Dorsheimer Rieslng, With a bottle of 2017 Spatlese chilling in the fridge.

I normally prefer a heavy red, at the moment I'm working my way through the last of a case of Murdei, though currently half way through a bottle of 2013 Crickle Creek Ruby Cabernet that had been overlooked for a few years.

I've been trying to run down my 'cellar' back of the workshop, since we moved, I'll restock later in the year once I can get a space properly organised.

boere wors wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 9:33 pm

frankstero wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 10:39 am

boere wors wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 11:51 pm

Just had a NZ Framingham Sauvignon Blanc... dry but strong flavors of apricot and passion fruit. Delicious!

Fantastic producer! Their Rieslings are amazing, and their Pinot Noir is a cut above the Marlborough norm

Good to know, cheers. Will watch out for those. Riesling is probably my favorite white wine, I can highly recommend this one from the Mosel valley in Germany... excellent, as are many whites from Germany.

I'm a big fan of Fritz Haag...here are my recent reviews of his:

Mosel Riesling Trocken 2018

Brauneberger Juffer Grosses Gewächs Riesling Trocken 2017 & Brauneberger Juffer Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel 2017

Just read your reviews, serious business, you know your wines

boere wors wrote: ↑Mon Aug 10, 2020 7:34 pm Just read your reviews, serious business, you know your wines

Thanks chief!

When it comes to Rioja, producer is king. Remelluri is a cracker

frankstero wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 9:28 pm When it comes to Rioja, producer is king. Remelluri is a cracker

@ RRP: €67 That's a bit special occasion.


Not in the same league, but considerably more affordable.
I love, this I get a case every Costco visit, usually around £8 a bottle (up to £12 elsewhere). Never disappoints. Preferred to the gran reserva.

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 1:38 pm

frankstero wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 9:28 pm When it comes to Rioja, producer is king. Remelluri is a cracker

@ RRP: €67 That's a bit special occasion.

Absolutely - it's a very special wine

Not in the same league, but considerably more affordable.
I love, this I get a case every Costco visit, usually around £8 a bottle (up to £12 elsewhere). Never disappoints. Preferred to the gran reserva.

When there was a group of us at La Tasca in Nottingham (don't know if it still exists) I used to order a bottle each of the Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva - most people (including myself) generally preferred the Reserva. It's a mass market brand (owned by Pernod Ricard) but it's good value for money.

Unlike Cune Frank which the Crianza and the Grand reserve are leaps bette than the reserve, some wine just do better than others at different producers.


For 10 Quid I can find some brilliant Spainish wines. For 20 some of the best.

boere wors wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 11:51 pm

Just had a NZ Framingham Sauvignon Blanc... dry but strong flavors of apricot and passion fruit. Delicious!

The week before the 2011 WC final visited Framingham and they had a goal post set up and if you dropped kicked a small rugby ball through it from about 25m out you won a bottle. Having never been the best drop kicker, I stepped up nonchalantly and snapped it through... you could have heard the cellar door ladies jaw drop on the grass... picked a bottle of their riesling. Can confirm it was fantastic.

Tussock wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 3:34 am

boere wors wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 11:51 pm

Just had a NZ Framingham Sauvignon Blanc... dry but strong flavors of apricot and passion fruit. Delicious!

The week before the 2011 WC final visited Framingham and they had a goal post set up and if you dropped kicked a small rugby ball through it from about 25m out you won a bottle. Having never been the best drop kicker, I stepped up nonchalantly and snapped it through... you could have heard the cellar door ladies jaw drop on the grass... picked a bottle of their riesling. Can confirm it was fantastic.

Kiwis on the Bored might know this producer - but they are new to Ireland: Hãhã – but it’s no laughing matter!

frankstero wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 1:58 pm

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 1:38 pm

frankstero wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 9:28 pm When it comes to Rioja, producer is king. Remelluri is a cracker

@ RRP: €67 That's a bit special occasion.

Absolutely - it's a very special wine

Not in the same league, but considerably more affordable.
I love, this I get a case every Costco visit, usually around £8 a bottle (up to £12 elsewhere). Never disappoints. Preferred to the gran reserva.

When there was a group of us at La Tasca in Nottingham (don't know if it still exists) I used to order a bottle each of the Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva - most people (including myself) generally preferred the Reserva. It's a mass market brand (owned by Pernod Ricard) but it's good value for money.

La Tasca is closed now afaik. As for the Rioja, I think the Gran Reserva is just too old. The orange labelled Reserva is a much better choice as an everyday wine.

New post on 2 very different Rieslings, from Clare Valley and the Mosel Clicky

Nice review again. To clarify, the Selbach-Oster is a "Riesling Kabinett". In Germany, "Kabinett" is a distinctive title for a class of lighter wines, made from ripe grapes and low on alcohol. Not what one would usually suspect under "Riesling".

And now for something completely different: Pignolo, the Lazarus grape

Smelling and tasting this wine was like seeing colour for the first time It's one of the top five red wines I've ever tasted

I took the Champagne-MOOC course recently, and recommend it if you have an interest

That's not surprising to see....

Congrats

Are we in the dying throes of barbecue season up here?

SuperValu sent me a couple of French reds to try from their sale which started today; one perfect for BBQs, the other I reckon for cassoulet!

Click here to read

You got any recommendations for a good Zinfandel/primitivo Frankster?

Random1 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:11 pm You got any recommendations for a good Zinfandel/primitivo Frankster?

Ridge make some amazing Zinfandels/blends, though they are not cheap. Otherwise look for Lodi Zin, especially Ravenswood

frankstero wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 1:47 pm

Random1 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:11 pm You got any recommendations for a good Zinfandel/primitivo Frankster?

Ridge make some amazing Zinfandels/blends, though they are not cheap. Otherwise look for Lodi Zin, especially Ravenswood

Funnily enough, I decided to treat myself and order a bottle of ridge Zinfandel from majestic a month ago, but it didn’t arrive.

They sent me the ridge cab sav instead. I was pissed off, until I saw the cab sav was twice the price of the Zinfandel, so I suspect someone may have been generous on their substitutions policy!

I’ll order it and try it cheers

You ever tried 1000 stories? That’s one of the best value wines I’ve ever come across. Big and smooth. And if timed well, you can get it for a tenner at Sainsbury’s.



https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/pro ... andel-75cl

Buckfast for the win

laurent wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2020 5:56 am That's not surprising to see....

Congrats

thanks mate sorry to hear about your Dad

frankstero wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:04 pm Are we in the dying throes of barbecue season up here?

SuperValu sent me a couple of French reds to try from their sale which started today; one perfect for BBQs, the other I reckon for cassoulet!

Click here to read

Another fantastic wine from the SuperValu French Wine Sale (I bought 12 for myself): Gustave Lorentz Alsace Pinot Blanc

Hi. Glad to see the thread ticking over. I have nil ability to sniff or taste at the moment.

The good news is that I can slurp very cheap wine.

Globus wrote: ↑Wed Sep 09, 2020 1:46 pm Hi. Glad to see the thread ticking over. I have nil ability to sniff or taste at the moment.

The good news is that I can slurp very cheap wine.

Afternoon G man! Glad you're still alive and kicking

My sympathies about your reduced olfactory abilities...at least you won't have to hide the good stuff from the guests!

frankstero wrote: ↑Wed Sep 09, 2020 2:48 pm

Globus wrote: ↑Wed Sep 09, 2020 1:46 pm Hi. Glad to see the thread ticking over. I have nil ability to sniff or taste at the moment.

The good news is that I can slurp very cheap wine.

Afternoon G man! Glad you're still alive and kicking

My sympathies about your reduced olfactory abilities...at least you won't have to hide the good stuff from the guests!

Ouch!

I'm very generous really but got fed up with those who threw good stuff down their thoats like no tomorrow.

Be lovely to meet you. I know your part of the world well.

When I got married in NI with a reception in the South, I had to bring all the wine from England. You only did Guinness and whiskey!

Love your thread and contributors.

Got to take "The Management" to your area one day. Hope reigns eternal.

I'm not a rosé fan myself - more of a rosé skeptic - but here are two (at very different prices) that are worth a try (with apologies to Seal):

Kiss From a Rosé

Anyone for Sancerre? Here are two very different styles

How do you like your Chablis: Still or Sparkling(!)?

Irish lads, Lidl Ireland have their French Wine "Sale" starting in a few days, some very drinkable (but not top notch, obviously) and great value wines included. Will be publishing my notes soon

frankstero wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 12:38 pm Irish lads, Lidl Ireland have their French Wine "Sale" starting in a few days, some very drinkable (but not top notch, obviously) and great value wines included. Will be publishing my notes soon

A bit behind on posting here, but so far have published:

- Lighter Whites

- Rounder Whites

- French B Reds

A classy Italian Chardonnay: Dorigo Friuli Colli Orientali Chardonnay 2017