Wine connoisseurs, I would like your help please.

[RevolutionaryActs]

So, I bought my mom these really nice wine glasses for Mother's Day, and I want to buy a nice wine to go with them

Mom is kind of a wine snob, but she does like Yellow Tail because it's cheap. :silly:

She likes red wine; Merlot, or shiraz. I'd like to buy a nice wine, I was hoping to spend $30 or under since I already have the wine glasses.


Any suggestions? I would greatly appreciate your input. :D

[malta blue]

1. I can recommend a yummy pinot noir...

Erath Vineyards in Oregon makes a mean pinot. Don't let the screw cap fool you...it is tasty, and in your price range too!

http://www.erath.com/shop_red.cfm

[RevolutionaryActs]

3. That sounds yummy.

(and I don't really like wine :silly:)

Thanks! :hi:

[malta blue]

6. Another suggestion....

Shingleback makes an AMAZING Shiraz (I was rereading your post and you noted she liked that). Again, in your price range, heck you may be able to pick up both for $30 total.

Oh - and I like the gift certificate that gopsux suggested. It is fun to pick it out too....

[RevolutionaryActs]

10. Ah ha, Shingleback, I'll check it out.

Thank you! :bounce:

[Guava Jelly]

2. I will try.

Argentina creates many very young affordable and yet very good wines.
I like the Malbecs.I can get a good one for under 12$ normally.
You might want to get her a gift certificate to a wine shop.
Half the fun of being a wine snob is picking out the wine.

[RevolutionaryActs]

4. I thought about, the gift certificate

But because we're having Mother's Day on Friday night (because my mom leaves to see her folks in AZ on Sunday morning), I thought it would be fun to give her a bottle and then she could enjoy it then.

And I know I could just get her a bottle of Yellow Tail and she would be happy, I just want do something fun. :7


Thanks for the info. Maybe I'll get a leg pic as thanks. :rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Guava Jelly]

7. I can only dream.

:)
you can always get her a bottle and a 20$ gift certificate.
(I will be watching the boards and my pm box like a hawk) :evilgrin: :rofl:

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. I have heard that this Chilean cabernet is extremely nice.

http://gumption.typepad.com/wine/2006/06/via_ventisquero.html

[RevolutionaryActs]

8. It's a cool looking bottle!

Which in my mind is half the battle. :rofl:

[greatauntoftriplets]

9. The story is kind of nice, too.

It's about how the wine grown in Chile is from the original roots imported from France years and years and years ago. Everywhere else, some disease (phylloxera, I think) killed off all the original rootstock and the vines are somehow different. Only Chile was immune to the disease, for some reason.

That's all the wording on the cool bottle.

[SacredCow]

11. If she likes cabernet.....

http://www.thewinebuyer.com/197924

I recently got a couple of bottles of Block 823 and for the money, it has my vote.

[RevolutionaryActs]

12. Cool! Thanks.

I will look for it. I'm thinking now I'll probably go to the store and I wont be able to decide which one to pick. :rofl:

[wildhorses]

13. did you get her red wine glasses or white wine glasses...

it sounds like you got red wine glasses:shrug:

either way if you get her a gift certificate then she can choose her own AND that is FUN:bounce:

[RevolutionaryActs]

14. Red wine glasses of course!

Big ass ones, she saw them in the store and wanted them. Then I went back and got'em. I'm so sneaky. :evilgrin:

[wildhorses]

17. you sneaky thing, good job!!!

:applause:

[RevolutionaryActs]

18. Thank you, thank you. *bows*

:rofl:

[flvegan]

15. Quinta do Crasto 2004 Douro Red Reserva Old Vines

Well rated, around $30.

My personal favorite, though harder to find, is Habitat Red 2002. It's a 2002 Napa, organic, and impossible to go wrong with.

[RevolutionaryActs]

16. Organic?

You've just sold me. My mom would love that! :o

[flvegan]

19. The Habitat 2002 Red

has fantastic legs and nose. It's about $20, too.

My brother is a TOTAL wine snob. He thinks the finer Stag's Leap is table winee. He was tres impressed with it.

http://www.habitatwines.com/wines.html#2002red

[bullwinkle428]

20. You know, Barefoot Vineyards actually makes some really nice wines

for bargain basement prices (about $6 in my local grocery store). There was a Lounge thread a couple of months back where someone was looking for some good, cheap wine, and several Loungers chimed in with the suggestion of Barefoot. I had never had it before, but was impressed with the first bottle, and have since consumed more bottles of Barefoot than I care to recall! It sounds like your Mom can't be TOO much of a snob if she admits she likes Yellow Tail. You can buy 4 bottles and still be "under budget"...

The Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon are very nice varieties of reds..

http://www.barefootwine.com/california_wine/california_wine.html

[RevolutionaryActs]

22. I love reading the discriptions for wines.

They make them sound like they're a meal. :9

[bullwinkle428]

27. I wish I had the "bionic taste buds" that would allow me

to experience every flavor they describe, but I'm happy to at least pick up on a few of them!

:beer: (We need a wine-drinking smilie!)

[mike_c]

21. if she likes shiraz, try a nice california zinfindel....

This is quite good and reasonably priced-- you can probably get two bottles for about $30:

[RevolutionaryActs]

23. Well, it has the best name by far.

I think people can tell I don't know anything about wines, since I only it to have a cool name and/or bottle. :rofl:

[flvegan]

24. Then go with Fat Bastard

Also a good tasting red (the shiraz and cab are both good), but the name can't be beat.

[RevolutionaryActs]

25. Fat Bastard? Really?

Bwhahahaha! :rofl:

[flvegan]

26. Oh, yeah

http://www.fatbastardwine.com/index2.htm

[GoneOffShore]

28. Suggestions? You want suggestions?

OK

Arnance B - sparkling wine from http://www.ampelidae.com/

Loire reds or whites

http://www.vignoblegasnier.com/

Alsace

http://www.hugel.com/

Rhone reds and whites

http://www.cellarnotes.net/rhone.htm Not exactly what I was looking for, but good nonetheless.

Chapoutier in Tain l'Hermitage makes excellent wines.

[SPKrazy]

29. Just Drink The Wine

show the obligatory leg pic

then give your mom the empty bottle with flowers in it :silly:

[Nicole]

30. You want a cool name & bottle? Have some Bitch!

http://imgred.com/

The back label says "bitch" 77 times, followed by "and bitch some more".

:rofl:

[speedoo]

31. Can you get to Prosser, WA?

http://www.alexandrianicolecellars.com/map_directions.htm

I have some of their wine. If you can get there, I will get the lowdown on their wine....:*

[speedoo]

33. Better yet, Walla Walla...

Pepper Bridge Vineyard 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon is an excellent wine, but unless you can get them to give it to you at the price I paid, it's over your budget.

http://www.pepperbridge.com/

And Reininger has some excellent red wines also, that you can get for $30 or less.

http://www.reiningerwinery.com/homepage.html

How about treating mom to a day at a winery? A nice lunch, taste some wines, get her a bottle to take home.

A great Mother's Day!

[speedoo]

35. Or Hood River, OR?

http://www.cathedralridgewinery.com/

They have a special... a nice red and a nice white for $30.00.

I've tasted the Pinot Gris... very good.

[Whoa_Nelly]

32. Toad Hollow Chardonnay

A superb and rich chardonnay in the mid-range price. She will love it!



http://www.toadhollow.com/

[Adsos Letter]

34. A nice Franciscan Merlot can be had for under $30-

Also good, but with not as much body, would be a Sutter Home "White Zinfandel"--excellent flavor on both; Sutter Home's Zin is practically a trademark item, and Franciscan's Merlot is always excellent.