What wine did you enjoy lately?

[PsaltiChrysostom]

This thread is a sticky now?!

YAY!!!!

 

[Michie]

YAY!!!!

I imagine this thread will continue to grow!

 

[Red Gold]

Tonight I had a very fine red wine of the "Regent" variety.
Made by my own nephew.

 

[RileyG]

Riesling

 

[Red Gold]

Riesling

Always a good choice!

Red Gold - from a Riesling-growing vintner family

 

[RileyG]

Recently had some Brut Champagne and mimosas! (if that counts)

 

[RileyG]

I had some Chardonnay recently.

 

[Red Gold]

Now:

Spätburgunder from the Bodensee = Pinot Noir from the Lake of Constance

 

[RileyG]

I had more Chardonnay tonight Moscato is probably my favorite though, it's basically pop.

 

[Red Gold]

Pinot noir again - from the Margrave of Baden

 

[RileyG]

I had some Chardonnay today! Probably my go-to other than moscato.

 

[Red Gold]

Yesterday I had a red wine in a Greek restaurant.
The wine was named "Melina".
But as far as I know there is no grape variety by the name of "Melina".
I am always interested to know the grape variety.
But with the Greek wine you often only know the firm that makes it or sells it.
That seems to be all the Greeks are interested in.
If Germany followed the Greek example, then our wines would have names like: ALDI, LIDL, Kaufland, or Meyer, Müller, Schmidt.

 

[WolfGate]

While we enjoy quite a few of the European grape based wines, we have recently been discovering a very Southern US cultural wine which is based on Muscadine grapes. Those grapes can make both dry and sweet wines, but inherently are best for sweet ones. Seeing someone mentioned cotton candy wine, one of the largest Muscadine wineries has a few of those which I've linked.

I will say those particular wines tend to be "love it or hate it" among most people, and also if you try muscadine wines, you have to treat them as totally different from the European grape wines. They share the name "wine" but are entirely different in flavor, tannins, and every other way. I do really like Duplin's "Carolina Red" and they had a great Christmas Wine which is now out of season (but I still have a couple of bottles).

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[WolfGate]

I had more Chardonnay tonight Moscato is probably my favorite though, it's basically pop.

I have a bottle of Moscato in the fridge from Shelton winery in the Yadkin Valley of North Carolina. I have not tried it yet, but will soon.

 

[Red Gold]

I will say those particular wines tend to be "love it or hate it" among most people, and also if you try muscadine wines, you have to treat them as totally different from the European grape wines. They share the name "wine" but are entirely different in flavor, tannins, and every other way. I do really like Duplin's "Carolina Red" and they had a great Christmas Wine which is now out of season (but I still have a couple of bottles).

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www.duplinwinery.com

I have such a grape plant in my own garden.
Named Isabella or Concord.

 

[RileyG]

I had some Franzia Sunset Blush Yummy

 

[Red Gold]

Riesling

 

[WolfGate]

Today was a Mother Vine Muscadine. Named Mother Vine because the grapes are from the “Mother Vine”, a 400-year-old muscadine vine on Roanoke Island, considered the country’s oldest cultivated grapevine. Very yummy. Tasted smoother and more mature than other muscadine wines I have had. Was that real, or just psychological? Hmm.

 

[Red Gold]

Right now I enjoy a Müller-Thurgau.
And before that I enjoyed a Gewürztraminer.

 

[Red Gold]

Today was a Mother Vine Muscadine. Named Mother Vine because the grapes are from the “Mother Vine”, a 400-year-old muscadine vine on Roanoke Island, considered the country’s oldest cultivated grapevine. Very yummy. Tasted smoother and more mature than other muscadine wines I have had. Was that real, or just psychological? Hmm.

I am interested in both Muscadine Vines and wines!