chris_md Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 (edited) i also like drinking wine but i am hardly a connoisseur. i just love reds cabernet sauvignon, merlot, shiraz...usually from chile or australia. i also like spanish tempranillo and italian sangiovese...for white wines i like pinot grigio the most, then chardonnay and riesling... i just hate how how wine is overpriced here sa pinas...maybe sa shop mo bod1000 reasonable ang price. Edited July 26, 2004 by chris_md Quote Link to comment
Chi-Chi Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 chardonnay.. perfect w/ chicken Quote Link to comment
strangedays Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Can anyone recommend a good ice wine? I wanna try it kasi eh. I was watching the thirsty traveller some months back and ice wine was the feature for that episode. I couldn't recall any specifics but now that someone here said they've already tried it I was wondering if you can help me out. Quote Link to comment
cebucitylocal Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Can anyone recommend a good ice wine? I wanna try it kasi eh. I was watching the thirsty traveller some months back and ice wine was the feature for that episode. I couldn't recall any specifics but now that someone here said they've already tried it I was wondering if you can help me out. Generally Ice wines are from Germany and Canada,I would reccomend the canadian ones as better value then the german ones.I bought mines at Rustans Ayala,hope this helps Quote Link to comment
bods1000 Posted July 26, 2004 Author Share Posted July 26, 2004 Actually what makes Icewine so expensive is the method,it is made,It is made out of grapes allowed to freeze on the vines,but sice only 10-30% of the grapes survive till winter,it takes 5-8 times the normal number of grapes to make a bottle.Parang 1 bottle of icewine uses the grapes of 4-8 normal bottles.But the sugar is concentrated by the freezing that it is really delicous,but prices are like a minimum of mga 60$ abroad,I have seen bottles for sales here at around 3t. Port is a more refined version of Mompo,and regarding chinese wine,do you want some ??? PM me,I have a few bottles I was given as gifts which I refuse to drink :sick: I would me more then happy to give you a bottle so you can compare how it tastes like cough syrup regards Thanks ccl for that info about Icewine....so ganun pala yun. It must be delicious but I bet the alcohol content is high, because if the sugar content in a grape is allowed to go up, alcohol content also shoots up. Tell me where Icewine is being sold ok? uhmmm...no thanks for your Chinese wines Since you mention cough syrup baka nga magkasakit pa 'ko when I drink that lolz. Hmmm...I wonder what we can do with those bottles Quote Link to comment
ilaw70 Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 ice wine is very sweet pang dessert na yata yon e. Quote Link to comment
bods1000 Posted July 26, 2004 Author Share Posted July 26, 2004 Ola Bods! Hehe take two na ako dito kaya pwede mo na akong bigyan ng isang bote ng Semillon! St. Hugo is from the Barossa Valley and from the Yalumba Estates ata according to my boyfriend And I am most certain you will enjoy this drop (I forget the year .. ahh 2002 or 2001 ata which supposedly is a good year ... hahah whatever! I mean what do I know! hehe), once swallowed eh tama ka walang ka aftertaste aftertaste kapag mahusay ang wine. I still can't get over the synesthesia of the taste and the feel. Long finish pala tawag doon ... hehehe quite similar to that long finish we feel I suppose while having epidermal felicity with another featherless biped in desperate congress! :lo: Harharhar. While leaving Port Macquarie in New South Wales, we stopped by the Wine Shop and I got to take a sip of a nice Riesling -- Sherwood Estates 2001 Traminer. Strangely it felt sparkly and bubbly. Like I mentioned earlier am not such a fan of white but will drink it of course if there's nothing else to drink but this riesling was nice, sweet and crisp (to borrow CCL's term). We got a bottle and well hehe it is still unopened so am looking forward to drinking it soon when the boyfriend rolls into town. Oh yeah pity we didn't get to make the Hunter Valley sidetrip otherwise marami sana akong kwento pa I keep on saying this, while in Australia eh I never drank so much in my entire life than in the one month I was there. Whether with meals or just plain chit chat! It's amazing how much one can drink in an entire afternoon. Sa dami ng bote hindi ko na matandaan anong pinagiinum ko I vaguely recall a few such as the Mcwilliams Mt Pleasant Rosehill Shiraz, Stonefish Cabernet Merlot and this other bottle that's a mix of Cabernet, Merlot and Shiraz. I will ask my expert boyfriend na lang and shall report it here. Cheers! Hello again! I'm so honored by your presence. The semillon is yours for the taking. It's from Margaret River. Sayang you didn't make that Hunter Valley trip. They say the best semillons come from Hunter Valley but semillons from Margaret River have a different character and is so markedly different from the Hunter Valleys. It's equally enjoyable! Galing-galing naman your bf - I think he should make a guest stint in this Thread So, St. Hugo is an Australian, and if it's from the Barossa, it should be quite robust. Is it a shiraz or what? Yalumba Estates is a prestigious Aussie winery and it ranks among the best Down Under. Their wines are quite on the high-end with regards to price. I don't know if St. Hugo is available here although I've seen several Yalumba Estates here. You're right about those vintages. Wineries have to contend with the climatic conditons for every year and winemakers have to grapple with how they will craft the wine for a certain year's harvest - so it follows that not every vintage for a winery, no matter how distinguished, will be the same. So you have reviewers telling you that this vintage was not as good as another year's vintage or some such thing. For example, they say that the 1998 Cabernets from California were the best that has ever come out from that region. So if you still happen to have a California cabernet sauvignon from that vintage - hold on to it, don't drink it - because wine collectors will make a beeline to you with loads of dollars say, five to ten years from now Hehehehe.... the most enjoyable moments in life are always marked by a long finish and I agree with you 100% :evil: Epidermal felicity ka dyan! You must be having more than a buzz with that St. Hugo About your Sherwood Estates Traminer. Is it really a riesling, because traminer is a grape wine and it's different from riesling. Traminer is short for gewurtztraminer. It also originally came from Germany and it's mostly made into sweet wines. Masarap din yun talaga, as you were saying. Australia has developed into a great winemaking and winedrinking country so it's no wonder that you got to drink a lot of wines there!. How I wish I had your routine there hehe, and I do not mean that epidermal felicity lolz. McWilliams is a very old and distinguished winery; Stonefish I'm not sure what winery that came from but I'm sure it must also be good. Cheers! and hear from you again Quote Link to comment
bods1000 Posted July 26, 2004 Author Share Posted July 26, 2004 You're on mate! I am already arranging for some samples to be shipped to Manila and your restaurant is good enough for me (or would you prefer to have it with cheese?). It is being marketed as a premium wine and I must agree after sampling the other wines here. Come to think of it, it's the only thing I drink other than JD Looks like wine tasting events will become part of the company itinerary - woohoo! I'll wait for the samples Pero how where when hehehe naglalaway na 'ko agad ah....Thanks for the compliments! I'll see you there again and then get a sip either of your Watershed or my wine there - kahit cheese lang pwede na. Hey, in fact most of the time sa bahay it's only cheese that I have while drinking a red...If it's premium it must be quite expensive, pero good things don't come cheap as always.. uhmmm...not bad for a company itinerary hehehe Quote Link to comment
bods1000 Posted July 26, 2004 Author Share Posted July 26, 2004 bods, talaga naman pare, we seem to be on he same page...rock and roll, records...the bachannalian life personified, heh, heh...like you, medyo bago ako sa wine. i have tried to taste different brands, pero madami talaga. good thing dito sa bangkok laging may promo (buy 1, take 1). i like the chilean wines (frontera cabernet sauvignon, carta vieja, santa alicia merlot) and the south african brands. they're cheaper than the french wines, but very good in body and taste. i often get a free bottle or two, because my wife's boss here recently started a wine distrubution business. hello there sally I'm no bacchanal; maybe it's you that's living that hedonistic life in Bangkok!Parang wine and rock - hindi magandang combi ano? hehehe pero here we are!When I was there in Bangkok, I got to compare the retail prices with those in Manila and mas mahal ang mga wines dyan, pare. Good thing as you say may mga buy 1-take 1 lagi dyan. Yung take 1 mo ipadala mo na lang sa akin dito The Chileans are good - and medyo nakahabol na sila in terms of quality and winemaking skills - and they're cheaper to boot. Also, naunang lumabas dyan sa Bangkok yung ibang Chileans kesa dito sa Manila. I've seen Frontera here pero I still haven't tasted it. South Africa has also come of age. Magaganda na yung mga wines nila. Try KWV, pare- I'm sure meron dyan! And also tell me what other South Africans are there, ok? thanks for visiting the Thread! Quote Link to comment
bods1000 Posted July 26, 2004 Author Share Posted July 26, 2004 I enjoy wines too. Some of the Californian wines are actually quite good and cheap. I especially like their rosés. Also tried an Argentenian wine, as well as some Chilean. I mostly take French and Italian though. For reds, I like my wine either very berry-like or nutty (nice with chocolates) For whites, I prefer the dessert wines. The kind that will go well with a nice slice of Cantal cheese. hi there pare! nice to see you here! A lot of the popular Californians here are quite cheap - Carlo Rossi, Turning Leaf, etc. But the best Californians are of the ultrapremium variety - selling for not less than a thousand pesos. If you really want to have a sip of the best wines from the region be ready to spend that much. Yun nga ang major complaint about the Californians - sobra mahal when you can almost get the same quality from Australians or New Zealand wines at almost half the price. The Argentinians, along with the Chileans, are at the forefront of the winemaking revolution in the New World - as opposed to the Old World wines from Europe. Maraming masarap din na Argentinians - I'll look up my sources and I'll tell you the best Argentinians, ok? Masarap talaga ang wines with berry notes or nutty-flavored. Tell me pare kung anong wines na natikman mo na ganun. Others naman like them spicy, or smoky, or peach-flavored. You have to go with what a reviewer says about a certain wine, kasi offhand staring at a wine bottle in a store hindi mo talaga malalaman kung ano character nun. Kudos to your dessert wines - not many are available here, though.Nice seeing you here, pare! Quote Link to comment
bods1000 Posted July 26, 2004 Author Share Posted July 26, 2004 If you guys ever get a chance, try wines from New York. Long Island and Upstate New York like around Onondaga Lake have wonderful wineries. I always liked the white wines of the wineries there especially the reislings. Their red wines are ok too, less robust compared to french reds. For the longest time, I've always wanted to have a taste of wines coming from the New York state area - yung mga Finger Lakes, etc. But they're not available here. Where do you get your New York wines, pare, or do you live in the States. Ang alam ko may regulation dyan sa New York state that prohibits the moving of wine out of the state boundaries, kaya walang nag-iimport papunta dito. thanks for visiting the Thread Quote Link to comment
bods1000 Posted July 26, 2004 Author Share Posted July 26, 2004 i also like drinking wine but i am hardly a connoisseur. i just love reds cabernet sauvignon, merlot, shiraz...usually from chile or australia. i also like spanish tempranillo and italian sangiovese...for white wines i like pinot grigio the most, then chardonnay and riesling... i just hate how how wine is overpriced here sa pinas...maybe sa shop mo bod1000 reasonable ang price. Pare you're very welcome here - wala namang connoiseur dito eh - we're here to share info and tidbits about our wine drinking experience. Lahat tayo beginners You can't go wrong with your choices, pare. Cabs, merlot and shiraz - what more is there? With all those wineries around the world hindi tayo magsasawa sa mga ito! Spanish and Italian reds are more rare around these parts, and not many people know them - so you must have been drinking wine for quite a time now to get to know tempranillo and sangiovese - and pinot grigio, to boot! And being a doctor (you're a doctor, di ba), you must be aware of the health benefits of wine. Medyo mura pa nga dito. Sa Bangkok as I said, the same wine is more expensive. Dito kasi you can't price wines too high because Manila is not yet that keen on wines, so how can the distributors wean drinkers from beer and spirits if wine is expensive? I don't have a shop. Mine is import/distribution and my wines are available in a few outlets - maliit lang naman my business - parang libangan lang talaga but I'd say my wines are on the midlevel scale - P300 to P700, but you get good value for your money. I don't get cheap wines because mostly they are inferior. thanks for dropping by, chris Quote Link to comment
bods1000 Posted July 26, 2004 Author Share Posted July 26, 2004 (edited) chardonnay.. perfect w/ chicken hello nz Nice to see you here! Ay masarap talaga yan with chicken! Do you drink wine often? Oist, di ba bawal pa uminom sa 'yo You know what - there are a lot of very good New Zealand wines, and mostly they are famous for their whites. Sayang nga konti lang ang available na New Zealand dito. Check out Cloudy Bay - the best ang mga white wines nila! thanks for dropping by! see you again here........ Edited July 27, 2004 by bods1000 Quote Link to comment
bods1000 Posted July 26, 2004 Author Share Posted July 26, 2004 Can anyone recommend a good ice wine? I wanna try it kasi eh. I was watching the thirsty traveller some months back and ice wine was the feature for that episode. I couldn't recall any specifics but now that someone here said they've already tried it I was wondering if you can help me out. Pare, anong show yung Thirsty Traveller, and where and when is it shown?mukhang maganda yun ah! ccl is the expert here on icewines Quote Link to comment
bods1000 Posted July 26, 2004 Author Share Posted July 26, 2004 ice wine is very sweet pang dessert na yata yon e. yeah pare. As ccl has said, the grapes are allowed to stay on the vines till freezing. So it means nagiging overripe na sya - leading to very high sugar content. Sweet wines really are taken for dessert. Quote Link to comment
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