Red Wine

Vineyards in Switzerland are mostly quite small, even compared to Burgundy, and usually on south-facing hillsides. I suppose this makes it hard for anyone to gather together the production and marketing muscle to push...

The wine is a "2005 Clarendon Hills Hickinbotham Cabernet Sauvignon". And your ... over the top. Big, extracted red wines tend to get higher scores than wines of similar quality made in other styles

Interesting comments. I think people forget that Australia produced fortified wines for many years. Even more interesting is that they were using Touriga Nacional in 1979. From the guys I've spoken to, I got the...

No but we could start another thread. To be more inclusive how about Sparkling reds wines and the folks who love them (or hate them and need to tell the rest of us how wrong we are)? I love a good Lambrusco and have had...

Oh yeah, that makes total sense. I guess I was meaning shellfish au naturel as it were -- blanched langoustines, moules mariniére, oysters. That's what pops into my head when I think shellfish. But yeah, piri piri prawns...

kylewolf - Thanks for the breakdown, those are all affordable ranges for me and sound perfect. I do enjoy darker flavors and am eager to try a Rioja. MarioRobles - Sounds like a mouthful of a name, and I hope I have no...

re:Reply by Robert Johnston, Oct 30. "I have to admit, though, I've never found a red that works with shellfish (mollusc or crustacean)." Robert, I've been serving hearty reds with spicy shrimp dishes and seafood paella...

Yoshi, Since no one has mentioned them yet, and you're in SoCal, Trader Joes is a great place to find good wine on a budget. Ask anyone in their wine department for suggestions, or do a search on Snooth. Just one more...

Yoshi - Tempranillo is a grape. Rioja the region. Many producers in Europe identify wine by region instead of by the grape varieties that are in the wine. For example, some regions that start with B are: Bordeaux,...