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- "Hi My Name Is" / Favorite Red
I was messing around on Domaine547, somehow stumbled onto Snooth, and dove right in. Long time beer/cocktail drinker, but wine manages to slip in now and then. Just wanted to say hi to everyone, but instead of the usual "hi I'm new/welcome newbie" thread, I thought any repliers should also toss in their favorite red wine, and maybe a little tidbit on why. I'm pretty clueless, and would love some recommendations. However, I'm also a poor UCLA college student, so go easy on my pocketbook please ;) therein lies the challenge...oh, and, Happy Halloween!
~Yoshi
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83 - Reply by MarioRobles, Nov 1.
Yoshi... my laptop is about to die (battery) welcome to Snooth... you'll love it! and will love wine soon... just hand in there.
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331 - Reply by Eric Guido, Nov 1.
Welcome aboard, but wow, what an easy question that will probably drive most of us nuts simply because it's so difficult to nail it down to one wine. I figure I'd keep it simple, one of my favorite affordable reds right now is, 2006 Château Pesquié Côtes du Ventoux Terrasses.
http://www.snooth.com/wine/chateau-pesquie-cotes-du-ventoux-les-terrasses-cotes-du-ventoux-2006/
You can probably grab it for about $12.99
I'm a big lover of Italian wines but the one above is pleasing to many different palates.
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60 - Reply by deconut, Nov 1.
http://www.snooth.com/talk/topic/what-is-your-favorite-wine-for-under-dollar-13-bucks/
This thread should be helpful to you - and welcome aboard!!!
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Thanks for the welcomes and the recommendations and the links! I'm still trying to figure out how to use the site, but is there a way to look up stores that carry the wines in my searches through a zipcode? I love that the search pulls up websites that I can order it from, but some of them are on the east coast, and I'm confident that I could find them locally in California....Patience is a virtue, but perhaps not my strongest suit....
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Right on the home page at the top, click on the word wine. A list will open and you can pick stores and then you can navigate your state from there - hope this info helps!!!
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You know, I might be wrong about that - Mark is the guy to ask - check out the site feedback forum and post there - he will know what to do!!
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73 - Reply by kylewolf, Nov 1.
Hi, I'm Kyle, and I am lucky/unlucky to say I can pinpoint my favorite red. A nice aged Tempranillo from Rioja.
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17 - Reply by mbugbee, Nov 2.
Yoshi, BevMo is a great place to find all sorts of stuff here in the LA area. There's one at Santa Monica and La Brea in WeHo.
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2 - Reply by nputens, Nov 2.
When I was kinda poor and lived in L.A. I went to
Silver Lake wine: http://www.silverlakewine.com/
It's a boutique wine store, and they carried a modern-style Montepulciano called Quattro Mani and for $6 I could not do any better. I miss it. -Nathan
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- Reply by yoshiyoshi40541, Nov 2.
Deconut - I couldnt really figure out...but my default is just writing down all the recommendations and just heading down to a local wine shop in the area and hope that I find some.
Kylewolf - Tempranillo? I'm so knew to wine, its as if you're speaking a new language. Is there a specific brand/label/vineyard/year [can you tell I'm reaching for whatever correct terminology applies] that you favor? :)
Mbugbee - I LOVE BevMo. I feel like a kid in a candy store whenever I go there. I'm originally from Hawaii (where we can be very wine/beer import deprived), and the closest thing we have to that would be Costco. I always want to take advantage of BevMo's 5 cent deals but never know which one to buy. I recently purchased a Kenwood 2005 Merlot with that deal, a little peppery but I liked it!
Nputens - Thanks for the tip and the link, I'll try to check it out the next time I'm in that area :)
