Wine lovers - your favourite drop?

[David Eagar]

Best I've had, Cullen's Cab Sav Margaret River WA Australia
Is Wine & Access compatible?

 

[BarryMK]

A decent Chateau Margaux or a top quality Brunello would be my choice. New World stuff's great for glugging but the old countries still have some beauties.

Access and wine compatible? What's Access?

 

[oumahexi]

If you expect me to drink it, make sure it's oak aged.

 

[Brianwarnock]

I can't afford to develop an educated palate
I prefer the new world for its consistency, they think its a science whereas the old world, France, treat it as an art, which means that you can get some rubbish.

Brian

 

[Golfer]

For a great quaffing wine try "Jacobs Creak Grenash Shiraz" you wont get a much better ( in my uneducated opinion )

 

[dan-cat]

I always get a bottle of Italian white wine when passing through Lexington. I haven't found anything better yet.

 

[Fifty2One]

Inniskillin Icewine is very nice but a little sharp for most people

 

[pbaldy]

I like red wines, and I supppose the best I've had are Italians; Tignanello comes to mind, as does Gattinara.

 

[Ron_dK]

My favourite : St Emilion Yon Figeac 1983 or '86, excellent plonk !
Wine and access ? Sure, just setting up a wine dbase to sort of control what's
in the cellar

 

[dan-cat]

Wine and access ? Sure, just setting up a wine dbase to sort of control what's
in the cellar

You've got a cellar full of wine?!?!

Now that's not fair...

 

[Ron_dK]

You've got a cellar full of wine?!?!

Now that's not fair...

Don't worry Dan. It's only a couple of bottles ( 2 or 3 ?), but at my age you'll need something to document this huge amount of red liquor. Why not in an access dbase ?

 

[David Eagar]

I have found the more wine consumed, the less Access capable I become

 

[Brianwarnock]

I have found the more wine consumed, the less Access capable I become

True, after 3 or 4 bottles I have trouble accessing any more.

Brian

 

[BarryMK]

I drank some very pleasant Bourgeuil in France this time but forgot to note the vineyard down. Damn!

For sheer ceremony though being served a quality Brunello in a good Italian restaurant takes some beating. There's the opening of the bottle, the sniffing of the cork, the placing of the cork with a curlique of foil on the table. Then there is the initial tasting (by the sommellier) then the decanting into the Brunello decanter, then the swirling of a tiny drop into each glass, then the glasses are charged and finally you get to drink it...heaven!

 

[Rabbie]

For a nice drink after a hard day I am partial to a Muscadet. we tend to go over to France about twice a year and stock up as wine is so much cheaper there than in England. Also it means we can have a really good lunch in a good restaurant.

 

[BarryMK]

For a nice drink after a hard day I am partial to a Muscadet. we tend to go over to France about twice a year and stock up as wine is so much cheaper there than in England. Also it means we can have a really good lunch in a good restaurant.

If you're going to Calais to stock up we found a very pleasant restaurant overlooking a millrace running down to the beach at Wissant a couple of miles down the coast. I think it was the Hotel de la Plage and Wissant is a small old fashioned beachy place away from the bustle of the city.

 

[GaryPanic]

Cloudy bay for me - ozzie wine white - slightly pricey , but you can taste why..

 

[David Eagar]

Cloudy bay for me - ozzie wine white - slightly pricey , but you can taste why..

Cloudy Bay is New Zealand, much as we would like to claim it

 

[GaryPanic]

Well I was close - and its really is nice , prices here in the UK range from £17 - £30 and thats not restaurant prices ...

 

[dan-cat]

I drank some very pleasant Bourgeuil in France this time but forgot to note the vineyard down. Damn!

You weren't fit-shaced were you?