(United States)
I like sweet wines.
Last night I had an excellent wine from a Pennsylvania winery, Stone Villa Wine Cellars, Pink Catawba, 2006. I very much enjoyed it. I like to try wines from small, domestic wineries–especially in and around Western Pennsylvania–but I am not limited to such. Any recommendations?
Hello, I want to give a gift to a friend of mine who has a wine cellar. He is very proud of it. Are there any good gifts to give people with wine cellars or that are wine enthusiasts?
My friend said that he has obtained, out of season, what he believes to be a pipe of Amontillado (about 130 gallons), a particularly rare and valuable sherry wine. He isn’t sure, however, and wants mine expert opinion on the subject. He invited me to his wine cellars. I don’t know if I should go. It’s Carnival, and I’d prefer to have fun here; on the other hand, the wine is really valuable, rare and worth tasting. For the love of God, what should I do?
I always thought it was cool to have old wines. After all you see these big dusty wine cellars in all the old movies. For years I’ve kept a small wine rack around with a few different kinds of wine that I just picked out at random. ( I think it makes my appartment look groovy. ) However, I am just a pretender, I don’t really know much about wine. Now all of a sudden I hear that wine needs to be used soon after purchase or it’ll go bad. What’s up with that? Is this a total falsehood or is it only certain types that get better with age?
It may just be my imagination, yet when I taste certain wines, especially from Italy and France, they have a certain taste/aroma to them which is similar to the smell of very old castles, wine cellars and structures in those countries. I certainly can flavor the oak barrels the wine was aged in, however, can the surrounding atmosphere also affect the flavor of the wine? With some wines this sensation is very strong to me, and I am reminded of the castles and medieval structures I have visited. It is much like how I associate a perfume with a certain person, when I smell it independently of that person, I am reminded of him/her.