New Wine Type for Me.

So, I found this little bottle of wine that I had not noticed before, took it home and tried it. Interesting! Light, fruity taste, low tannins, I like this stuff! Not for a steak dinner, but for something light, or perhaps spicy it would go well! It is a wine by J. Lohr. It is a Valdiguie grape varietal. Very simular to a Beaujolais, but it has a bit more fruit and is very mild. Fred_G approves of this wine.:-D

For a $10 bottle, if you see it, grab a couple of bottles. :wine

 

You seem to go for the little French numbers Fred. Personally I don't like them one bit - would much rather a full-bodied New World wine, preferably red.

I did wonder when you said you had doused the turkey in Beaujolais but I wasn't going to say anything before you ate :-D

 

There are no better wines than a high quality red French or ditto white German.

I miss the good European wines... :wine

Fred, more detail please... How/where do I find this wine in my local shops?

 

That is a California wine Lev. I doused the poor undercooked turkey with German wine.:-D I am going to calibrate my oven this weekend. I will not tolerate another undercooked bird! :major

I do love me some French wines. Just can't justify a $60 bottle for anything but very special occaisions. Several of the California vineyards are starting to make their wines in the French style. Schug is one to look for if you see a bottle of that, it is most likely good drinking!

I have had the opportunity to meet 2 winemakers. Really neat to ask them questions, and listen to how they craft their wines. The really good winemakers put their heart and soul into it, and you can taste the quality. :drool

 

J. Lohr ships to some states. $8.50 a bottle!? Wow. http://store.nexternal.com/shared/S...t2=83900094&ProductID=478&Target=products.asp

 

Awesome! Thanks!

 

It's a French grown grape! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napa_Gamay but apparently adulterated for the American market

German wines I do like Mims.....much better :-D

 

Read that link, I pegged it as a Beaujolais type wine! And dang it I was right!

:-D

 

Here's what I found on our government run site about J. Lohr though not what you describe, at least I don't think so. I find it a good resource as I know squat about wines and it has helped me to pair the proper wine with food. Keep in mind that our prices are quite a bit higher due to taxes. I hope you find it useful. BTW, when Beaujolais season is here, people go nuts! Almost like Black Friday.:-D

 

I read it, obviously, as I found it

The first sentence also read:

which was what I was refering to

 

It is a grape varietal Lev, can be grown wherever folks plant it. Our Pinot Noir is France's Burgandy. France's Bourdeax, we call Cabernet Sauivignon or Claret, or Merlot. And of course you have the California Meritage wines, which are a blend of the traditional Bordeaux varietals. Gets confusing, but I have met few wines I can't enjoy a glass or two of! :-D

Had my first Australian red wine the other day. Was supposed to be a $50 bottle, I would not pay $20 for it. But we all have our own taste.

 

But Lev, with wine, there is almost always an exception to the rule... I do prefer French wines though....

 

I agree, with the exception being in this case ME, as I don't like French wines and prefer New World :-D

 

Well, actually French grape stock was re-imported from the US after the French got some strong killer fungus. BTW Fred, you catch my link above?

 

Nothing like alcoholic inbreeding :-D

 

The little thingy is an acute accent...not to be confused with a cute French accent

 

Muahahaha, nope I ain't touching that one, no way!!! roflmao

 

Saw you link Augie, did not see the wine in question listed.

And they imported the root of the Lambrusco grape vine if I am not mistaken. Then they graft the grape they want to make wine with onto the root stock. Phylloxera is one nasty thing for vineyards.

There are vinyards in Chille and Argentina (if I am not mistaked) that still have the original French Bordeaux wine stock, they never got the phylloxera. But the altitude does not make for a really great wine. But they are pretty good value wines!

 

I have never understood the fascination with Beaujolais, be it Nouveau or not. To me, it always tastes like some moderately retarded third-grader forgot his grape juice box in the back of the schoolbus and decided to see if it was drinkable after finding it several months later. Blech.

I've been big into California wines the last ten years or so, and now have gotten specifically into the vineyards in the Fair Play area of the Sierra Foothills (the bottom of the hill below Lake Tahoe). I can't remember the last time I paid more than $20 for a bottle of wine purchased locally, and even when I have them shipped from one of the vineyards I only pay $10 shipping per bottle. Still completely affordable. But then my best friends are collectors and connoisseurs, so they rarely steer me wrong, and there are some absolutely fabulous wines for around ten bucks a bottle. There are also some wines that sell for over $100 a bottle, and I wouldn't use them to serve guests I don't like. Matter of taste, I guess.

 

What I love about wines are all the different kinds. I like heavier red wines in the winter, and lighter white ones in the summer. Beaujolais is not a bad wine, it has it's place.

A lot of new wine drinkers start out with sweet wines, and then as they learn more about wines, they want something dry, but are not ready for a big dry wine, so the Beaujolais is a nice cross over wine. The Beaujolais Nouveau this year was a flop! I only tried it because I got a bottle for free. Thin, poor wine.