Concha Y Torro is vile.
I bought a couple of bottles and thought I was drinking sawdust steepings. It's one thing to have an oaky taste, but another to think you were sucking on the armrest of a parkbench. :toungue: And I'm sorry, but Californian wines, aside from a few select Syrah's are DECADES behind the rest of the world. Any region that creates a vile concoction such as "Zinfandel"
, cannot be taken seriously in my books.....Not after growing up in the Swan Valley and Margaret River Wine regions of Western Australia. I was horrified when I laid my eyes on this swill when I first got to the US. I just looked at it and said "WTF is that crap?"
TDF Lindemans does produce a good Port. Yalumba also does well in this category. I wasn't into Port's but my father did like it now and then. Personally I'm pretty stuck on Merlot's Cab Sav's Shiraz and OCCASIONALLY an unwooded Chardonnay. I typically avoid White Wines though as I get a head-ache from them like it's nobody's business.
If you can find it here grab some Nottage Hill, Jacobs Creek, Penfolds, Yalumba, Rosemount - I could go on, either way you won't go wrong.
For the white wine lovers, track down some Cloudy Bay Chardonnay from NZ - excellent stuff, or Capel Vale Unwooded Chardonnay.
