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Originally posted by Stazi:
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.
I've had quite a bit of australian reds (Penfolds, Jacobs Creek, Black Opal,Lindemans, Black Swan, Wolf Blass, Banrock Station, Yellow Tail.....) and I have to disagree with some of what you are saying.
On a related note, if you have any buddies or contacts back in Australia that would be able to secure me a bottle of a partciclarly hard to find (in the states) wine, please let me know.
"Bros before Hoes" <-- More men need this mentality.
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Originally posted by JaTo:
Originally posted by Stazi:
And I'm sorry, but Californian wines, aside from a few select Syrah's are DECADES behind the rest of the world.
You've GOT to be kidding me; I can name dozens of Californian cabs and merlots that torpedo just about anything that the French, Italians, Spaniards and Aussies have put forth. That includes the labels that don't typically make it across Pacific or Atlantic...
Originally posted by Stazi:
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?"
Alright, CA does do some pansy-wines, but to paint Atlas, Stag's Leap, Frog's Leap, Cakebread, Chalk Hill and other vaunted cellars with the same brush as some of the cheap Zinfandel makers is nuts!!!
To be honest, wine is about the only thing I'll come running to defend CA on; give them another shot.
I didn't even read that part of Stazis post. Stazi is way out of line on those points.
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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Originally posted by Zoom Zoom Diva:
Don't lump white zinfandels with red ones. Red Zinfandels are an honest wine.
I read that comment more as "Zinfandel is a wine only the Americans have bothered with, so it's not world-class." If he's confusing Zin with white zinfandel as you say, then we've got some issues 
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Kudos to all those that passed up on my flame ignition post! I think that may be a first in CEG history. But back to the wines.
-Andy
Andy W.
The problem with America is stupidity.
I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment
for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety
labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?
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Originally posted by Andy W.:
Kudos to all those that passed up on my flame ignition post! I think that may be a first in CEG history. But back to the wines.
-Andy
Do you want a flamebaiting spanking?
maybe everyone agreed with you.
Or maybe they misread what you wrote.
Everyone loves that kitty word.
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Hahaha. I had to scroll up just to see if you had indeed posted anything at all.
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Originally posted by Andy W.:
Kudos to all those that passed up on my flame ignition post! I think that may be a first in CEG history. But back to the wines.
-Andy
I draw the line at insulting someone that can potentially ban my entire subnet from the site...
Furious and nasty thoughts were directed towards you, but they won't see the light of the keyboard.
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Can't go wrong with reisling. Not much into wine but so far Reisling has been the only one I can stand.
Originally posted by Chickens:
Religion can't do much for ashholes (unless you are an alterboy)
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Jato,
Is this the Alexander Valley or the Sonoma Valley cab? I am looking online (to buy it) and there are two different kinds.
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Both bottles I've tried were Sonoma and they both were heavenly for the price, so I didn't get an "odd" bottle first time around.
I'll have to try the Alexander Valley label and hope it gives the same results.
JaTo
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