Comments on: What makes a great wine and how can we simply choose the best wine? http://greatwinetastings.com/wine/what-makes-a-great-wine-and-how-can-we-simply-choose-the-best-wine Everything for the wine lover... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:42:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Captain Jack http://greatwinetastings.com/wine/what-makes-a-great-wine-and-how-can-we-simply-choose-the-best-wine/comment-page-1#comment-2409 Captain Jack Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:15:47 +0000 http://greatwinetastings.com/wine/what-makes-a-great-wine-and-how-can-we-simply-choose-the-best-wine#comment-2409 I take an inexpensive bottle of sweet kosher wine along with a high alcohol content cheap white wine and combine them both. I take an inexpensive bottle of sweet kosher wine along with a high alcohol content cheap white wine and combine them both.

]]> By: idoitforthelolz http://greatwinetastings.com/wine/what-makes-a-great-wine-and-how-can-we-simply-choose-the-best-wine/comment-page-1#comment-2408 idoitforthelolz Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:37:56 +0000 http://greatwinetastings.com/wine/what-makes-a-great-wine-and-how-can-we-simply-choose-the-best-wine#comment-2408 Anything that gets ya buzzed Anything that gets ya buzzed

]]> By: Chanteuse_ar http://greatwinetastings.com/wine/what-makes-a-great-wine-and-how-can-we-simply-choose-the-best-wine/comment-page-1#comment-2407 Chanteuse_ar Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:04:45 +0000 http://greatwinetastings.com/wine/what-makes-a-great-wine-and-how-can-we-simply-choose-the-best-wine#comment-2407 RobRobiii is right...you could get a bottle of the most expensive, most highly rated french wine that exists and hate it because it simply doesn't suit your palate. It's all about what you like...if that means you have a wine cellar full of boxed wine, so be it. There's nothing to be embarrassed about if that's the case. Besides, it's a known secret throughout the industry that those plastic bladders that hold the wine inside those boxes, keep wine from oxidizing until you're ready to serve it even after it's been opened...no bottle can do that once the wine's been opened. The best way to find wines you like is to go to wine tastings. Many wine shops have them and usually don't charge to attend. If you can't go to tastings, many wines are available in half bottles and you can take home smaller amounts to try them out. RobRobiii is right…you could get a bottle of the most expensive, most highly rated french wine that exists and hate it because it simply doesn’t suit your palate.

It’s all about what you like…if that means you have a wine cellar full of boxed wine, so be it. There’s nothing to be embarrassed about if that’s the case. Besides, it’s a known secret throughout the industry that those plastic bladders that hold the wine inside those boxes, keep wine from oxidizing until you’re ready to serve it even after it’s been opened…no bottle can do that once the wine’s been opened.

The best way to find wines you like is to go to wine tastings. Many wine shops have them and usually don’t charge to attend. If you can’t go to tastings, many wines are available in half bottles and you can take home smaller amounts to try them out.

]]> By: Xerxes http://greatwinetastings.com/wine/what-makes-a-great-wine-and-how-can-we-simply-choose-the-best-wine/comment-page-1#comment-2406 Xerxes Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:40:37 +0000 http://greatwinetastings.com/wine/what-makes-a-great-wine-and-how-can-we-simply-choose-the-best-wine#comment-2406 I think it's been said already but: there's just no good way to tell. All varieties of wine (for the most part) can be good, it's just a matter of how well it's made. Alcohol content will vary between wine varieties and regions -- so it's not really a factor to consider. In short, you'll end up choosing some really crappy ones in search of the ones you really like to buy on a consistent basis. Great wine is made by people with care and experience -- and can be had for $8 a bottle if you know where to look. I think it’s been said already but: there’s just no good way to tell.

All varieties of wine (for the most part) can be good, it’s just a matter of how well it’s made. Alcohol content will vary between wine varieties and regions — so it’s not really a factor to consider.

In short, you’ll end up choosing some really crappy ones in search of the ones you really like to buy on a consistent basis.

Great wine is made by people with care and experience — and can be had for $8 a bottle if you know where to look.

]]> By: BEER http://greatwinetastings.com/wine/what-makes-a-great-wine-and-how-can-we-simply-choose-the-best-wine/comment-page-1#comment-2405 BEER Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:24:34 +0000 http://greatwinetastings.com/wine/what-makes-a-great-wine-and-how-can-we-simply-choose-the-best-wine#comment-2405 Choice of red wine or white is an individual decision so I leave that to you. What makes a great wine (I am a beer man.) is much the same as what makes a great beer. Balance of flavor brought about through the control and manipulations of the wines parameters aid the wine as being considered great. Of primary concern is quality ingredients, which of course in winemaking is the grape. But then winemaker skills in the processing steps and decisions on whether and how to age a wine will influence the final products' quality. I present these sites both for an educational reference and point of topic to study.. But also to show just how much needs to be considered in what is or can be a "great wine." In the end, a wine that has quality grapes and has been processed with through thought and care will be a good wine. Important control considerations: Fermentation Acids Do an online search for the work from this "person of wine." She is widely regarded as the world's expert on wine sensory analysis. Choice of red wine or white is an individual decision so I leave that to you. What makes a great wine (I am a beer man.) is much the same as what makes a great beer. Balance of flavor brought about through the control and manipulations of the wines parameters aid the wine as being considered great. Of primary concern is quality ingredients, which of course in winemaking is the grape. But then winemaker skills in the processing steps and decisions on whether and how to age a wine will influence the final products’ quality.
I present these sites both for an educational reference and point of topic to study.. But also to show just how much needs to be considered in what is or can be a “great wine.” In the end, a wine that has quality grapes and has been processed with through thought and care will be a good wine.

Important control considerations:
Fermentation

Acids

Do an online search for the work from this “person of wine.” She is widely regarded as the world’s expert on wine sensory analysis.

]]> By: freesumpin http://greatwinetastings.com/wine/what-makes-a-great-wine-and-how-can-we-simply-choose-the-best-wine/comment-page-1#comment-2404 freesumpin Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:37:33 +0000 http://greatwinetastings.com/wine/what-makes-a-great-wine-and-how-can-we-simply-choose-the-best-wine#comment-2404 If you'd never tasted an alcoholic beverage and had your first taste of practically anything alcoholic you might think it was poison! But it seems the more education and experience a person receives the more he has to base an opinion. Sweet wines seem to appeal to beginning drinkers; they're easier going down. Red or white? I started drinking Annie Greensprings Blush Rose years ago but found it too sweet with food - and boring. Then California Chardonnays, but Sav Blanc went down easier. Then Beaujalais Village, Merlots and Cabs, but my fave now are Zinfandels, rich,jammy and complex. Also up to 17% alc! If a Cab had 17% it probably wouldn't 'taste right'! I have very little taste for Sparkling wines and it's hard for me to rate them but I have great opinions of Zins. Ideal alc is when the wine tastes 'balanced'. Get actual experience; other's opinions are only their opinions - not yours. Go to wine tastings. Read a book about how to taste wines. Take a wine course at a Jr College, if you're old enough; your question although a good one is a young one. When you find a varietal you like purchase five different brands of that wine. Talk about what you like/don't like with your friends. Some folks like Häagen-Dazs and some Baskin-Robbins, eh? If you’d never tasted an alcoholic beverage and had your first taste of practically anything alcoholic you might think it was poison! But it seems the more education and experience a person receives the more he has to base an opinion.
Sweet wines seem to appeal to beginning drinkers; they’re easier going down.
Red or white? I started drinking Annie Greensprings Blush Rose years ago but found it too sweet with food – and boring. Then California Chardonnays, but Sav Blanc went down easier. Then Beaujalais Village, Merlots and Cabs, but my fave now are Zinfandels, rich,jammy and complex. Also up to 17% alc! If a Cab had 17% it probably wouldn’t ‘taste right’! I have very little taste for Sparkling wines and it’s hard for me to rate them but I have great opinions of Zins.
Ideal alc is when the wine tastes ‘balanced’.
Get actual experience; other’s opinions are only their opinions – not yours. Go to wine tastings. Read a book about how to taste wines. Take a wine course at a Jr College, if you’re old enough; your question although a good one is a young one.
When you find a varietal you like purchase five different brands of that wine. Talk about what you like/don’t like with your friends.
Some folks like Häagen-Dazs and some Baskin-Robbins, eh?

]]> By: robrobiii http://greatwinetastings.com/wine/what-makes-a-great-wine-and-how-can-we-simply-choose-the-best-wine/comment-page-1#comment-2403 robrobiii Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:34:11 +0000 http://greatwinetastings.com/wine/what-makes-a-great-wine-and-how-can-we-simply-choose-the-best-wine#comment-2403 A great wine is one you really like to drink. A great wine is one you really like to drink.

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