# which wine to get? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 18, 2006, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-wine-to-get/21822 "2006-12-18T10:17:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![soopa7fly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@soopa7fly](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/soopa7fly)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-wine-to-get/21822/41 "2006-12-18T22:59:49Z")
seriously, if this is for your dad (as opposed to father in law) i would hope youre going to spend more than $20, especially when buying wine. but if youre going to be spending that little, let me recommend kendall jackson, or what brett(redrum) suggested. ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-wine-to-get/21822/42 "2006-12-18T23:05:07Z")
if you want a good cheap cab, my favorite is the smoking loon. just look for a label with a duck on it smoking a cigar 🙂 it is ~$11 iirc ---
**Author:** ![redrum](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redrum/32/7398_2.png) [@redrum](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/redrum)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 3:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-wine-to-get/21822/43 "2006-12-19T03:55:42Z")
> [@ghettostyleTA](#): > > awful lot of ford escorts getting sold, too lol ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 5:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-wine-to-get/21822/44 "2006-12-19T05:38:21Z")
> [@redrum](#): > > judging from most of the posts in this thread, you’re in the wrong place for wine advice. find someone at premier and have them suggest some. the older guys at hodge liquor on elmwood are also quite knowledgeable. pfff whatever… as far as whoever was looking for good ‘sweeter’ wines or whatever It is going to depend on what you like, you can get some great reislings that are sweet but really good (white) as far as reds go you will be hard pressed to find a good sweet wine…yellow tail would be a great place ot start, their shiraz is probably the best. But you can also find some really good and flavorful pinot noirs that are easier to drink because they are generally softer. Oh and another cab that you might really want, if you can find it… 2001 Kangarilla Cab; its from australia and is by far one of the best wines I have ever had under teh $50 mark, the tough part is finding any 2001 lol, im down to a few bottles and getting worried We carried it at georgetown for about $17, if you find any snatch it up your dad will give you some extra lovin for it! ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 6:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-wine-to-get/21822/45 "2006-12-19T06:19:55Z")
> [@camarojoe](#): > > Red Cat. I love that stuff and every party we bring it to, not a drop left in the bottle. Red Cat is good, but a little sweet. Yellow Tail is good for bringing to parties, not for gifts. grab a bottle of Fat Bastard, or Old Fart… or 1 of each. Neither will be a let down. ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-wine-to-get/21822/46 "2006-12-19T06:45:41Z")
Cabernet is sweeter than Merlot. Merlot makes for a great addition to any heavy meal. Steak and potato, Gamey meat (duck, venison, Lamb), heavy pasta (chicken parm, Lasagna etc). Don’t spend too much on it for the sake that unless you are collecting it, you are drinking it and your gonna piss it out regardless. I have had “shit” wine and bottles of some of the most baller as shit you can think of. There is very little discernable differences in taste, body and flavor. You really need to know your wines to tell the differences. ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-wine-to-get/21822/47 "2006-12-19T06:50:37Z")
I bet half you psuedo wine snobs are like the people who say they can taste a difference in artisan water. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 7:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-wine-to-get/21822/48 "2006-12-19T07:18:10Z")
> [@Daddie](#): > > I bet half you psuedo wine snobs are like the people who say they can taste a difference in artisan water. > > 😛 go fuck yourself. i would be able to retire early if it wasnt for all the money the old lady and i spend on wine. thats like saying oh, you’re a turbo snob. i bet you think you can tell the difference in power and spool time between a GT28R and a GT28RS. don’t make me e-slap you, and your yellow tail. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-wine-to-get/21822/49 "2006-12-19T07:38:57Z")
> [@Carnut](#): > > Personally I wear steel toe boots always (except when i’m wearing sandles) as they will shatter a jaw and fracture a skull. > > If that doesn’t work I always I have a knife on me for multiple person conflicts. > [@Carnut](#): > > Cabernet is sweeter than Merlot. Merlot makes for a great addition to any heavy meal. 🤣 You sir are a true renaissance man. :tup: ---
**Author:** ![simplyfocused](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/simplyfocused/32/7290_2.png) [@simplyfocused](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/simplyfocused)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 9:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-wine-to-get/21822/50 "2006-12-19T09:14:02Z")
shiraz is by no means a “sweet” wine. Most wine noobs do not like dry wines, which are normally the merlots, cabernet, shiraz’s n Chianti. If you want a sweet red, go for some Lumbrusco. It is really sweet, plus it is served chilled. The best thing for wine noobs is some White Zinfindel, in particular Sutter Home because it tastes like sugar water. Another cheap White Zin is Beringer PVS, but it is a little drier. ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-wine-to-get/21822/51 "2006-12-19T09:18:03Z")
> [@simplyfocused](#): > > shiraz is by no means a “sweet” wine. Most wine noobs do not like dry wines, which are normally the merlots, cabernet, shiraz’s n Chianti. If you want a sweet red, go for some Lumbrusco. It is really sweet, plus it is served chilled. > > The best thing for wine noobs is some White Zinfindel, in particular Sutter Home because it tastes like sugar water. Another cheap White Zin is Beringer PVS, but it is a little drier. i would never suggest a white to anyone 🙂 wine noob or not ---
**Author:** ![Bsp\_TC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bsp_tc/32/4998_2.png) [@Bsp\_TC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bsp_TC)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-wine-to-get/21822/52 "2006-12-19T09:35:01Z")
> [@Zer0DazE](#): > > i would never suggest a white to anyone 🙂 > wine noob or not why not a riesling…there white and pretty damn good ---
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-wine-to-get/21822/53 "2006-12-19T10:33:59Z")
:word: ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-wine-to-get/21822/54 "2006-12-19T11:17:26Z")
go drink a mimosa mo ---
**Author:** ![redrum](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redrum/32/7398_2.png) [@redrum](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/redrum)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-wine-to-get/21822/55 "2006-12-19T15:36:24Z")
lol i could run on with a small essay here about wine, but i’m not going to bother. taste in wine like anything else is of course subjective, so if you like it, drink away. but also like anything else, having ‘good’ taste often needs to be acquired. ---
**Author:** ![Juan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@Juan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Juan)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-wine-to-get/21822/56 "2006-12-19T15:54:36Z")
Shiraz ---
**Author:** ![intense98rt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/77aa72/32.png) [@intense98rt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/intense98rt)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-wine-to-get/21822/57 "2006-12-20T08:16:56Z")
> [@kingsario](#): > > Louis Martini Napa Reserve 2002 or 2003 Cab about $17 at Premier and its by far one of the best Ive had. I’ve had Far Niente $200 per bottle of wine and this shit is right there. > > J.Lohr - $10 > Mandavi - $17 i bought the louis martini napa reserve 2002 it was $19.99 I went to premier, started walking around with my list looking at bottles then one of the workers asked if he could help me so i showed him my list of recommondations you made. he showed me each of them he said that they just did a tasting review on it and he said it was a good wine with the medium-full flavor ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-wine-to-get/21822/58 "2006-12-20T08:31:29Z")
yep good bottle, good vintage :tup: ---
**Author:** ![RobtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/51bf81/32.png) [@RobtC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobtC)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 9:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-wine-to-get/21822/59 "2006-12-20T09:47:47Z")
good choice on the louis martini cab, very decent bottle. anyone looking to buy some wine and needs some help, stop in premier in op both myself and ezfd work here and will be able to assist with any questions you may have. working in the biggest wine store in the state = we know what we’re talking about. and i’m not recommending yellow tail to anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Bsp\_TC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bsp_tc/32/4998_2.png) [@Bsp\_TC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bsp_TC)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-wine-to-get/21822/60 "2006-12-20T09:52:13Z")
> [@RobtC](#): > > good choice on the louis martini cab, very decent bottle. > > anyone looking to buy some wine and needs some help, stop in premier in op both myself and ezfd work here and will be able to assist with any questions you may have. working in the biggest wine store in the state = we know what we’re talking about. > > and i’m not recommending yellow tail to anyone. or transit im there most of the time its open [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-wine-to-get/21822.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-wine-to-get/21822.md?page=4)