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Wine appreciation.....(NLC!)
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:30 pm
by Rag_It
Chaps, it's not even mid week but just stumbled across a lovely bottle of white, similar to Vino Esmeralda(sp!) but slipping very easily down the throat and i have a big day of cycling tomorrow which is bad!!
Anyone any recommendations for nice bottles of white, or any wine???
I guess it comes from moving to a small village, and the sight of a Lotus slipping away from me...
Dave
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:40 pm
by campbell
Well...yet again, spookily appropriate timing.
My buddies at Creative Wines (
http://www.creativewines.co.uk/) are the fellows to talk to. Trading for a couple of years, recently expanded into the Stirling Wine Centre in Springkerse business park. I don't buy wine from anyone else.
Great range of wine from across the globe, mostly names you won't find in the supermarket but at prices the supermarkets would kill for. I have a few personal favourites I could list for you, but like life with Lotuses, it's all about personal taste!
Order online or by phone, visit in person, whatever suits. Delivery available.
Give them a shout, tell them Campbell sent you.
Lawrence can testify to the quality of a couple of their reds, too
Campbell
(shameless plug faction)
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:48 pm
by Rag_It
Campbell,
Good man, might take my old man for a day out there, as he truely does love his wine... theme running here!
Anyway, list looks good and some nice Ozy whites on it - always a fav!
Up for trying anything so any personal recommendations always welcome..
Dave
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:53 pm
by Derek
I've a real taste for white chateau neuf du pape. It is almost peerless.
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:01 pm
by DDtB
Cloudy Bay for me please....
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:06 pm
by campbell
Rag_It wrote:Campbell,
Up for trying anything so any personal recommendations always welcome..
Dave
OK, you asked for it...
- Pascual Toso Malbec (great with steak!)
- Montaudon champagnes...any of 'em!
Like I said, all about taste. I buy mostly near the bottom of their range for financial reasons but the Toso Malbec is a great example of an £8 bottle tasting a lot better than it costs
Near the top of my limit, that one...
Campbell
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:12 pm
by Rag_It
Campbell, always a good place to start from peoples recommendations!
Will then progress!
Dave
P.S LOL at DDTB's avatar!
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:15 pm
by campbell
Rag_It wrote:
P.S LOL at DDTB's avatar!
You gotta admire the fella's commitment to updating it every few days!
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:30 pm
by Brian J
By amazing happen-chance just got in from extended wine - tastign in less than mint consdition to catch up with e-mailss...
Favoured Oddbins wines tonight werr :
- Menetou Salon Henri Pelle
- Marquese de caceres reserva 2000
- Voyagr Shiraz (ozzie) 2003
Hiccc.....
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:33 pm
by Rag_It
and i bet you have drunk a few good wines on that pension of yours Tut!!!!
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:48 pm
by campbell
Brian J wrote:By amazing happen-chance just got in from extended wine - tastign in less than mint consdition to catch up with e-mailss...
Favoured Oddbins wines tonight werr :
- Menetou Salon Henri Pelle
- Marquese de caceres reserva 2000
- Voyagr Shiraz (ozzie) 2003
Hiccc.....
Brriannn,
You aff to try those blokes at Creatifff. Marquee dee Catheters is grreat maan burr I aff too rrrecommenddd the Shpanish importsh they dooo an all. Can alsho short out a vino tasto for youse no probs - like Morecambe and Wise when they get goin'!.
Shlange and flange
Campbell
(max 2 glashes per night facshun)
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 8:55 am
by ed
lol @daves avatar! tom should be able to provide some good recommendations!
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:25 am
by Tom
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 11:41 am
by Rag_It
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 11:56 am
by douglasgdmw
As a regular frequenter of Cape Town on business trips I can definitely recommend South African wine (well my wife can due to me being t-total).
A good books for SA wine is the John Platters Guide:
http://www.platteronline.com/home/
The online guide only lets you have access ot guides from 2 years prior but I have bought the 2006/2007 guide when across here and there are a large number to recommend (unforunately the book is at home as currently out in Cape Town).
Ones I can recommend off the top of my head:
Kaapzicht Vision
Beyerskloof Synergy Pinotage (available in Tesco's)
Good place in Edinburgh to get the Kaapzicht is Great Grog.
Cheers
DMW
