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I wouldn't say months, but a month for sure. They will last as long as any tawny once open. The wood aging oxidizes the wine to provide more stability once open.

Another thing worth trying is white port. Mix 1/2 white port with 1/2 tonic into a high ball glass with ice and garnish with either fresh mint or basil leaf. Great drink to start a night off with friends or alone! :tu

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Been drinking a lot of Jos Carr Josh cabs over the past year+. For $10/bottle, you can't go wrong with it as an every day table wine.
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THIS sounds brilliant for summer evenings on the porch.

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Don't wait until summer!

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How was the CdP, not familiar with the house.

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I'm not familiar with CdP as this was my first experience drinking it. But it was excellent!! Would like to try more when I can fit it in my budget!

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Wines from the Rhone region can be a good value. CdP is usually mostly Grenache grape, but is blended.

For good cheap daily drinker, try St James Basket Press http://www.thewinebowgroup.com/our-b...t-press-rouge/

Excellent crowd pleasing wine for like $10 and unique in that it is made from a blend of different vintages in a solera system like Sherry wine. Bottles age fine with screw cap. Had one that was like 5 years old and was equally as fun.

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14 Stags Leap Artemis - soooooo smooooooth
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Costco sells that for a great price in Waltham.

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2014 Tierra Roja....the bomb

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Heyyyyyyyyy folks.


So growing up, I always thought wine was that stuff in a big jug for $5.99. Wasn't a fan. But I moved to the middle of Wine Country, CA about 3 yrs ago, and after going tasting with friends a few times, I now appreciate wine.

Drinking a Syrah from Lodi, CA right now. Wine club price is $12 and this s#it is so good, I'm gonna enter it into a blind taste test with some wine snobs I'm hanging out with later this month.

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So how did the blind tasting go?

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I normally don’t like Aussie wines, but I tried 19 Crimes Banished. It was extremely smooth and full flavored a new go to red blend!

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We visited Lodi ack in June and found a number of very fine, inexpensive reds there!

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Couple glasses of 2012 Shafer One Point Five - needs mucho decanting
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Have you tried the TD9 yet?

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Banshee Cabernet. Nice surprise for a wine I chose just for the label.

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My $12 Syrah got 3rd place out of 12. :r

I moved back down to SoCal a couple of months ago. I will miss the wine from up north. Guess I'll have to make a road trip once in a while.

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Scored a 2015 chave blanc recently in a raffle. My first chave and I’m probably going to save it for spring

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Opened a 2010 Shafer Hillside with a lamb shank dinner tonight. Fantastic juice

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Cheval Blanc you mean?

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2015 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Blanc

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Short hand Chave blanc

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Man what a day, you know the flight the other day was a rollercoaster all over the place, then I get in and it's raining, having a hard time adjusting to the time change... oh wait .. sorry I thought this was the whine thread. :lv

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I'm way late on this reply -- but no. Wasn't even aware it existed. :confused:

Did have a nice bottle of 2014 Clos du Bois cab. For short money, it was delicious.

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Scored some 2004, 2008 and brut rose Bruno Paillard today in a raffle. Excited especially for the 04

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What kind of raffle would offer obscure Champagne's like that. Neat!

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Ha the internet is a wonderful place! If you want to know more shoot me a PM. It’s a private group.

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TD9 by Shafer is easily a $50-60 version of the Hillside Select. Just bought a 6-pack of 2015/2016 to enjoy daily.

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Split a nice bottle of 2015 Turley Petite Syrah with my better half tonight. I really like the Turley reds.

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They have a certain Je ne sais quoi. yet I find them jejune. -(P

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I am not such a fan.

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Betcha' there's a different response if I had said it was Musar :)

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Yes, you would get a different response. Turley's PS is better than their Zin, FWIW.

You'd also get a different response if you said you were enjoying Crane Lake.

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Fine bottle of $4 wine!....:D

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https://i.postimg.cc/FH5Kd9wR/image.jpg

This was highly recommended, but too acidic for me

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Beautiful, smooth red 2017 Valckenberg Dornfelder

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Red Riunite Lambrusco Italia
(Not sure of year)

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Mmmm

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https://www.brixwineandliquor.com/wp...t-cabernet.jpg

Gotta admit I bought this partly cause the label is sofa king cool. But at ~25% off a bottle, at $17, it was worth the investment. It also has a very good rating on the Vivino app. Have to agree, it was delicious with my NY strip steak.

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One can never go wrong with a South African or Australian red, however; I am kinda partial to "Porch Climber" of any vintage day.

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Those are two countries I hardly ever buy or drink wine from

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Went to a "local" restaurant in Puerto Rico that had an awesome wine list with almost no markup. Had a 2014 Shafer Hillside Select Cab for about what we would have paid in a store! So that was cool.

May or may not be developing a "quarantine stockpile" that has been extended to wine now, too. :D

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Taylor Fladgate LBV 2016 with a QdO Corona

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Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, 2012. Bought this at Total Wine on a recent trip to Louisville. Glad I grabbed two bottles.

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‘14 Luigi Bosca Malbec
‘14 Catena Malbec

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How'd you like the Catena? I've had a couple bottles of it before and really enjoyed it. My wife...not so much. :) She's more into sweet German dessert wines.

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Catena’s what got me started really enjoying wines. First had it while working in Buenos Aires. Such an easy drinking wine, that pairs well with steak. Glad you enjoy it too.