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What's your favorite wine?
For us wine drinkers, I'm curious about your favorite "drinking" wine (as in, something uner $15 a bottle).
I'm partial to the 2002 Hill of Gold Shiraz (Rosemont Estates) and the 2002 Coppola Premium Claret. Right now, I'm drinking a 2003 Coppola Zin. |
Strawberry Hill Boones
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Boone's Farm Apple.
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something with alcohol in it
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I also like Ripple. You can mix it with champagne and get Champipple.
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Château Lafitte Bordeau. 1953 was a particularly good year.
Last time I had this wine, it was served with a very nice filet at Stephenson's Apple Farm. Is that place still there? By the way, this wine is so good, it's like drinking the tears of angels shed just for you. There is nothing quite like it in the entire world. FAX |
Red: Barbera d'Alba
White: Pinot Grigrio |
Then there is flat Ripple or "Flapple".
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heh they have that Coppola at the gas station on clearance right now 7.99 a bottle. it's not a dig at you just really weird.
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Cosmic, do you have a vineyard on the pinot grigio or just like that wine in general?
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Hmm maybe I will they have the claret the zin and some other red. I wasn't in the mood to dig through the box while in line to pay for gas. It is funny cause I wondered weather it was any good.
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I haven't had it yet, but Michael David's Seven Deadly Zins is supposed to be OUTSTANDING!
http://www.liquorama.net/ProductImages/7deadlyzin.jpg |
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That the refs cheat for the Broncos. There's no better whine than that.
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I hate to admit this. I really, really do. But that was pretty clever, Mr. Taco John.
FAX THE FEELING A LITTLE DIRTY RIGHT NOW |
Cheap: Ravenswood red zin
Expensive: Silver Oak Cabernet I don't drink much white wine. |
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Is Stevenson's Apple Farm still there? FAX |
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Where it was before.
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I really don't have a favorite
If I'm just drinking a glass, I really enjoy a good Merlot, but for meals I would rather drink a Chardonnay |
Um ... it was outside of / near KC somewhere, Mr. Skip Towne ... on the MO side ... I can't remember where, exactly.
It used to be an old trading post and homestead at an orchard as I recall. Then, they turned into a restaurant. They served cool apple cider in the foyer and had little guys walk around with fresh, hot apple muffins right out of the oven. Nice menu, excellent wine list. I really liked the place and would enjoy taking the beautiful, elegant, and witty Mrs. Fax there someday if it's still there. And I can find it again. FAX |
Our standard Pinot Noir is Nobilo Icon, very good value for around $15 a bottle.
We used to keep a bottle of Kendall Jackson Chardonay in the fidge, but good Chardonays under $15 a bottle are easy to find , so we've been exploring a broader range. With wine, I generally prefer to try a different bottle every time. There have been exceptions. A couple years ago we probably drank a case of Allegrini Palazzo della Torre over a period of 6 mos. It was a little above your stipullated price point, but any time we were having Italian, it was irresistable. |
I'm partial to Pinot Noir. My wife likes an Australian Shiraz.
We don't drink a lot of white, but I'd agree with the Pinot Grigio assessment, just not too dry. |
Googled the mother.
Stephenson's Old Apple Farm Restaurant 16401 E US Hwy 40 Kansas City, MO 64136-1197 (816) 373-5400 Critiques from the web: You want a perfect meal? Come to Stephensons. In 25 years of visits, they've been great, but now with the demise of the local steakhouses in quality and reliability, Stephensons remains perfect. Never a bad meal. The beef brisket is to die for along with the horseradish sauce, the butter-cream chicken, steaks, seafood, and of course, the apple-fritters and green rice caserole. Even the ranch dressing is perfect. All perfect, every time. Super service usually but never less than good. Come starved so they can roll you out afterwards! This has to be the BEST restaurant in the USA, bar none and I've eaten at some of the truly top-ranked restaurants of the USA. None better than Stephensons. Sinking down in the sofa comfort food specialists! The chicken falls onto your fork. The muffins and fritters reminded me that I should go see my grandmother more often. The flavors all coincide to create an overall dining effect that I consider satisfying to all senses. FAX |
Ch. Souverain - Cabernet
Alexander Valley Vinyards - Cabernet Marquis Philips - Shiraz I drink a lot of Rhone Valley stuff but their names are not easy to remember. |
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Fax, you know I've been in your court for a long time.
I wouldn't return to Stephensons if they were giving away food. You'd have to pay me $50 an hour to sit in their sauna and eat their food. Granted, the food is pretty good. Every other variable in that hellhole is sub-par. |
FAX, it's still there. Just off Lee's Summit Rd. I think on Hwy. 40 (really in Independence). Take Noland south of I-70 to Hwy. 40 (Hyvee, Olive Garden at corners) and turn left (east) on 40. It'll be on your right (south).
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Had a bottle of La Crema 2004 Pinot Noir last night. Sonoma County. Very tasty and got it at Costco for $13. I do enjoy wine...
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It is still there...down the street from my parents place not to far. I have had some good experiences and bad experiences there...it can be pretty good.
Oh and the original post... http://www.rmprivateselection.com/wi....asp?WineID=54 |
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Things change, I suppose. But, I have good memories. It may have had something to do with the girl I took there the last time. I'm sorry you had a bad experience and will petition them immediately for compensation. FAX |
Hogue is generally a good bottle. I haven't had a bad one yet.
http://volunteer.blogs.com/winewaves...s/hogue-fb.jpg |
A great value is Jest Red. Simple red table wine, $8 a bottle. Very drinkable everyday wine.
A little more expensive that I love is the Marquis Phillips Cabernet. |
Bogle has a very nice petite shiraz if you like a red that tastes like a red.
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A wine I drink a lot of is BV ( Beaulieu Vineyards ) Coastal Cabernet. You kind find it for $7-$8 a bottle and it is very smooth and drinkable. The "Coastal" label is their cheaper wines. The regular BV is much more expensive.
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I've heard i taste good.
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" Cooked vegetable flavor..." I do not think that would be a flavor I would be looking for myself. |
I love stephensons food and that cider mmm. The place isnt that bad but old i guess heeh.
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Bob Dole really likes the sparkling variety called "beer".
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I tried one with a steak a few nights ago at Longhorn, can't remember who makes it, but it was called "Collage". A Nice little blend of Cabernet and Merlot that goes great with a bloody slab of beef.
Also, for those that appreciate Australian table wines: Quote:
http://www.phespirit.info/montypytho...able_wines.htm |
Casa Lapostolle Cabernet Sauvignon has been our favorite for quite a while now.
Currently the 2002 vintage is one of Wine Enthusiasts best values, you can generally get it for under $10. On our Honeymoon(1996 in Bermuda), Casa Lapostolle was the featured wine at our resort. Since then we have always kept at least one bottle in reserve at home. For good inexpensive reds, it is hard to go wrong with Chilean or Austrailian wines. |
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Sometimes you get the feeling a restaurant is having a bad day and that you should give them another opportunity. I didn't experience that at all that day. It was horrible. They knew it and they didn't care. They offered free dessert. Uh - thanks, but no. We couldn't wait to leave. |
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Just opened a nice bottle of Le Crema...mmmmm.
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I do not like wine.
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Daddy, I'm hungry.
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Does Dick Vermeil's winery sell to the public? Has anybody ever drank his wine?
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Tempranillo or Rioja for inexpensive reds.
Amarone if I'm feeling rich. |
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I don't drink much wine but here lately me and a friend of mine have been puting away a few bottles. She's more partial to White Zinfandel but my favorite is by Nozzole, the Chianti Classico Riserva. It's around 20 bucks a bottle. And it's damn near like liquid valium.:drool:
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Red: Valpolicella, Chianti.
White: Riesling, Spaetlese, Auslese, Soave. It seems to be fairly hard to find a decent Spaetlese or Auslese around here. I hear there is an international wine place in Springfield, may have to try and find it. |
I like Chateau Neuf du Pape - but only because it is the 1st Infantry Division's official wine. I drank a lot of it when I was assigned there.
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Everything I know about wine is here:
http://www.bumwine.com/ Also, Mr. Fax: I work about a mile down the road from Stephenson's and eat there about half a dozen times a year. The restaurant itself is old, because it's been there a long time. The food is still very good, service is fair. Lunch is a much better value than dinner, menu is quite similar for both. The cider is the best in the world. The restaurant needs a facelift. I have a friend who works there, and some scuttlebutt is the Stephenson's family wants to either sell or close the restaurant, and just concentrate on the orchard business. They used to have three other restaurants; one up by KCI airport, one on the Mo-Ark border in Jane, MO on US 71, and a pub called the Red Mule across the street from the original Stephenson's on 40-highway in Independence. The Red Mule was sold, and now it's called The Big Biscuit, which serves breakfast and lunch only. The Jane, MO store and the airport store are closed. So Stephenson's original restaurant is all that's left, and it may be gone by the end of 2006. |
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I live about 2 miles from Stephenson's, and have for the better part of 15 years, and I can't force myself to go there more than once every 2 years or so. You can tell it used to be a nice place, and back in HS a bunch of my friends worked there, so I remember how strict they were. But now it's awful. I ate there on New Years Eve, and the food came out dried out from sitting so long under the lamps (my ham steak had been under the heat lamp for so long, that the sauce that comes with it, that had been sitting in a cup on top of it, had left tan marks... no exaggeration)
The good thing about the place, if you want to eat poorly, are the apple fritters. Those are still top shelf, with some apple butter on top of them. mmmmm. As far as wine, the lady and I are partial to Riesling, mostly. And I WILL NOT DRINK ANY ****ING MERLOT!!!!!!! |
Day to Day - Blue Nun white
A little pricier - CakeBread Merlot |
There's a white wine from Hermann, Mo that is actually quite tasty. I'll have to go research...
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Incidently, Merlot has been my least favorite red for years.
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Cavit Pinot Noir
Black Marlin Shiraz Barefoot Zin Bolla Valpolicella Those are my day to day wines, though we've been drinking a lot of black box lately. Across the border in MO, we can get a box for $14. That's 4 bottles of wine for $14, and it's very very drinkable. Oh, even though I'm categorically opposed to the attack of the Australian clone wineries, I do like the Little Penguin Pinot. |
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Of course, we haven't learned crap, and have pretty much stayed with the one wine we know we like. We have no idea how to taste or describe a wine to this day. |
stephenson's is still OK...
anyone that has knocked the service there, trust me, you got a bad server; on any given night, i could direct you to any of several servers there that are absolutely top notch...the good ones that work there have worked there a LONG time and make damn good money as a part time job only serving a couple of nights a week i think the problem is that it's whole premise is just getting old...i've never seen a restaurant so badly in need of a facelift; i worked there from about 91-95 as a busser and supervisor and even then, the place STRONGLY catered to the geritol crowd the above rumors are true though, i believe that the stephenson family is trying to sell of the business. these rumors started about the time that one of the twin owners died a couple of years ago bp |
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come on, grow a set and try something that doesn't taste like sugar...riesling has a place, as a dessert wine... i'm just giving you a hard time, if you like riesling, go to berbiglia anywhere in KC and grab some pirtle's mead...it's made at a winery up in weston, MO.. sweet and strong; a bottle or two will get you absolutely wasted mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...... bp |
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" Some club members have phoned or e-mailed us, asking when we will feature one or our fine Pinot Noirs in our wine club. Honestly, we wish we could, the the quick answer is, blame it on the movie "Sideways". So much interest has peaked in this alluring varietal that demand is at an all time high..." I too am trying to learn more and slowly doing so. Being a member of a wine club is starting to increase my knowledge. They send you two bottles ( a red and a white ) every other months with a write up on each one. It is a neat way to learn more about wine. Mine is a lower end deal, around $30-$35 including delivery. |
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http://www.steelewines.com/index.html It is a winery I stopped at and enjoyed the wine. I have only gotten 2 shipments, so I can not say I recommend it. It has worked so far, though. The good thing is it is free to join and you can contact them at any time to cancel. There are lots of winery out there offering all kinds of different wine club memberships. |
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Admittedly, I am much more of a beer guy than I am a wine guy. But I found this one to be good. |
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