help me, oenophiles!
I'm going to the Commonwealthlanders' Thanksgiving lunch tomorrow, after all. I emailed to ask what I could bring and the answer was a bottle of wine. I don't drink wine, so I have no idea what kind to get. My usual strategy in such situations is to pick a random bottle of something C'landian* that doesn't wax too lyrical on the label about how the native fauna makes it taste good. The rest of the C'landers, however, know about wine, so I'd prefer to get something that is actually decent. Any advice?
*if I'm going to picking randomly I figure I may as well support my own country's wine industry
posted by Lucy @ 4:10 PM
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Okay, I think I have a useful thing to add here, but I'm realizing that I'm actually an idiot and I'm not quite sure where, exactly, you're from...I think I'm a little unsure as to what the Commonwealthland actually *is*. I'm a moron.
OK then. That confession aside, Lifehacker *just* posted a link to Winemonger's 2006 guide for what to bring to Thanksgiving dinner.
Also, weirdly, GB just came home with a card that lists wines from different regions around the world, and the best years to buy them. That might be more info than you really need, but I can tell you some of them if you want...
Luckybuzz, the more confusion about where I'm from, the better :) Thanks for the link.
Pinot noir for poultry is always good. I am quite fond of grenache, too.
I think you Commonwealthlanders call it Shiraz, and your Shiraz is usually quite drinkable. It's a ligher, fruity red that the wine store we frequent puts signs up saying "great with Turkey!"
You're a grad student, so I'm assuming you're looking for nice-but-inexpensive. Check this out:
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/columnists/laurie_daniel/15506759.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp
Scroll down and there's a whole paragraph of Shirazes. They don't really mention Yellow Tail, which is definitely from a Commonwealth nation (though perhaps not yours), which I've had and found both affordable and quite drinkable.
Don't worry too much; my experience with grad student thanksivings is after the first bottle or two, a *really* good wine is kinda wasted.
Thanks for the advice, Sara and Jane! Unfortunately, I had to leave before reading your comments and ended up doing my usual fairly random selection. At least I'll know better next time.
I know nothing about wine either, but I have started keeping a notebook of ones I've had (usually at other people's places) that I like. That way I can always pick something acceptable-ish if I have to.
In other news, guess what? We have finally traced a bug that freezes up our computer and it's all the fault of your blog :) Seriously, every time I visit your blog on the computer that is running linux, it crashes.
I'm just telling you so you'll understand why in your site stats it'll say that I've been visiting your blog for hours at a time. That's because when it crashes that computer, I go boot up the laptop and forget to turn off the other computer until hours later. I'm not stalking you.
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