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14th August 2013, 08:33 PM #1Novice
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Spanish wines
Hi there! what u think: are the spanish red/white wines (rioja, ribera del duero...) better than some good French ones or it is just a matter of marketing? I tried last weekend a Don Faustino and it was simply great, better than some "good" French or Italian red ones. thanks
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14th August 2013, 10:07 PM #2
Firstly, welcome to the forum.
Well, I'm not sure - you may well be right. They've been doing it for a while. When I was there (about 25 years ago) we were buying Vinya Nostra for about $1 a litre (BYO bottle and all that), and for the dough it was pretty easy down the neck. Actually it was good with things besides bread.
Haven't had any of the more elite Spanish wines, but I have a mate who lives in Barcelona, and he no complain. We've had a few Chileans and Argentineans which were pretty good. They were softer reds like Malbec and Merlot.
But having said that, they aren't wines that grab me to the point where I must have more. No particular geographical differences that one sometimes notices (and I love that - NZ whites for example).
Cheers
FF
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14th August 2013, 10:16 PM #3Retro Phrenologist
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Wasn't it about 35 years ago that Spanish wines were being sold through "party plans", kind of like Tupperware or Avon
I hope that doesn't happen again.
They were really awful, really really awful, and that was when BenEan moselle was popular and the cool people (like me) drank Cinzano.
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14th August 2013, 10:17 PM #4Novice
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hi! thanks a lot for your welcoming words and ur answer. yes, indeed, u re right, it is not a matter of geography but quality, but at the same time it is really difficult not to speak about French wines, Spanish wines, Italian wines... btw, i prefer the Chilean wines rather than the Argentinean ones, but it is only an opinion ), tx again
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14th August 2013, 10:19 PM #5Novice
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hi avery! thanks for your answer. yes, but there are high and low quality wines everywhere. i have to say there are some excellent Spanish wines also (red and above all white ones)
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14th August 2013, 10:30 PM #6
There's good wines in all the producing countries more than likely.
The only English wine I've had was home made lettuce wine (I kid you not), and whilst it did a number on the neurones, it had that disticntly unpleasant sound of a cat chorus when opened. It only got worse from there.
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14th August 2013, 10:37 PM #7Novice
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lattuce wine???? OMG!! bet that is not really healthy. never heard about that, always learning new things...
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15th August 2013, 07:24 AM #8
I took a liking to Spanish and Portuguese wines a few years ago when I was there. Last year I found this Spanish wine on sale https://www.vintagecellars.com.au/Re...l-2011_6096614 for peanuts and have been enjoying it immensely. I'd happily buy more at the list price.
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16th August 2013, 12:12 AM #9Novice
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hi! yes, a Rioja red wine, without a doubt the best ones in Spain along with Ribera del duero's white ones
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16th August 2013, 12:43 PM #10SENIOR MEMBER
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Melior : Ribera del Duero
Hello,
Was in Spain a few years ago.
Thought this stuff was amazing - the people that worked in the bar said it was just a slightly better than average local plonk.
Melior : Ribera del Duero
Keep meaning to see if Dan Murphy sells it
Bill
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17th October 2013, 07:49 PM #11
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17th October 2013, 11:28 PM #12
The best wine in the world is the wine you enjoy the most. It doesn't matter where it's grown. There's plenty of bad wine in France, but with something like 30,000 wineries there's plenty of gold too. I had some absolute paint stripper in Spain and some angels's tears
The best bottle's always the next bottle....I'll just make the other bits smaller.
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