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Post by Penny on Jul 3, 2007 13:49:22 GMT -5
I found a pleasant (LOL couldn't think of better word) Bordeaux at Monoprix for 2,09€ was great for my dinner by buying water, baguette, cheese, wine, pastry and fruit my dinners for two nights was about 12€ More money for the ice cream!!!
However would someone translate this for me? Chateau Tour De Marmuzet (vintner?) Appellation Saint-Estephe Controlee. there's a couple of other things on the label I can translate such as it is estate bottled.
One of my former bosses who was an expat (sic) for about 2 years in Paris gave me this. I'm sure it is vinegar now (why I haven't opened is a long story)
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Post by Becky (Berkeleytravelers) on Jul 3, 2007 14:44:54 GMT -5
Hey Penny, Saint-Estephes are among my favorite Bordeaux reds -- open it quick, celebrate the 4th/14th the "French way"!
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Post by Ray(aka) tripnebraska on Jul 3, 2007 15:30:28 GMT -5
Champagne is my first choice in wine. I got a great recommendation from Phread on what to buy in Paris. I'm not sure but I think the French Burgundies are closest to the Cabernet Sauvignons from Napa, that I usually drink at home.
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Post by Becky (Berkeleytravelers) on Jul 3, 2007 15:57:23 GMT -5
Ray, according to phread's note above (which I second, based on my taste buds) it's the Bordeaux that are a cab/merlot/franc blend and closest to the Napa/Sonoma "big reds" (go, "big red"!). So, here's another way to spend money in France (but also another way to have a great time)! ;D
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Post by Ray(aka) tripnebraska on Jul 3, 2007 16:23:38 GMT -5
Thanks Becky. That makes sense. I'll have to look for Bordeaux here. We don't see many French wines in the local stores.
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Post by Becky (Berkeleytravelers) on Jul 3, 2007 16:35:46 GMT -5
Ray, I'm sure the individual stores each have their own buyers, but we sometimes find really good Bordeaux here at the local Costco (of all places) or at the Sam's Club. In addition, they often have good deals on some very good California wines (who knew?). So, in addition to high end wine stores, you might want to give that a try.
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Post by sistereurope on Jul 3, 2007 21:47:45 GMT -5
Anne, I was cleaning up in my kitchen and I found a small bottle of wine that a friend had brought over a few weeks ago. We had a party and I had set the wine aside - he said that it was a dessert wine, but he left the party early and we never got around to opening it. The bottle was covered up by some others and I just re-discovered it tonight...and guess what it is?? Yes, a Muscat de Beaumes de Venise!!! I immediately thought of you and I had to smile at the co-incidence of it all! I'll let you know what I think when we drink it (maybe tomorrow to celebrate the 4th of July?) Life is so funny sometimes, isn't it?
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Post by Anne on Jul 4, 2007 3:36:29 GMT -5
Oh yes Sister, it is funny, and your friend is a precious one . Actually, I am amazed that as many people as Ian, Luc and you have already drunk or have got a bottle of Beaume de Venise : most people in France have never heard about it ! Anyway, remember that your bottle should be drunk at fridge temperature . And now Happy 4th of July !
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Post by sistereurope on Jul 5, 2007 10:54:17 GMT -5
Anne, I will have to wait for another occasion to drink "your" wine (I will always think of it as your wine from now on!) We decided to have a cookout at our friend's house for the 4th and I drank a beer...when I got home I was too tired to enjoy the Beaumes de Venise! My teenagers will be away until Sunday, however, so I'm sure that we'll finish the bottle over the weekend!! Perhaps with some nice seafood...maybe even lobster! mmmmm
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Post by Anne on Jul 5, 2007 11:00:40 GMT -5
Noooo Sister, seafood goes with dry wines, Beaume de Venise is much too sweet for that : only apéritif or dessert .
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Post by sistereurope on Jul 5, 2007 11:22:37 GMT -5
Oh I know... I meant that we'll have it AFTER the nice crisp sauvignon blac that we'll drink WITH the lobster! ;D
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Post by GitteK on Jul 5, 2007 11:36:27 GMT -5
Next to champagne it would be the juiciest redwine: Pomerol. Pomerol has a lot of Merlot on it, as far as I know, that's what gives the mellow juiciness. (as if I knew the next thing about wine .......) I just love good Pomerols. I never got accustomed to those sweet dessert whitewines, like the Baume de Venise. No thank you. Give me an old strong Madeira !! uhhmmm.......
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Post by sistereurope on Jul 5, 2007 11:45:25 GMT -5
Gitte - I'm with you...I love a nice full juicy red wine and a rich after-dinner port most of the time. But when it's 90 some degrees with sweaty-high humidity (which it is here most of the summer), I switch to white unless we're having something that calls out for a red. Even then we might have a nice chilled rose...
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Post by GitteK on Jul 5, 2007 12:20:22 GMT -5
sister - I had a LOT of rosé in Paris. Rosé is the main summerdrink, as you can also see e.g. in the Nicolas wineshops where they make huge displays of all the different kind of rosés. So, yes, naturally - a chilled rosé is nice too.
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Post by sistereurope on Jul 5, 2007 13:01:58 GMT -5
Gitte, many people over here confuse rosé (I remembered the accent that time!) with white zinfindel, which most wine-drinkers consider to be a very bad wine. It's sometimes hard to find a really nice rosé - most of the time in a restaurant, for example, you get the choice of red, white or white zin...which is why I developed a taste for whites ;D In fact, I never really had a nice rosé until my husband had me try a French rosé - believe me, it is world's away from a white zin!!
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Post by Becky (Berkeleytravelers) on Jul 5, 2007 13:09:41 GMT -5
Keep in mind, no matter what you're eating champagne goes with absolutely everything (and a rosé champagne is the best type, IMO)!
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Post by iank9 on Jul 6, 2007 3:49:08 GMT -5
Whilst researching our next visit I came across this site www.wineterroirs.com/Basically a wine blog with many reviews of wines and vineyards from all over France, as well as reviews on several Parisienne winebars, including one of our favourites "La Palette". What makes the site a goood read is that it is put together by a professional photographer Bertrand Celce, and the photographs that accompany the reviews are very good. On the review of La Palette there is a photograph of our favourite Parisienne waiter! Can any of the local contributors identify him as "that" waiter that many either love or hate!! Two trips ago, as we were leaving the rear salon, after spending an enthralled afternoon watching ths man ply his trade, he took Karen's hand and planted the lightest of kisses and wished us "bonne journee". A wonderful moment!
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Post by jpcat on Jul 6, 2007 8:36:42 GMT -5
All this talk about wine is making me thirsty - and so early in the day! Like Truffant, I am fond of Cotes du Rhone. (When I'm in South Africa, I drink a version called Goats Do Roam - a whimsical attempt to bypass the laws regarding wine appellation.)
Here at home, we like Zinfandels (red only please) and Pinot Noirs. Also dessert wines. Can't wait to try the Muscat de Beaumes de Venice. Speaking of chilled sweet wines, has anyone tried ice wines? We discovered them on a visit to British Columbia.
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Post by geordy on Jul 6, 2007 8:59:03 GMT -5
Amen Sister I love the French rose! My sister, recently converted from white zin, was shocked, shocked, when her daughter and I ordered a bottle of a French Rose. She said she thought we Manhattan snobs would not be ordering a sweet wine. We explained the difference!
It was last summer we were at an outdoor restaurant at the World Financial Center with a breathtaking view of the harbor. Having as an appetizer a pizza with a pesto sauce. I said I'll just pretend I'm in the south of France, my neice said, Well you are in the South of Manhattan!!(which is where she lives)
And JP, we have the Goats do Roam here! I like it a lot and it is reasonable!!
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Post by les on Jul 6, 2007 9:23:40 GMT -5
I adore Pouilly Fuisse. Adore it.
I went to the wine tasting at o-chateau last week and learned about some really good wines. I bought the one I liked the most, it's a 2001 Chateau la Tour de Mons "Margaux". It is a Bordeaux. It is EXCELLENT. But he only presents wines that are from tiny vineyards so I don't know how easy or difficult it would be to find this one.
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