Anyone who knows me will tell you I am partial to a glass or more of red wine. In every country I have ever visited, I have sampled the local red wine, and with so many affordable wines now available in major supermarkets, I am often spoilt for choice. So here is some Sunday homework for you, on one of my favourite subjects. Wine!
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beetleypete 
my wine for the celebratory moments is a botrytis – there’s one from Victoria, and one from South Australia that suit my taste. Honey to the heart!
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Ah, ‘The Noble Rot’. Thanks for adding your favourites.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Very interesting, Pete! I enjoy Australian wines, especially white ones.
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I’m quite fond of Australian reds, but I like most red wines I have tried.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Goodness! This is quite helpful but rather overwhelming, with so many choices. I was never any good at choosing wines but I once got a bottle of New Zealand Cloudy Bay which turned out to be lovely. I used to enjoy wine a lot. If I ever have it now I usually top it with seltzer (soda water) to make a spritzer.
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I have had to cut back my consumption. When I first retired, every day was ‘Wine Day’. Now it is only at weekends.
Best wishes, Pete.
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As a fellow ‘wino’, I enjoyed this post! 🙂 My preferences are for European wines, dry, not fruity, and mostly white, especially the dry Pinot Grigios from Alto Adige, like Wilhelm Walch or Santa Margherita.
When it comes to red, I have to stick to low (Spanish Tempranillo) or no (French Beaujolais) tannins; every other red wine upsets my stomach.
Dry varieties of French champagne, Spanish cava or Italian prosecco are all great for celebrations, or just any time the mood strikes.
Cheers! 🥂 🍾 🍷
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Ah, a fellow wine-lover. Good to hear that, Debbie.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Today’s lesson deserves a toast to the professor..
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Cheers! 🍷
Best wishes, Pete.
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I often choose by the label when buying a bottle, but do favor a dry white sparkling wine from Portugal in the summer and dry reds in the cold months
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One of the Portuguese red wines is among my favourites, Dao.
Best wishes, Pete.
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A great resource for those that are novices….I am partial to wines of Spain, France and Argentina….it depends on what I have with it I do enjoy a little Cava and OJ from time to time…..chuq
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I like most reds, but at the moment I am mostly drinking Pinotage and Shiraz from South Africa. I have cut back though, and now only have wine at weekends.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Have become fond of Malbec from Argentina…..I have a bit all week but not as much as I use ti have. chuq
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I am a fan of Asti, which is sweet and sparkling and dirt cheap!
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Ah, good old Asti. My mum liked that, and so many people drank it in the days before Prosecco became more popular.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I am not at all liking prosecco, my mum liked Asti too.
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So many to choose from! I probably don’t have a sophisticated palate, so I think it’s great how the supermarkets in the UK sell what tastes to me like perfectly decent wines at a very affordable price. It’s more of a lunchtime or social occasion drink for me, because I know how easy it is to get into the habit of drinking it too frequently; I have good self-control though 😉 Cheers, Jon.
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I’m not a wine snob, and happy to pay £5-£6 for a bottle in supermarkets. I have cut back from the days when I was drinking 6 bottles a week though. Now I have one glass a day over the weekend, and nothing at all Mon-Thurs.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Fun set of maps! Back in the day, I sat the WSET (wine and spirits education trust) exams for fun, came away with an A* and a most useful knowledge of wine varieties and regions
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Impressive!
Best wishes, Pete.
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I could go on a world tour of wines, but sweet white for me. There was a glut of red wine in Marlborough a few years ago & rather than sell it off cheap & set a new price trend – they dug a huge hole in the ground & poured 40 tons in.
Now Pete, if you have trouble going to the toilet too much at night, there is a red wine for you . . . Pinot More
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Nice pun! Sweet white wine doesn’t feature in my purchases.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Which one would you recommend to a teetotaler like me…
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You can buy alcohol-free wine, but that’s pointless really, as it is about imbibing some alcohol in my case. I would recommend something like a White Grenache, which has an element of sweetness about it. Not something I would drink myself, but good for someone who doesn’t usually drink wine. (Keep it refrigerated for the best taste)
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thanks. I am off to grab a bottle of Grenache!
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If they don’t have White Grenache, Pink Zifandel is a nice alternative. Californian varieties are sweeter. 🍷
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