# Favorite Wines **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** wine\ **Created:** [November 20, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-wines/926009 "2020-11-20T03:13:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-wines/926009/61 "2020-12-04T15:49:47Z")
80% and I have a Bota box in the fridge. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-wines/926009/62 "2020-12-04T18:11:41Z")
I’m in the middle of taking it, and I’m already bitching about the questions and definitions. Good sign, sigh. I liked Tom, too, when he’d post on Robin Garr’s board, way back when. And 20/20. So I should stop whining. (And start wining.) ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-wines/926009/63 "2020-12-13T02:12:54Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > If you like Cinsault, you might like [Pinotage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinotage), a cross between Cinsault and Pinot Noir. What about the Cinsaults you’ve had, pleased you? I picked up a bottle of Spier 2019 Pinotage for $12 I think. On a scale of 1-10 I’d say it’s a 4 or 5. It’s smooth but I’m not getting a lot of fruit or other flavors from it. Could be a more expensive bottle or older vintage would be better. BTW this is the first wine I’ve had from South Africa. It got a 3.4 on Vivino. Speaking of which, what do you think of the Vivino App, @Gray_Ghost ? For dopers who haven’t discovered it: you take a picture of the label and it accesses a database, tells you how others have rated the wine, gives you an average price paid for a bottle, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-wines/926009/64 "2020-12-13T02:21:53Z")
Bummer about that Pinotage. [Craven’s Cinsault](https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/craven+cinsault+stellenbosch+coastal+western+cape+south+africa/2017/usa) is on sale, floorstacked locally, and seems to get decent reviews. I’ve not used Vivino, but I rely a bit on [cellartracker.com](http://cellartracker.com) and [winesearcher.com](http://winesearcher.com) for research in the store. The reviews on CT aren’t by pros, but I can get a gist of the set of primary flavors, and whether She is likely to like it. Still more Edits: some pros I do recommend reading are Allen Meadows (BurgHound) and Fisch and Raver’s _Mosel Fine Wines_. EDIT: Usually I’m a lot faster just typing in the info on the label, and slow trying to get my camera into action. I totally see the utility of Vivino’s interface though. Especially for labels which can be inscrutable, like old school Gothic script German wine labels ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-wines/926009/65 "2020-12-13T12:36:36Z")
I thought I’d mix my own red. Take some of the sweet Barefoot, mix with the Cinsault…not bad! I’ll try other pinotages when I get the chance. The local place didn’t have many so I started small. It could be the more expensive ones are great but the cost makes them “special occasion” wines. Thanks for the resources! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-wines/926009/66 "2021-01-17T19:42:43Z")
Bumped. This new book may be of interest to Doper wine-lovers: > **[Wine and the White House: A History](https://shop.whitehousehistory.org/collections/bookstore-books-and-journals/products/whitehousewine)** > > “A comprehensive story of the American presidents through the grapes and glasses they drank from.” —NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, New & Noteworthy   “…fascinating…an in-depth look from an inside source at the sometimes-colorful story of... ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-wines/926009/67 "2021-06-29T04:35:22Z")
We found a favorite of Mrs. L the other day, available in the double bottle size. I looked at her and sang, “That’s when I fell for…the liter and a half.” Maybe you had to be there. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-wines/926009/68 "2021-06-29T20:05:57Z")
I drink Cabernet out of a box! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-wines/926009.md?page=3)