Wine

Cyclefrance · 09-11-2005, 01:35 PM

One wine I buy in quantity when in France (Calais Hypermarkets) is J P Chenet.

It retails at about £1.50 (about $2.75) per bottle there and about £4 ($7.25) in the UK. Despite the very low price, the flavour is very good and quality consistent. It is instantly recognisable by its 'bent neck' bottle - says a lot for the marketing dept as well.

Judging from the link above it is available in the US. I'd be interested to hear the cost of it over there and, if anyone has tried it, what they think of it.

chronos · 09-12-2005, 09:28 AM

I'm not a wine guy, I'm a beer snob, but my wife wanted to go Nappa Valley for vacation (so of course we went). I ended up having a great time and actually enjoyed much of the wine. It was amazing to me that you could have the same type of wine from two places next to each other and they tasted totally different.

The wineries we enjoyed the most are:

Sterling: Really liked their merlots. The Three Palms Merlot is the best one but is $60/bottle.

Niebaum-Coppola: Their chardonneys were great.

Praeger: This is actually a Port place. They had great ports and the owners were super cool and friendly. The shirts they sell are all tie dies.

I recommend a trip to Nappa Valley or Sonoma to anyone even if they're not huge wine fans. It's really cool to wander through the places and just try out a ton of different wines.

JErry

bluecuracao · 09-12-2005, 11:16 PM

Love Sterling cabernet! Gotta have it with a seared steak.

Coolest label I've seen lately--Papio wines. Has a funky illustration of monkeys playing latin jazz. I bought a bottle, but I can't tell you how it was because my fiance guzzled it, dammit.

09-11-2005, 01:35 PM	#1
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	One wine I buy in quantity when in France (Calais Hypermarkets) is J P Chenet. It retails at about £1.50 (about $2.75) per bottle there and about £4 ($7.25) in the UK. Despite the very low price, the flavour is very good and quality consistent. It is instantly recognisable by its 'bent neck' bottle - says a lot for the marketing dept as well. Judging from the link above it is available in the US. I'd be interested to hear the cost of it over there and, if anyone has tried it, what they think of it. __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

09-12-2005, 09:28 AM	#2
chronos Dry Nurse Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 23	I'm not a wine guy, I'm a beer snob, but my wife wanted to go Nappa Valley for vacation (so of course we went). I ended up having a great time and actually enjoyed much of the wine. It was amazing to me that you could have the same type of wine from two places next to each other and they tasted totally different. The wineries we enjoyed the most are: Sterling: Really liked their merlots. The Three Palms Merlot is the best one but is $60/bottle. Niebaum-Coppola: Their chardonneys were great. Praeger: This is actually a Port place. They had great ports and the owners were super cool and friendly. The shirts they sell are all tie dies. I recommend a trip to Nappa Valley or Sonoma to anyone even if they're not huge wine fans. It's really cool to wander through the places and just try out a ton of different wines. JErry

09-12-2005, 11:16 PM	#3
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	Love Sterling cabernet! Gotta have it with a seared steak. Coolest label I've seen lately--Papio wines. Has a funky illustration of monkeys playing latin jazz. I bought a bottle, but I can't tell you how it was because my fiance guzzled it, dammit.

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