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To: LibWhacker

Normally, I wouldn’t tough a white. Too sweet and too fruity, all the things the author of the piece exploits.

My usual wine is a very dry Red, a Shiraz or Merlot. A good Merlot is hard to describe, the tannin adds to whatever food you are ingesting at the moment!

But about a year back I had something called “Dry Riesling”, it was just a bottle I bought, never kept up with the label, and never found it again. It truly was excellent!


27 posted on 05/22/2016 2:24:02 AM PDT by djf ("She wore a raspberry beret, the kind you find in a second hand store..." - Prince)
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To: djf

First introduced to Merlot at a Steak&Ale by a waiter who we asked to give a recommendation. Ended up buying two bottles to take home.

Yellow Tail (Australian wine) has great Merlot, Shiraz, etc., and is very reasonably priced!


37 posted on 05/22/2016 3:30:36 AM PDT by octex
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To: djf

Dry red wine drinker here too. I sometimes buy a wine because of the label. I’m a sucker for anything having to do with firefighters, skulls, or the ocean. Have found some really decent wines but never kept up with the labels. Lol


79 posted on 05/22/2016 6:53:02 AM PDT by sheana
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To: djf

Sorry, can’t get the URL to come up... Go to Google images https://images.google.com/?client=safari&channel=mac_bm and type in ‘dry riesling’ Maybe you’ll be able to identify the label and be able to buy some more. I know what it’s like to have tasted and loved a wine, then not be able to remember its name! A few years ago my wife went to a convention in SF where she was put up in a fancy hotel and wined and dined for a week. When she came home, she raved about the champagnes they served but couldn’t remember the names at all.


146 posted on 05/22/2016 2:09:01 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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