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- miamimyers - 01-26-2005
Okay guys. I am a 25 year old wine novice. My first taste of wine was a few years ago. It was a dessert wine from a winery in an Amish colony in Iowa. It was very sweet and I really liked it. I am now a little older and looking for something new. Most of my friends, one is currently in Germany, drink a very dry red. I usually go for the white wines because they don't seem as dry. I'm a stay at home mom, so living on a single income, my wine has to be cheap and able to pick up at the local grocery store! (I can get in picking up milk and cereal!! HAHA!) I like something not to dry that still maybe a little sweet. Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance...looking forward to having a glass.
- Innkeeper - 01-26-2005
Hi MM, and welcome to the Wine Board. If you are looking for a red try a Beaujolais. These come in a few varieties. There is Beaujolais Nouveau. This is from the current year and comes out in November and fades by the following April or May. You may still see some around now, but don't recommend it. Then there is plain ole Beaujolais. It doesn't say anything more on the label. One step up is Beaujolais Villages. This is what I recommend you look for. It runs $10 more or less. There are also Crus Beaujolais that are more sophisticated and come from smaller named regions than the wider Villages. The have names like Fleurie and Moulin-A-Vent. You may like them too and they cost a little more.
If all Beaujolais is to dry for you. You may want to look for a Lambrusco. The most common is made by Reunite.
Whites that are off dry includes most Rieslings and Chenin Blancs that don't say "Dry" on the label. Most other white wine is dry. Dry does not mean cottonlike. It means that all the sugar in the juice has been fermented into alcohol. Dry wine can still be fruity and thus, does not taste like what most folks would call "dry."
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- miamimyers - 01-26-2005
Thanks a bunch. Any info I get is greatly appreciated. I've been trying a few Rieslings which I REALLY REALLY like. I tried one by Kendall Jackson and it was really nice. Keep the info coming. I remember..I did say NOVICE and....cheap. Thanks.