Need List of Good Wines

[breezo]

I guess "For the Novice" forum really means "For the Moderately Experienced with at least 5 years of Tasting". It seems that wine variations are a never ending story only bound by creativity and climate. Thanks again for the education. I will relay the teachings to my friends.

I have purchased some of the bottles that were mentioned and as I expected they all were good to the untamed tongue (with small variations). Thanks again to those who relayed their personal favorites.

And finally, the party was a success. The guest truly appreciated all the different bottles. It turned into a wine tasting and in fact next week we are getting together again and doing the same thing but this time with a twist. Since we were all beginners, it made it easy and FUN to select the 2 best we liked out of the 10. So next week, we will select 10 different bottles (along with the two that won last week) and put them to the test to crown the 5 best. We said every two weeks we do the same until we have the 10 best that we like.

I read to them some of the replies I received from the forum and a few of the funniest comments were:

"Damn, they really ganged up on you Revenge of the Nerds style."

"You almost didn't make it out alive. Are you alright, need a doctor? Maybe Dr. Kendall Jackson can help you out."

"I didn't know wine judging was a full contact sport."

"Next time just ask Ned The Wino."