Bored and disappointed in wine

[TheEngineer]

Drew,

I completely agree with DA, especially with his last two comments.

Maybe take a sabatical for a while, beer is great too and scotch.....and then start with a trip in about 4 months. Go somewhere that you've kinda had their wines but not really and they were interesting to you but you did not have time to get into. Finger Lakes is not too far from you (LOONNNGGGG weekend), Maybe a nice trip over to the continent and hit the Loire region for a week. That might restart the juices. I really do enjoy seeing the places and meeting the people there and seeing why things are different.

While the Dollar does not go as far as it use to and many of the wines that we liked have taken a hike north in pricing, I do believe that many of my better drinks of late have been unfortunately north of $30.....but not that far north of it. There are a few drinks that are around the $30 mark that might be of interest.

2005 Alain Grillot Croze Heritage was around $35 and his 2004's which I love are definitely under $30.

2004 Tinto Pesquera I think was around $30.

Try some whites,... even sweet and refreshing ones from Germany [img]http://wines.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img] [img]http://wines.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img] [img]http://wines.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img] But there is a Muller Thurgau from Italy that is just awesome....I think the name was Fieldmarshall. Or something from Domaine Weinbach.

There was one other thing that I did, not thinking about this as an antidote but it was the curiosity of varietals. I tried the Century club (and am still on it), which forced me to look for different varietals every time I was in a store and make me look forward to the next strange, potentially aweful, potentially interesting, but always, educational next bottle. Try these [img]http://wines.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

Aglianico, Albariño, Aligoté, Arneis, Assyrtiko, Auxerrois, Barbera, Baco Noir, Baga, Bourboulenc, Brachetto, Bual,Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan, Carmenère, Castelão, Chenin Blanc, Cinsaut, Clairette, Cortese, Corvina, Counoise, Dolcetto, Falanghina, Fiano, Freisa, Furmint, Gaglioppo, Gamay, Garganega, Gewürztraminer, Graciano, Greco, Grenache/Garnacha, Grenache Blanc, Grignolino, Gros Manseng, Grüner Veltliner, Lagrein, Lambrusco, Malbec, Malvasia, Maréchal Foch, Marsanne, Melon de Bourgogne, Molinara, Merlot, Montepulciano, Mourvèdre, Müller Thurgau, Muscadelle, Muscat Blanc, Muscat of Alexandria, Nebbiolo, Nero D'Avola, Parellada, Pedro Ximénez, Petit Manseng, Petit Verdot, Petite Sirah, Picpoul Noir, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Pinotage, Prosecco, Refosco, Riesling, Rondinella, Roussanne, Sangiovese, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Scheurebe, Syrah/Shiraz, Sercial, Seyval Blanc, Silvaner, Tannat, Tempranillo, Tinto Cão, Tocai Fruilano, Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Trebbiano, Teroldego, Vernaccia, Verdejo, Verdelho, Verdicchio, Vidal, Viognier, Zinfandel/Primitivo, Zweigelt, black muscat, Graziano, Kontorni, Longanesi, Marselan, Mencia, nielluccio, Orange muscat, ortega, Pinot Meunier, Ribolla, Salte, Tinta De Toro, Voskihat, Zibibbo, Aidani, Öküzgözü, Rkatsiteli


[This message has been edited by TheEngineer (edited 04-06-2008).]