Need Some Suggestions-New

[jlsmiles22]

Hi everyone I am new here. I prefer wine over most other alcohol, I hate beer. However I am not super fond of the heavily fermented taste. I like sweet wines much more. I just have no idea what some good sweet wines are. I have also read about iced wines but I have never seen them (of course I haven't really looked either lol). I am looking for a wine I can keep in the house that I know I will like. My husband has found his drink with cognac. He loves to mix it with coke. So any suggestions on some sweet wines would be greatly appreciated, I don't even know where to start.

Jessi [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]

[This message has been edited by jlsmiles22 (edited 05-02-2005).]

[Innkeeper]

Hi Jessi, and welcome to the Wine Board. For whites you might try some Rieslings. If they do not say "dry" or "troken" on the label they will be off dry unless they come from Alsace or Australia. For a great selection of these, as well as for some locally produced Ice Wines, you might want to plan a quick trip up to the Finger Lakes where they produce excellent versions of both.

For reds you might want to try an Italian Lambrusco if you want real sweet. For a "dry" red you might like try a Beaujolais Villages. The '03s of these are super.

By heavily fermented I guess you mean fermented dry. Even in sweet wines, they do this and add sugar back either as juice or actual sugar. They can leave residual sugar (RS) during fermentation, but that is more difficult.

[Georgie]

If you can find anything called Concord, it will be sweet. Manischewitz makes a Concord.

[tw]

Hi smiles and welcome to the board. I would also suggest a german riesling as they are usually sweet. In general the less alcohol the sweeter the wine tastes, so that may be a help when looking for some sweet wines. Icewine is good but very expensive, close to $30 for a half bottle. Dont get me wrong its good just not something you'd have for a daily drink. Some california Pinot Gridio's are quite fruity also. Good luck on the search and hope this has helped.
TW

[Innkeeper]

Georgie just reminded me that you have Nissley Vinyards, that she recently visited, right up above you in Lancaster County, PA. They have wines accross the sweetness spectrum including a Concord that is not quite as cloying as the Manischewitz.

[jlsmiles22]

Thanks everyone, I just had no idea where to start. I think dry is what I was trying to describe. I will have to look into the place in Lancaster that isn't too far from me. I hinted to my husband that he should take me for my mother's day present. [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/wink.gif[/img] It would be nice to do a tasting so I can learn the differences. Hopefully I will start learning more about wine by sticking around here. [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]

Jessi

[Innkeeper]

That would be a great idea, partiularly if it's a nice day. It is a beautiful spot. Both my wife and Georgie picked up their Rhapsody in Blue when there on separate occasions. It is an off dry (well off dry) white that comes in a blue bottle. So, tell hubby we said he should take you.

[jlsmiles22]

Ok this evening I got a bottle a Reisling and wow what a great recommendation, I love it. It has perfect balance. Dh and I talked about going to Nissley Vineyards and I decided it would be more fun with my mom, she loves wine too. Although she is oppisite of me, she likes dry wines. They have free tours (self-guided) so when we get a free weekend we plan on heading up there. I checked out there site, and there are quite a few I can't wait to try. I also picked up some mini bottles of Cabernet Sauvignon by Sutter Home, and I liked them as well. Not as much as the Reisling. Anyway I just wanted to share, thanks again. [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]

Jessi

[wondersofwine]

If you still have the bottle or label around, tell us what Riesling you liked, Jessi.

[jlsmiles22]

Relax Reisling
Schmitt Sohne
Mosel-Saar-Ruwar
2003 Reisling
Bottled by Schmitt Sohne Longuich Germany

Jessi

[Innkeeper]

That is a widely distrubuted, inexpensive, but very nice one. We had a bottle at a restaurant down in Florida during our March trip down there.