On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:21:20 -0700 (PDT)
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>On Sep 21, 7:14*am, Douglas Berry >
>wrote:
>> Australia.
>
>Oh, no wonder you have opinions about wine. I lived in California for
>about a decade. But not the famous coastal wine areas -- I lived in
>the center where we do better reds. Even so, I am absolutely no
>expert. I'm a "I like what I like" guy.

I live in the SFBA, and have found wines from all over the state.

>I have a very modest wine cellar and on Sunday just finished the last
>of my 1997 Barossa bottles. (sorry I forget the winery). It was a
>little past it's prime but still yummy!
>
>> http://www.thelittlepenguin.com/lpa/index/:
>
>Thanks for the link. I'll check it out.
>
>There are so many wines available, now, that I rarely have luck
>finding a specific one. My buying technique is simple -- I find a
>wine store that has a person there and I ask him/her what will age
>well but is still cheap. That's how I got the Barossa bottles.

That works as well as anything else. My wife chooses labels she likes
for artistic reasons.

>> >When I do drink a white, it's usually a gevurztraminer. *Got any
>> >recommendations for those?
>> Haven't had enough of those to really say.
>
>We tend to eat the more spicy Mexican and Cajun seafood dishes, so a
>spicy gervurtz holds up well.

I will definitely look into that then. Capsaicin is life!
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