Best Wines?

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Nostrodamus

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Ok, so it is not strictly boating but what is the best bottle of wine you can buy?

We keep trying as many as we can of the cheap plonks and ocasionally we come across a real cracker but by the next morning we forget what it was.

What bottle should we alaways have aboard?
 
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Nostrodamus said:
Isn't half empty better?
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Are you a pesimist then Mark, an optimist would say half full!

If it tastes good it is good, regardless of whether it's cheap plonk or a vintage. More to the point though, you need a wine that travels well. That's if you can keep it in the bottle long enough!!!

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Nostrodamus said:
Ok, so it is not strictly boating but what is the best bottle of wine you can buy?
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According to price, Chateau d'Yquem 2009, just over £600 a bottle. Pity if you don't like sweet wines though.

On a boat, not a bottle, but a box of wine, 3 or 5 litres. Keeps for a week or three. Can be sipped in a quantity suitable for the occasion. Doesn't break when dropped.

Which wine? Depends on the country you're in. Can recommend some splendid box whites and reds when in the Peloponese, from red Agioritiko grape or white Moschofilero grape. Don't buy cheapest though, pay some 30% more per litre.
 
jimbaerselman said:
According to price, Chateau d'Yquem 2009, just over £600 a bottle. Pity if you don't like sweet wines though.

On a boat, not a bottle, but a box of wine, 3 or 5 litres. Keeps for a week or three. Can be sipped in a quantity suitable for the occasion. Doesn't break when dropped.

Which wine? Depends on the country you're in. Can recommend some splendid box whites and reds when in the Peloponese, from red Agioritiko grape or white Moschofilero grape. Don't buy cheapest though, pay some 30% more per litre.
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Pay 30% extra Bloody hell thats 4 euro for 1.5 liters:)
 
jimbaerselman said:
Come on, he was asking for the best bottle, and this was a good reduction on Chateau d'Yquem!
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sorry, i did not write it correctly. I am no wine expert but some taste wonderful and some taste like vinegar. I just wondered what was a good wine for any price but something which cost one euro would always taste better than a bottle for 600 euros.
At the moment we tend to like a Muscadet but like most things we like try the others as well.
 
jimbaerselman said:
Come on, he was asking for the best bottle, and this was a good reduction on Chateau d'Yquem!
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I must admit I have been lucky enough to taste some expensive wines but at the end of the day there is a price/taste crossover. Where I am 3 euros will buy what to me is more than good enough for special occasions. 1 euro a litre does fine for every day.
 
The best bottle of wine is the one given to you.

Half way up the Rhone we were in a bar, along the bar was a wine salesman from his vineyard in the Dordogne. We got into conversation, him trying to improve his English, us interested in his vineyard.
He disappeared and returned with a bottle of his wine. "Uncork it and let it stand for 4 hours before drinking".
We arrived back at the boat started to cook our meal when my pal said - "f---- 4 hours, 4 minutes will have to do".

It was still a wonderful wine.
 
BoyBlue49 said:
The best bottle of wine is the one given to you.

Half way up the Rhone we were in a bar, along the bar was a wine salesman from his vineyard in the Dordogne. We got into conversation, him trying to improve his English, us interested in his vineyard.
He disappeared and returned with a bottle of his wine. "Uncork it and let it stand for 4 hours before drinking".
We arrived back at the boat started to cook our meal when my pal said - "f---- 4 hours, 4 minutes will have to do".

It was still a wonderful wine.
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I have it on good authority - a wine buff friend who does wine tasting evenings etc. that removing a cork for the wine to breathe has virtually no effect whatsoever, which makes sense to me because the surface area of wine exposed to the air is minimal. Far better is to decant the wine into something like well, a wine decanter. Do it roughly to introduce air bubbles and then leave for an hour before serving. If you can't wait for the full hour, 30 seconds will suffice in my experience.
 
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There the OP was, looking for practical tips - what does he get? Philosophy ;)
Plus ca change

NB posted following the demise of a FREE bottle from Marina Darsena in A Coruna for having the decency to stay with them a few days
 
Lot of thirsty people about...
Around here, Chenet Merlot is quite nice €9 for 3 lt. Not your €1/ lt, but you get a better class of headache... Nice Cabernet Sauvignon too.
On a fridge near me.. Life is too short to drink cheap wine.
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I had a truly appauling night in Caceres saved by a couple of bottles of Marques de Caceres. Made the stringy chicken tast quite good, not bad for 3 and 1/2 stars.............
The bad bit was about the first place. " Don't stay here, there is a pop concert going on in the stadium next door". asked about it in the place we did stay at next morning. Huh? what concert?
Travelling expands the mind.....
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