Name a wine everybody seemed to love but you...

[Squatch]

For me, the biggest letdown was Caymus Conundrum (now just Conundrum following the death of Charlie Wagner).

Went to a dinner where everybody was absolutely raving about this wine. I was unable to drink it at that time (had the flu really bad), so I bought 2 bottles the next day.

What a letdown. I think I had such high expectations of the wine, that when I finally did taste it, it didn't measure up, further enhancing my dissapoinment.

What was your biggest letdown wine?

[tk2kewl]

1. I wanna got to Flawrida!

[Squatch]

2. What's stopping you?

:shrug:

[tk2kewl]

6. that is a favorite whine of people from my neck of the woods

Lawn Giland

[sniffa]

10. bwahahaha

that was gonna be my post

i didn't know that joke was so popuLar. :)

[StopTheMorans]

3. Franzia, Westfield Blush

it comes in a 5-liter box :evilgrin:

[On the Road]

4. Merlot of Any Sort

It tastes like heavy Chianti with a couple of shots of dishwater.

Like the guy in Sideways: "I am NOT DRINKING MERLOT!!!!!"

[tridim]

5. All of them

I just don't "get" wine.. It tastes just like what it is, old, spoiled grape juice. I do cook with it, but mainly because the taste gets cooked out.

[AlCzervik]

7. Not a big fan of wine either unless it's vodka

[GRLMGC]

13. Agreed n/t

[Rumba]

14. What kind of wine have you tried?

[tridim]

15. I don't know specific names

But I've tried pretty much every type.. They all make me gag. One glass of red wine gives me a 4 hour hangover the next morning. Maybe I'm allergic to it?

I've had some sweet wines that taste okay, but I'd still rather drink unfermented grape juice.

[Rumba]

19. It's not the type

It's the specific wine. Which winery or winemaker, what variety, how old is it (too young, too harsh; too old, flat or spoiled.)

Every type of wine I've ever had, I've had crap and I've had great stuff. The difference is vast.

Here in Northern Cal you can get great wines for around $12 a bottle. You can also find wines that I just don't like for much more than that. We're spoiled, though; we have lots to choose from, and many of the wineries will let you try 5-6 wines for a nominal fee (some even for free, though fewer these days now that Napa winetasting has turned into a rolling party for tourists).

[eyesroll]

8. Two-buck Chuck.

The Cab was utterly undrinkable, even at $2.99 a bottle (I'm in the midwest).

The Sauvignon Blanc was OK when it was nearly freezing and I could just gulp it down and dull the effects of spending the weekend with my grandparents.

[scarlett1]

9. White Zin

Zinfandel should be red and dry.
White Zin is soda pop not wine. :puke:

[ProfessorGAC]

12. I'm With You

I think that stuff is awful.
The Professor

[sniffa]

11. cisco or maddog

bLech!

[Rumba]

16. That's not wine. That's swill.

[StopTheMorans]

17. blech?

mad dog is made exclusively in my hometown; i challenge you to a duel! :evilgrin:

[sniffa]

18. don't zeLL at me!

zeLL on earth.

your hometown, eh?

[StopTheMorans]

20. I like that you used zeLL as a verb

and yes, my hometown; it says right there on the back of every label:)

[Shakespeare]

21. Some of those Napa cult cabs & bordeaux blends are VERY overrated.

Some aren't--some are great. But some bring to mind the fable about the emperor's new clothes.

There are also some absolute gems that put anything from Rutherford to shame. The Alexander Valley is producing some knockout cabs, and the zins coming out of the hot/dry areas of Sonoma and Mendocino County are fantastically big and bold.

My current favorites are a couple from Geyser Peak's block collection--their Sandy Lane Vineyard Zin, and the Kumuleis Vineyard Cab are both outstanding, and both in the $30-40 range.

Fetzer--yes, big, mass-produced Fetzer--makes some unbelievably great limited production wines (most that you can only get locally or directly at the winery). They do their own Rutherford cab (retail is around $45) that'll stand up to any of the cult cabs from Napa, and they've got a dry-farmed zin from Mendocino County under their Mariah label that's quite good, too.

[212demop]

22. Red.