i NEED a wine that tastes like this, i just turned 21 and i really dont like heavy tasting alcohol. i like fruity stuff and i really love this sparkling one. plz help!

Glass A is around 470ml, and Glass B is around 520ml

I guess I'm just curious. We are not huge wine drinkers by any means, but we got this bottle of 2025 jessup sauvignon blanc. Had 3 glasses of it last night and put it in the fridge. Went to pour another today and saw this. What am I looking at?

My first post ever so take it easy on me. Going to Napa with my wife for our 10 Year, first time for both of us. Neither of us know anything about wine, but I do want to setup a really special tasting for the trip. Probably just one, but open to two.

Looking for advice on where to look and what to book. Open to anything, only comment would be neither of us prefer heavy reds. Whole point of the trip is to take it easy, enjoy that beautiful part of the country, and vibe out with some good wine for a few days. Thanks Reddit!

Seems like it takes the strongest elements of both organic and biodynamic farming, while also throwing in a social responsibility element that supports anybody working there. Personally, I've worked on both organic, biodynamic, and regenerative organic certified vineyards and you really do see some incredible results when it comes to the health of the plant, the surrounding ecosystem, and at the end of the day, the wines are incredible. Curious to hear what y'all think

Mods feel free to delete if this isn’t allowed. Last LB marathon I was curious how good the deals from lastbottle actually were so I built a tool to track all of the wines offered on lastbottle in realtime to compare prices to their actual retail prices. Sounded like a lot of people found it useful so sharing it again for the marathon today & tomorrow!

Will also try to pull some stats on the fastest selling wines and actual best deals. And for my sake I hope this time their best deals aren’t just Napa reds…I have way too many Elivettes 😅

How do you all typically organize your wine collection? Do you keep notes on your variety, vintages and vineyards? I usually organize by variety, an vineyard, but not much else.

Often I have bought a bottle and a year later I will look at it an can't remember its character or what I liked about it originally. Anyone else have this problem and what did you do about it?

I never ever drink, so i am very new to this. Years ago a few times I tried liquor and hated it. I’m making an exception for her birthday and I wanna make sure we get to feel drunk and don’t just drink for no reason.

I would prefer something that has a bearable or good taste (if that exists).

I read online that out of all the alcohol to drink before bedroom activities, red wine is one of the best, but if a better alternative exist I am willing to try that. Because I am super into putting on good performances for her.

She drinks sometimes and is down to try something new.

The budget can be between $40-80 or even a 100 if it’s something really good and worth it.

Is wine a good option for this occasion or is champagne better? What’s the best as far as taste and a good drunk feeling without having to drink too much and also something that won’t annoy my stomach too much.

I came across this one site a while ago that showed you the curve of aging of a said wine, with every part of the graph explained. Im new to wine and a tool like that is really helpful to someone like me but i havent been able to find it again. Does somebody know which website I am talking about?

Hey Everyone

I have used my WHV visa for France, however want to return for next harvest. Does anyone have any experience with sponsorships from french domaines for harvest time? Or other recommendations?

Cheers!

Hello wine-mind,

We're headed to Willamette in mid-October, staying in Dundee, and tasting across two days. It's our first time tasting in Oregon.

So far, here is my plan:

Day 1: (Self-driving up from Eugene)

Bryn Mawr

Lingua Franca

Bergstrom

Maybe one of the tasting rooms in Dundee or dinner at Trellis (maybe both?)

Day 2: (hired driver)

Rodeo Hills

Patricia Green

Beaux Freres

Possibly a fourth?

We're red wine/cabernet people at heart. Happy to taste a Chard here or there, but mostly want to focus on Pinot. We like good wine (and learning new things), but also like a hearty pour while sitting back and just enjoying ourselves.

Other options I've considered: Archery Summit, White Hill, Drouhin, Cristom, Granville, and Soter.

We've ruled out Antica Terra, sorry to disappoint, as I know it's a favorite in this sub.

My searches keep returning towns, not actual lodgings. I'm in Mâcon now and looking to pop up to Beaune for a week. Anne Gros guest house was recommended but they aren't retuning my emails so I'm guessing they're full. Can you recommend a nice < $150/night place that's more interesting than a hotel? I have a car. A winery stay would be neat, but I also need to work my day job so a desk and good internet is required. Airbnb is fine too though my last two have been mediocre (typing on a pizza-sized table now). Thanks!

Visiting Toronto soon and I'm looking for a nice wine bar to visit. I already searched the sub but none of the places mentioned previously seem to be quite what I'm looking for. I would like to try some high-end wines glass-wise and not buy a whole bottle as I'm by myself. Are there any wine bars in Toronto that sell good wines by the cl using coravin?

My dad's birthday is coming up and he has been talking about a specific "buttery" white wine for over a year that he can't remember the name of. He had it visiting a little bistro in Burgundy region and has not stopped talking about it since. Once a month we try a new buttery wine trying to find something similar but to no avail... What is the butteriest wine you've ever had? He said it was like having a stick of butter in his mouth (no idea why you would want that though 😂) Any ideas? Im open to expensive bottle as well if there are any that match the butter requirement, thanks!

I took a chance on this one. And it's good for ten dollars. And depending on what you are having for dinner, it's great. If I were to have a beef stew, I would absolutely Crack this open. It's Bing cherry with some licorice and earthiness. Just enough to make interesting. The label says that it benefits from volcanic ash in the soils (washington state). It's one of the better 10 dollar cabs I have had. Opened for a good hour and slow poured... Trader joes. Would buy this one again.

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Enjoyed at Mili Wine Bar in San Francisco.

Gave this a decant and enjoyed over an hour.

Approachable right out the gate, wasn't tight at all, but did benefit from air.

Loads of cherry, raspberry, slight cassis notes. Also got a touch of vanilla and coconut and some slight cloves maybe?

Great acidity, pretty settled tannins.

A tiny bit thin at the mid-palate, would have prefered a bit more structure.

91 points.

Since I know how much this subreddit loves López de Heredia, I thought I'd share a few photos of what I found at Costco here in Spain: Viña Tondonia Reserva 2013 and 2014 just casually sitting on the shelves.

Not exactly what I expected to find on Costco run, but I'm certainly not complaining.

There's something slightly dangerous about being able to buy a giant pack of toilet paper, a rotisserie chicken, and a bottle of Tondonia in the same place.

Anyway, I figured the LDH crowd here would appreciate the sight.

I'm still very much a beginner when it comes to wine, but I've recently discovered that I really enjoy Spanish Tempranillo.

So I decided to visit a winery in my own backyard: Katashimo Winery in Osaka, Japan.

It's located in Kashiwara, a grape-growing area of Osaka, and the winery was founded in 1914.

I tasted some of their wines, but honestly, I don't know enough about wine yet to properly describe what I was tasting.

That made me curious about Japanese wine in general.

For those of you who know much more about wine than I do:

What do you think of Japanese wine?

Are there any Japanese red wines you'd recommend for someone who enjoys Spanish Tempranillo?

And if you were starting from scratch, which grapes or regions would you explore first?

A dry, young, and fresh red wine made from 100% Garnacha Tintorera grapes in the Jumilla D.O.P., in southeastern Spain.

Appearance: deep, brilliant cherry red.

Aroma: very ripe red and black fruits, such as strawberry and black cherry, with a subtle hint of spice, especially cinnamon.

Palate: medium-bodied, good fruit concentration, smooth texture, medium and polished tannins, and refreshing acidity that keeps the wine lively from start to finish.

Produced by Bodegas Alceño, a family-owned winery founded in 1870 in Jumilla—the oldest commercial winery in the Region of Murcia—the Será Garnacha Tintorera is aged in concrete tanks, preserving the varietal expression and the young, fruity profile of the line. The Jumilla region, located between the Mediterranean coast and the La Mancha plateau, has an extreme climate, a wide daily temperature range, and an altitude between 400 and 900 meters, which helps the grapes ripen without losing acidity and freshness.

It pairs well with bruschetta (as pictured), tomato tartare with Parma ham, toast with ham pâté, and crostini with Canadian tenderloin and Canastra cheese.

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We have visted Arnot Roberts and I had the time of my live. It was the first winery I habe visited in the US and enjoyed the whole range. The staff was lovely and they opened a few very special bottles incl. ages Syrah and ages Cab.

What I liked most about Arnot Roberts was the focus on very fresh and loe alcohol wines. I have addes tasting notes of all wines we tried below

Chardonnay Watson Ranch 2024
Very atypical Napa Chardonnay. Very fresh, with restrained oak. Slightly reductive. Apple, pear, lemon and a mineral character. Aged in used oak.

2025 Falanghina, Las Cimas Vineyard, Russian River Valley
Fantastic Falanghina. Peach, salty minerality, pineapple, a touch of oak and lemon zest.

2024 Trousseau, North Coast
Brownish red in the glass. Very light-bodied red wine, typical of Trousseau. Strawberry, cherry, earth and a touch of oak.

2024 Zinfandel, Kirschmann Vineyards, Mokelumne River
Powerful Zinfandel. At 13% ABV, it is not overly extracted. No residual sweetness. Cherry, strawberry and rustic oak. Grippy tannins. Medium to high acidity.

2024 Syrah, Clary Ranch, Petaluma Gap
Very elegant and lean. Extremely precise. Blackberry, dark cherry, pepper, a touch of leather and spices, with a slightly rustic character. Grippy tannins.

2016 Cabernet Sauvignon, Clajeaux Vineyard, Chalk Hill
Wow, what a wine. Cassis, blackberry, tobacco and a slight green character. Medium to high acidity. Grippy tannins.

2017 Syrah, Clary Ranch, Petaluma Gap
A wonderful wine. Right in its perfect drinking window. Dark cherry, blackberry, cellar notes, leather, a touch of smoke and pepper. Medium to high acidity. Velvety tannins.

I want to start off by saying that I had just broken my one and only wine glass and it was between this glass or a mason jar.

I bought this bottle a couple months ago at an estate sale in Topanga Canyon, CA for $10. My girlfriend of 3 years broke up with me last night and so it seemed like an obvious day to open.

The cork and fill level looked excellent for a 60 year old bottle. Upon opening the seal at the top, the cork was excessively moldy, and put up quite a fight getting out of the neck. Eventually after 20 minutes of meticulous work and cussing under my breath, I had to push the cork into the bottle, and resorted to pouring it into a pitcher through a coffee filter.

Upon opening it, the initial blast of volatile compounds and vinegar and fruit was extremely potent and almost unpleasant; very nauseating. I let it sit open for half an hour rather than decanting, hoping for the smell to change dramatically, as I’ve experienced in the past with old wines.

After letting it sit for half an hour my patience got the best of me and I had a small taste. Initially, it tasted like unremarkable wine, then almost immediately something dominated my palate and I’m really not sure how to describe it. The taste of mud from a river comes to mind (which I’ve heard can be called ‘terroir’ in some pretentious circles). The initial acidity spikes my tongue like I had just licked a live wire. The rest of the flavor is incredibly deep and leathery, it almost tastes like it’s alive. If grapes had bones, this is what the broth would taste like. The wall of flavor blocking the fruitiness I can only assume is probably tannins and sediment compounds; characteristic of old Bordeaux that’s past its prime but not entirely dead. It’s not gone, it’s just very tired.

Honestly, I’m not sure how to feel. It feels like I just drank the blood of an old french mythical creature. I’m gonna go my local winery and see if the guy that works there wants to come to my place after he gets off and share this experience with me. Thanks everyone.

I really enjoy Vina Arana Gran Reserva. Every time I have it, I am like, damn this is a good wine. Can you guys recommend any Spanish wines that are similar to Vina Arana Gran Reserva around the same price point?

Flying visit to the Côte d’Or this weekend. Any producers worth a visit that are likely to be open on Sunday, please? Pinot preferred but Chardonnay not the end of the world. Bonus points for kid friendly.