I did a wine-tasting thing with my girlfriend at the Summerhill LCBO (Liquor Store) in Toronto, which incidentally is the best liquor store in Canada as far as I’m concerned.
Lots of snobs in the tasting group, but the presenter was really helpful. She stressed the importance of aeration on tannin-rich wines. She also said that Spanish wines offer the best “bang for your buck” in the wine world, by far. Lots of wines in the sub $25 dollar range that score 96’s and 97’s. I’ve been hitting up the Spanish wine after hearing this, and have been extremely impressed
[quote]PimpBot5000 wrote:
I did a wine-tasting thing with my girlfriend at the Summerhill LCBO (Liquor Store) in Toronto, which incidentally is the best liquor store in Canada as far as I’m concerned.
Lots of snobs in the tasting group, but the presenter was really helpful. She stressed the importance of aeration on tannin-rich wines. She also said that Spanish wines offer the best “bang for your buck” in the wine world, by far. Lots of wines in the sub $25 dollar range that score 96’s and 97’s. I’ve been hitting up the Spanish wine after hearing this, and have been extremely impressed[/quote]
I agree with him Spanish, American, Hungarian, and Australian offer a lot of nice wines for the money. I have been to wine tastings and shit and I really cannot justify the money for the expensive shit. If it’s better it’s just barley.
Conversely the worse wines I have tasted were from France and Italy. I lived in Italy for a spell, and while they drink the shit out of wine, the aren’t very good at making good wine.