Any Wine Snobs on here?

[Falloutboy]

so me and my fiance enjoy wine quite a bit but its the cheaper variety or some cheap swill I brew in the basement on occation. at our wedding she came up with the idea of a wine box ceremony, basically you close a bottle of wine and a couple letters your write before the wedding in there to be hopefully read after 10years.

anyone know a good wine (hopefully under 30 or 40 bucks) that would age well. My Fiance is partial to semi sweet whites, so need to stay in that category (a good resieling is her favorite)

 

[crashtestdummy]

AFAIK, whites aren't supposed to age as well as reds since they lack tannins, but I may be wrong on that one.

 

[Codewiz]

so me and my fiance enjoy wine quite a bit but its the cheaper variety or some cheap swill I brew in the basement on occation. at our wedding she came up with the idea of a wine box ceremony, basically you close a bottle of wine and a couple letters your write before the wedding in there to be hopefully read after 10years.

anyone know a good wine (hopefully under 30 or 40 bucks) that would age well. My Fiance is partial to semi sweet whites, so need to stay in that category (a good resieling is her favorite)

Whites in general are not going to age well. You will at minimum need to pick a lighter red wine if you want it to age for 10 years.

 

[Falloutboy]

thats kinda what I thought. I wish she thought of this a around the begining of the year, I could have a mead which I've always wanted to make ready to bottle, read about people ageing those for a long time.

 

[Codewiz]

thats kinda what I thought. I wish she thought of this a around the begining of the year, I could have a mead which I've always wanted to make ready to bottle, read about people ageing those for a long time.

Personally, I would just hang out on wine.woot.com. People typically ask the age worthiness of wines that go on sale there. You will also likely end up buying something that you won't find locally.

 

[NutBucket]

Yeah, no whites for what you are wanting to do. If you get good reds your fiance will likely change her mind.

Personal opinion is that people that like/prefer whites have never had a good red.

At any rate, its tough to recommend wines unless you're willing to mail-order since I don't know what you'll be able to find locally.

Being that its part of your wedding I would suggest splurging on your wine. I would recommend this:

http://www.winehouse.com/product.php?sku=010465709608&d=ALL

I haven't had this vintage but the '04 and '05 I have is excellent. Its a very full-bodied wine that pairs best with red meat. Its very impressive.

 

[Falloutboy]

I don't know if its the white or read she dislikes, its prolly more the sweetness, she just hasn't cared for a single dry wine I've brought home white or red.

 

[NutBucket]

Then quit buying dry reds! Pretty simple solution

 

[Falloutboy]

Then quit buying dry reds! Pretty simple solution

lol I like em though

 

[Fausto]

Generally speaking, the "bigger" a wine is when young, the better it will age. If you really want to lay something down for a while, look at Cabs or maybe even an Amarone.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Meads can easily be aged over 10 years, if you decide to brew it yourself, make sure you get good enough corks to last for 10+ years ... most of the cheaper corks are only good for a couple of years....

 

[anxi80]

at our wedding she came up with the idea of a wine box ceremony, basically you close a bottle of wine and a couple letters your write before the wedding in there to be hopefully read after 10years.

One of my good friends did this at his and I found it interesting. From my understanding by the way the minister of peace explained it was that in 10 years the couple opens the box, reads the letters, drinks the wine and replaces it with updated letters and a new bottle to be enjoyed in another 10 years (or reuse the original letters). If anytime before that they reach a certain boiling point they are permitted to open the box and read the letters, and if the resentment still lingers then they pretty much wave a white flag and get loaded off the wine.

 

[KB]

I have always wanted to age a Beaujolais nouveau. This is a red wine, with not too much tannin, that is bottled young at about 6 - 8 weeks old. Since its so young it is cheap and might improve from the aging process.

 

[Ns1]

I was and then stopped, because being a wine snob is fucking expensive.

 

[Fausto]

I have always wanted to age a Beaujolais nouveau. This is a red wine, with not too much tannin, that is bottled young at about 6 - 8 weeks old. Since its so young it is cheap and might improve from the aging process.

Probably not. The fruit would fade with time and there isn't enough EtOH and tannin to give it a backbone after a few years. You could certainly try it though, since they're usually pretty cheap.

 

[Falloutboy]

Meads can easily be aged over 10 years, if you decide to brew it yourself, make sure you get good enough corks to last for 10+ years ... most of the cheaper corks are only good for a couple of years....

wedding is 3 weeks away so no way i can get anything even thru primary fermentation by then much less cleared and bottled.

but I think I may be looking for a good mead instead of wine.

 

[BurnItDwn]

wedding is 3 weeks away so no way i can get anything even thru primary fermentation by then much less cleared and bottled.

but I think I may be looking for a good mead instead of wine.

Doh, sorry, I read the OP and many of the replies and then saw "MEAD" and it made me excited.


My favorite mead is Jadwiga...
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/apis-poltorak-jadwiga/24026/

I'm also a fan of Dansk Mjod. I like the Viking Blod and their Vikingernes.
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/dansk-mjod-viking-blod/23988/
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/dansk-mjod-vikingernes-mjod/14355/

 

[Falloutboy]

Doh, sorry, I read the OP and many of the replies and then saw "MEAD" and it made me excited.


My favorite mead is Jadwiga...
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/apis-poltorak-jadwiga/24026/

I'm also a fan of Dansk Mjod. I like the Viking Blod and their Vikingernes.
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/dansk-mjod-viking-blod/23988/
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/dansk-mjod-vikingernes-mjod/14355/

I'll look into those, only tried a couple meads, one a friend made which was just a simple honey water and cut up oranges and raisens thrown in a gallon jug and forgotton about for a few months. and from Bell's Brewery here in town, but thats more of a sparkling wine, I really liked that and so does my fiance, but its only 10.5 ABV not sure how well that would age.