Christmas Gift Help: Wine

[Happy Panther]

yellowtail is disgusting

[Darth Urious]

This hot chick at work always raves about Chocovine...

I don't drink so I wouldn't know anything about it...

[Jase]

Everyone loves super tuscan blends.

[TarPanther9180]

Okay, gathered some more intel from the sister. The mom and dad have opposite tastes in wine. He likes red wine (cabernet or pinot noir) and she likes sweet stuff like riesling and her favorite in some called two dog blue or something like that. Then she goes on to say it may be better to get the dad red wine and the mom a poinsettia or something.

[Delhommey]

Get him the Perrin and Fils and her some godawful German blend.

[thefuzz]

Once again, Coppola Claret for the dad.

And dirty butt sects for the mom.

[Happy Panther]

And dirty butt sects for the mom.

Try the 2001

[PantherBrew]

Best reasonable priced red wine

Liberty School - Cabernet Sauvignon.

It is phenomenal. Mild dryness, fresh berry flavor. But not sweet. Excellent balance.

[fitty76]

Rodney Strong or Cellar 8 are good choices. If you want to spend a little over $15, try Sebastiani.

[fitty76]

No Yellow Tail though. If you are going to go cheap, take yourself to Trader Joe's and get some Two Buck Chuck.

[charlotte49er]

Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin (French pronunciation: [vøv kliko pɔ̃saʁdɛ̃]) is both a champagne house in Reims, France, and a brand of premium champagne. Founded in 1772 by Philippe Clicquot-Muiron, Veuve Clicquot played an important role in establishing champagne as a favored drink of haute bourgeoisie and nobility throughout Europe. The 1811 comet vintage of Veuve Clicquot is theorized to have been the first truly "modern" Champagne due to the advancements in the méthode champenoise which Veuve Clicquot pioneered through the technique of remuage.[

$45 at Costco Better than Dom!

[CharlotteBeer.com]

Go with a Malbec. They're sort of the trendy pick right now, and not without good reason. You can usually find a great value in the $10-15 range. Ask someone at Total Wine for their favorite in that price range.

Or, better yet, be different and pick up a nice Belgian beer of some kind. For $15, you're on the low end of wine; for that same amount, you're on the high end of beer.

[Happy Panther]

$45 at Costco Better than Dom!

Too yeasty for me!

[pstall]

im telling ya, think long, think WRONG. go middle shelf. get a white and a red and call it day.

after the 3rd date where you meet the fam, THEN go with your A game and get feeback here.