Silversage
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I had Georges DuBoeuf also.
"Villages"?...
On Sunday we had a bottle of Cotes du Rhone Reserve (my laptop can't do circumflexes and grave accents). Not as good as a "Villages" but not half bad and not expensive.
"Villages"?
Does your laptop have a numeric keypad? Is it running Windows? If so, ô = alt 0244 (but you have to use the numeric keypad for the digits).
"Villages"?
Does your laptop have a numeric keypad? Is it running Windows? If so, ô = alt 0244 (but you have to use the numeric keypad for the digits).
Cotes du Rhone Villages AOC (Appellation d'Origine Controlee) is a step up from Cotes du Rhone AOC but not as special as Chateauneuf du Pape, etc., but that's more expensive here and I can't justify it very often."Villages"?
Does your laptop have a numeric keypad? Is it running Windows? If so, ô = alt 0244 (but you have to use the numeric keypad for the digits).
Cotes du Rhone Villages AOC (Appellation d'Origine Controlee) is a step up from Cotes du Rhone AOC but not as special as Chateauneuf du Pape, etc., but that's more expensive here and I can't justify it very often.
Nothing wrong with Cotes du Rhone AOC. Perfectly good everyday wine.
Thanks for the heads up on French accents. I am on Windows and do have a key pad but the "alt 0244" doesn't work. I even tried temporarily converting the spell checker to French and that doesn't work either. Pestilential Packard Bell laptop. It was in the sale - I should have known better than to allow the seller to talk me into it!
Having worked in the UK, I can tell you that the keyboards work a little differently than US keyboards, and can attest they are particularly troublesome for US users to get used to.Thanks for the heads up on French accents. I am on Windows and do have a key pad but the "alt 0244" doesn't work. I even tried temporarily converting the spell checker to French and that doesn't work either. Pestilential Packard Bell laptop. It was in the sale - I should have known better than to allow the seller to talk me into it!
I couldn't agree more, at least with respect to the "nouveau" wine.Highly over rated. The whole Beaujolais Nouveau thing is about marketing an inferior wine and making a lot of dosh from it. There are better (and, in some cases, less expensive) wines.
Thanks for the explanation of "Village". Now I can place those wines in terms of quality. I am quite fond of Côte du Rhône. I have had Chateauneuf du Pape and that was really, really nice.Cotes du Rhone Villages AOC (Appellation d'Origine Controlee) is a step up from Cotes du Rhone AOC but not as special as Chateauneuf du Pape, etc., but that's more expensive here and I can't justify it very often.
Nothing wrong with Cotes du Rhone AOC. Perfectly good everyday wine.
Thanks for the heads up on French accents. I am on Windows and do have a key pad but the "alt 0244" doesn't work. I even tried temporarily converting the spell checker to French and that doesn't work either. Pestilential Packard Bell laptop. It was in the sale - I should have known better than to allow the seller to talk me into it!
Thank you for the link. It's always good to learn.Most of the people in foreign countries think about wines in grape variety as the famous Chardonnay we all see in the US serials or the Pinot noir or the Merlot and so on.
Thank you for the link. It's always good to learn.
There is a popular misconception, particularly among Europeans, that US wines are all driven by the grape variety. While Americans generally find it helpful to know whether they are buying Chardonnay or Zinfandel, it's not entirely true.
Thank you very much for your explanation and i do know even i have not never tasted that foreign wines could be as good as French wines low and medium ones . The upper best will remain French.
But you know and it's the reason i'm here among you, we all live with stereotypes on each other. When we watch US tv serials and we see the glass of chardonay in the kitchen with a true romantic music with spaghetti cooked with a branch of celery rising above the bag, we laugh at this
Yes, I meant the Nouveau when I said over rated.I couldn't agree more, at least with respect to the "nouveau" wine.
It should be noted there are different levels of quality when it comes to Beaujolais wines. Nouveau, which is wine only a couple of months old, is in my opinion, a gassy, tart wine. I don't care for it, but others seems to like it. But there is also village level Beaujolais. It can be pretty good and can often age for several years. I recently had a Cru Beaujolais, which is considered the upper level. They're kind of hard to find in the US, but aren't all that expensive when you do. The Cru Beaujolais are somewhat similar to Burgundy in body and flavor.