Do you drink wine?

[Zen]

Yogurt is also known for it's anti-inflammatory properties...

[Crankin]

Emily, I think we were separated at birth...
This is one of the many things we have in common!

Robyn

[TahoeDirtGirl]

Zen how ironic. I just found a health food store that carries my yogurt bugs so I can start making yogurt at home again. I'm so tired of spending money on yogurt when I can make it!

[emily_in_nc]

Emily, I think we were separated at birth...
This is one of the many things we have in common!

Robyn

I agree! I even used to live in MA (but only until age 4). My dad got his masters at MIT when I was a little girl.

Emily

[Zen]

Sports Geezer once again references the NYT.

[malkin]

I'm much more of a hop-head myself.

But in the yogurt arena, my preference is for yogurt made from yogurt rather than made from the freeze dried critters. ALL of the yogurt at our local so-called-natural store has additives, but a year ago in Las Vegas I brought home a quart from Trader's and am still eating their descendents today.

[smilingcat]

biodynamic wine.... hmm heard that term somewhere.... BonnyDoonVinyard off icecream grade in Santa Cruz.

good stuff indeed. I have their wine snob membership. Get to taste lots of different varietal. They sent 2 bottles every 3 month?? off the beaten path varietal. If you are interested in lesser known varietal but something smashingly good, join their membership and you can read Randall Grahm, the owner, pinining about the virtue of wine.

Alas I have bit of an alergy. And no its not sulfite cause I can eat bacon with no problem and other sulfite filled garbage. Anyway, I do drink wine on occasion and take my chances with my alergic reaction to wine.

Love Shiraz from Australia (If I'm not mistaken its Petite Syrah), Syrah, Petite Syrah, Mervdre, Merlot, Cab., old growth gracefully aged Zin, Muscat, Viognier...

well just about all good wine. Roja from Spain, Good Tawny Port from Portugal,... Chillian wine... wine from Columbia River Valley of Washington, Russian River Valley of Ca, Sonoma, Napa, Central California like ABC (AuBonClimet) from Santa Barbra area...

But what I really love is a desert wine Sautern (sp) wine

What don't I like? well lets see a guy at my office claimed fame for knowing wine under $2.00 Boons Ripple, Thunderbird, Everclear, ??? All I can say to the stuff is blach... eekkk.

So the big question is what do you consider expensive or too expensive for a 750ml bottle of wine. (The regular size bottle of wine.)

smilingcat

[OakLeaf]

So the big question is what do you consider expensive or too expensive for a 750ml bottle of wine.

Depends on the occasion! We've found a pleasant cheap jug wine that's perfectly fine for an ordinary dinner at home. Depending on the occasion, the company, the wine, we can spend quite a bit, too. Price doesn't always correlate with quality, either, there's a lot of fashion involved. Not just pricing where the market will bear, which is always there, but different varietals come in and out of fashion, which affects the price by supply and demand.

Robert Sinskey is another California biodynamic producer. We visited their tasting room a couple of years ago and enjoyed everything we tasted. IIRC, Heller Estate is working on biodynamic certification as well, but I'm not sure about that, and they haven't got it yet in any case.


PS to alpinerabbit: I wouldn't be surprised if biodynamic wines are much more available in Switzerland than they are in the USA. The international organization (Demeter) is based in Brussels and well represents the major winemaking regions in Europe (apparently excepting France - not surprising). When we were in Austria a few years back, most restaurant menus offered several wines identified as biodynamic as well as a selection of organic wines.

(Also remember that "organic wine" in the USA includes the winemaking process, and is different from "wine from organically grown grapes.")