Your wine preferences & any changes over time?

[TrekDianna]

I am partial to Oregon Pinot Noir and Merlots. I am surrounded by vineyards and wineries. There are two within 2 miles of my house.

[shootingstar]

I am partial to Oregon Pinot Noir and Merlots. I am surrounded by vineyards and wineries. There are two within 2 miles of my house.

Unless one had an allergy or other reasons, it would be hard to completely ignore local stuff in one's own neighbourhood. Like marni, I am tending to prefer drier white wines : I used to find them more "boring".

No I haven't made much attempt to look for wines labelled "organic" --if that's supposed to be complete assurance of no additives/chemicals.

I believe Canadian wines in general, aren't always cheaper than foreign wines...and I'm speaking as a Canadian customer who buys in the home province of where the wine was produced where it would be cheapest, before it is shipped with possible (not always) additional consumer cost/price, and sold in a retail liquor outlet in another Canadian province.

I confess that I do tend buy primarily Canadian wines: I do believe in supporting our local economy, especially when wineries do take a big risk every year with Mother Nature. No honest, I'm not often a buyer of foreign wines. Maybe I'm an unsophisticated oeniphile (I really need a dictionary.)

I like smooth red wines with very little tannins. Any time I see descriptions of "smokey", tobaccoey, etc., makes me want to run for hills.

I love some of our ice wines --the ones that we can afford. Canada's climate provides the conditions for some good ones.

Wine descriptions are often a treat to read.

[roo4]

Red for me. Shiraz, Merlot, blends. Cabs are usually too pricey for me.

In the summer a sweet chilled white is nice too.

[OakLeaf]

Well if it were sulfites you were sensitive to, then I would suggest organic, but if that were it, then all non-organic wine (and sulfured dried fruit) would set you off. I'm just saying my experience is that I have to spend a little more to get a drinkable sweet wine, than a dry one.

[Crankin]

I also love cabs and pinot noir. Blends from Italy and Spain, too. Montepulciano is one of my favorites. Lately, I've actually ordered Chianti at Italian places. We belong to a wine club and get a lot of wine through it. I do read the descriptions, and while I am no expert, I like reading them.
Oak, when I was having a lot of asthma issues, I had problems with wine/sulfites. For about 10 years, I didn't have wine. Finally, in 1997 or 8, I decided to test it out at Passover, drinking little sips of a decent Passover wine (not Maneschevitz). I didn't go into anaphylactic shock, so I resumed the wine drinking. I do remember, in the late 80s, finding an organic wine that I drank at a very nice organic place near ASU. But, it was so uncommon back then.
I'm starting to get a little more experimental with beer, too, but I really do not like dark beers.

[OakLeaf]

I've really become a fan of Albariños. (Ooooh, I learned a new trick on the iPad keyboard!) But most of the time I gravitate toward reds for the simple reason that they're served a few degrees warmer. I'm usually too cold to want to drink anything chilled!

[smilingcat]

Do like Alsace dry Riesling. It's good that most don't know that really good Riesling is dry. It really goes well with good bratwurst and cabbage.

I'm not a wine snot!!

[Aromig]

I am partial to Oregon Pinot Noir and Merlots. I am surrounded by vineyards and wineries. There are two within 2 miles of my house.

I too am partial to Oregon Pinot Noirs. After a trip last year to Sonoma, I've found that I love Russian River Pinot Noirs too. Add in malbecs, and some tempernillos (always taste a bit harsher, but I do like them) you've hit my go to wines.

In the summer I love proseccos and other sparkling whites (but they can't be too sweet -- moscotos are just too much for me).

This is all recent -- before that I didn't like wine as much.

[Crankin]

Oh yes, I know White Zin, is not rose. But many people put them in the same category.
Aromig, you named all of my favorites. I also love Prosecco and love the northern Italian custom of a glass of it before the meal.

[Koronin]

I only drink wine on rare occassions, however when I do drink them they are typically the more fruity flavored white wines. My favorite is one from Childress Vinyards (but I don't remember the name of it.) I like the Muskadine ones quite well also. Once the local vineyards also makes a muskadine cider that wonderful.

[Bike Writer]

That's funny ... as I learn more about wine, I'm getting over my prejudices against the sweet whites. No teenage soda pop, but with some foods, particularly spicy dishes, a wine goes better if it's not bone dry.

I think the cheap sweet whites tend to have a lot of propylene glycol and other additives, and maybe that's what you're having trouble with when you say "your body." They always taste really chemically to me, and many give me an instant headache. I do find I have to spend more for a drinkable sweet wine, where you can often get away with a dry red for $10 or less.

I love, love, love dry rose wine. I drink it in the summer, but also with some types of Italian food all year round. Good rose is so different from the sweeter stuff and most of all, from that horrible White Zinfendal. I also love rose sparkling wine.

These two. We've hit a subject that is near and dear to my heart and that's a discussion on wines! Rather than go into a big spiel on this subject, because if you let me loose I'd write volumes, let's just say that my wine experience has been an evolution. Started with dry and semi dry whites, moved to all the reds and, yes I love nearly all reds, and have come full circle to enjoying dessert wines including sweet whites. Like the dry whites too, particularly the Chardonnays from France without so much oak like American whites. Ahhh and a good rose is a treat for the senses and can be oh so delicate. Yes, the real rose, not that apparition called "white zinfandel." Overall, I like too many to mention because they all have a time and place and a certain food to go with.

Yeah, I can be a wine snob, but not about price - I've had expensive swill and it's still swill.

Ok, I changed my mind and I'll go with one all time favorite, Champagne because of it's versatility, you can serve it with an appetizer, dinner or apres dinner.

[OakLeaf]

Anyone seen the documentary "Somm?" It's about five (?) people studying for their Master Sommelier certification. It's very engaging, and while anyone with an interest in wine will enjoy the technical aspects of their study, it's really a story about their personal journeys.

[Owlie]

I've actually had an example of the dreaded white zinfandel that I actually liked. I can't remember what it was, though.

I can't really drink any more than a glass and a half of wine at a time. I don't really care for it (I'm a beer person, and I'm still cautiously dipping my toes in the mixed drink area), and I come across random wines I like, and I never remember what they are. I prefer whites to reds, though. I don't like Malbecs. That's about it. It depends on the individual wine, and what I'm eating it with.