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I am looking to get a gift for a few friends of ours for a 50th birthday. I know very little about a good wine or champagne as I do not drink but am looking to get a nice bottle for them to share while they go away on vacation. I am looking to spend around $100-130.00. Any help would be greatly appreciated. | ||
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E tan e epi tas |
Honestly, and I say this as not a connoisseur but as somebody who has sampled a lot of wine up to a $500 bottle. I can taste the difference between a cheap 10 dollar bottle and a decent 20-30 dollar bottle. I can taste the difference between those and a 50-70 dollar bottle. Beyond that it’s just bragging rights or collector status for me personally. Not that being said I have really been enjoying Wines from Chili. I would suggest maybe a mix of 20-40 dollar wines vs a single 100+ bottle. One of the biggest let downs for me personally was Don Perigon champagne. I mean it didn’t suck but the taste didn’t support the cost for me personally. Frankly if you want to get a single bottle a nice Rodney Strong ain’t nearly half bad. "Guns are tools. The only weapon ever created was man." | |||
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| Dances With Tornados |
Silver Oak. Pretty good stuff, I recommend the Cab. Around $80-ish a bottle but you can spend quite a more. | |||
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| Slayer of Agapanthus |
Hermitage, France. The grapes are reported to have been brought back by the Crusaders. "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye". The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and author, lost on mission, July 1944, Med Theatre. | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
This is an excellent strategy. With one single bottle, they'll think of your gift just one and it's going to be a hit or miss. If you give them several, they'll have the opportunity to think of your generosity each time they open one of your bottles. And you should get at least 2 bottles that will definitely please them. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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Id rather just have 15 10dollar bottles... | |||
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fugitive from reality |
I must agree with the above. I'll also recommend Argentina for some tasty vino. I get a lot of interesting stuff out of the barging bin at one of my local wine stores. I asked why such good wine was in the discount aisle. They said that once the stock drops below a certain level it becomes difficult to justify the shelf space so they just want it gone. The bad is if you really liked it there ain't no more. _____________________________ 'I'm pretty fly for a white guy'. | |||
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| stupid beyond all belief  |
Quintessa What man is a man that does not make the world better. -Balian of Ibelin Only boring people get bored. - Ruth Burke | |||
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Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici |
Here is a great, truly delightful South Australian Wine. Get them 6 bottles. Some Young Punks Passion Has Red Lips  _________________________ NRA Endowment Member _________________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -- C.S. Lewis | |||
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quarter MOA visionary |
I pretty much agree with you and I think the most difference perceived is in cheap Champagne and a decent one. Maybe a bottle of Dom isn't worth the money but it certainly is much, much better than a cheap $15-$20 bottle. Night and Day difference to me. | |||
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Thanks for the replies. I was poss. going to do a bottle of Dom, I know it's kind of crazy for the price but I like the numerous bottles of wine idea. | |||
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Ubique |
Try the Kirkland brand champagne. It is really quite good but rather inexpensive. Calgary Shooting Centre | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process  |
If it were for me, I would hope you would get a selection from Duckhorn Winery https://www.duckhorn.com. A Merlot and a Sauvignon Blanc would be ideal, and depending on which years, in your price target. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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| As Extraordinary as Everyone Else  |
Being an Aggie I didn't think we would agree on this JALLEN but Duckhorn is very good. ------------------ Eddie Our Founding Fathers were men who understood that the right thing is not necessarily the written thing. -kkina | |||
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| stupid beyond all belief |
3 palms... good choice What man is a man that does not make the world better. -Balian of Ibelin Only boring people get bored. - Ruth Burke | |||
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The thought that you, a non drinker, took time to research wine for your friends would remain with me long after the taste faded away. If you have time a local wine store visited off peak hours would be a good start. Find someone who is willing to talk. Listen to them, they will have had reports back on what is good. If you still do not know follow JALLEN's advice. Duckhorn is a well respected name in wine. Many have tried and liked it or want to try it. | |||
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| quarter MOA visionary |
FWIW seems to me a good Champagne would say "celebrate" much better than a good bottle of wine. Dom while maybe pricey is the one everyone knows and appreciates as a very good one if not the best. Lots of good wines but like what was said before not everyone can tell the difference or appreciate. To me I am partial to Italian wines namely a Brunello di Montalcino version. They can get pricey too and are fabulous. YMMV. | |||
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Caribou gorn |
Hard to beat Dom for a special gift. Bollinger is another good mid-to-high end (excluding the crazy luxury labels that can go for thousands.) They are both excellent tasting and the name recognition will let your friends know that you think highly enough of them to buy them quality. I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log. | |||
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Get Off My Lawn |
I agree, especially for a 50th B-Day. Doesn't have to be Dom. There are a number of excellent french champagne choices, Veuve Clicquot and Moet Chandon are some of my favorites. Can be purchased for less than 50 bucks. "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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Baroque Bloke |
Do you know of their preferences? I love tawny ports much more than any other wine that I know of. Taylor Fladgate and Dow’s 10 year old are superb IMO. My wine supplier sell both of them for $35 per bottle. The best Cab that I’ve tried was an $80+ 2006 Silver Oak, but I didn’t like it as much as those two tawny ports. Serious about crackers | |||
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