Red Wine - A Poll

I've been drinking Oregon and Loire Valley Gamay mainly of late

I've also drank Ontario gamay now that I think of it. I was at a wedding in Prince Edward County a couple of summers back and had a Gamay from a nearby Vineyard.

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eazy, can you recommend a specific syrah that i should try? that sounds amazing. money is no object as long as it's under $20

Missed this earlier...Main thing would be to look for cooler regions if you're in a shop: Sonoma Coast (US), Northern Rhone (St. Joseph, Crozes-Hermitage, Cornas). Prices can be higher, but they aren't always big sellers and get put on sale/clearance.

For a special treat (closer to $30-40), Pax and Failla's Sonoma Coast syrahs would be good ones. Cline makes one around $15 retail. In France, Jean-Louis Chave "Offerus" St.-Joseph is around $30, though I tried it after finding it on sale for half that. This article talks about Chile's cool-climate Syrahs -- haven't tried any, but those could be worth trying.

If there's a bigger wine store in your area, sometimes on their website you can type a descriptor into the search box (olive, bacon, pepper) and matching wines will come up.

I love pinot noir for its tart, crisp taste but I don’t think my wine palate is that refined.

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i've been drinking a lot of wine since the pandemic began and i think i'm still a pinot noir guy. not even the fancy ones -- give me a $20 bottle of california pinot and some cheese and crackers.

there is an oregon one called erath that i buy a lot and it's great. nothing fancy, but a nice flavor, not at all sweet, really light color for a red.

pinot noir is pretty much the only one I can drink because other kinds give me the sniffles

A lot of those Prince Edward County wineries are less than 20 years old and most used to supplement their harvests with grapes grown elsewhere, but that might have changed now.

Sorry, just realized I was replying to a post from seven months ago.

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