Wine Squares
We’re back, you know the rules, and if you don’t here they are:
- One box is voted on per day. The current box is bolded
- Please don’t be a fool and comment for a different box or future box, will not count
- Winner is top comment after 24 hours
- We then advance to the next!
Top 2 runner ups will be posted in the next post!
Runner ups:
Most Underrated Wine Region
– Greece
– Loire Valley, France
Most Overrated Wine Region
– Burgundy
– Provence
Most Underrated Wine
– Barbera d’Alba
– Txakoli
Most Overrated Wine
– Meiomi
– Prisoner
Best Grape Variety
– Riesling
– Nebbiolo
Worst Grape Variety
– Muscadine
– Pinotage
Best Wine Label
– Mouton Rothschild
– Emmerich Knoll: Riesling Ried Loibenberg Smaragd
Best Newbie Friendly Wine
– Beaujolais
– Vinho Verde
Best Value Play Wine
– G.D. Vajra Langhe Nebbiolo / Barbera d’Alba
– La Rioja Alta Vina Ardanza / Vina Alberdi
Most Consistent Region
– Rioja
– Jerez
Least Consistent Region
– Okanagan Valley
– Eastern Europe / Middle East
Best Niche Grape
– Nerello Mascalase
– Furmint
by AustraliaWineDude
38 Comments
Matthiasson
Ridge
Grgich Hills. Consistent house style, manages to make good wines in bad years (I just had a 2011 Napa Cab from them that was excellent), a benchmark winery for sure.
Ramey
Kumeu River.
How they make what they make in a subtropical climate beggars belief.
The Sadie Family.
Rockfords, Moss Wood or lakes folly
Veronique Drouhin
Ridge
Catena Zapata
By Farr
Kumeu River
Or
Shaw & Smith
Fab, elegant Chardonnays and so consistent
Goodfellow. They have an outstanding portfolio of both red and white wines, ranging from entry level bottlings to extremely age-worthy whites and reds.
Felton Road, NZ. Delicious high quality Pinot Noir and others. Reasonable price for a high quality product
Sami-Odi
Altos Las Hormigas
Andrew Will
Ridge
Heitz cellars!
Aubert
Garzon
I really like Rhys
Mount Eden is another amazing one.
Dr Frank Konstantin
The Sadie Family or Ben Glaetzer
I like Mullineux quite a lot
Hirsch
Duncan salvage
Kumeu River
Big fan of Togni- their second wine, Tannbark Hill, always seems to deliver. I’d give a nod to Chappellet too, their Mountain Cuvee is great for the price, as well as their higher end wines.
Depends on what you define as best. For me it’s Penfolds. I know they are huge but they have good product at every price point, I can’t recall ever having a bad bottle, and some of them are really special.
Leuwin
Tablas Creek. Great at interpreting Old World standards like CdP, but inventive enough to pull out single expressions of varietals like Tannat and Counoise and Bourblanc that are fresh and new and definitively of the New World
I drink almost exclusively Old World but probably for me Ovid
Corison
Beaux Freres
Torbreck.
Pedro Parra
Sadie Family Wines, South Africa