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I have not yet tried too many malbecs, but again, wikipedia can give you the scoop on the history.
Since i'm not a fan of many French wines, i'm not sure i would be keen on its Bordeaux style flavours.
In general i don't know alot of people that are overly keen on Argentinian wines, but personally i've found several good ones. I highly suggest you try a Chilean favorite of mine by Concha y Toro. The Don Melchor series. Amazing, but heavy, full bodied. Drink with a hearty rare steak.

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well, long story short I spent $1200 on wine

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Fantastic.
And where did it all go?
At about at around $18 / bottle avg that should've got you 66 bottles.
That thousand dollars sounds like a good round number for a cellar spree.

I actually have open a bottle of Melbec yesterday. My parents came to visit last weekend and my dad always brings a lot of "new" wines for me to try. I enjoyed it. The Concha y Toro is definitely worth it! My dad used to always bring some bottles during his trips to Chile.

Chesseroo: you don't like any French wine at all? I'm not a wine expert by a long shot but there's an amazing variety to choose from (well that's if you go there directly to get them ... Can't find all in import).

We get to attend Tehachapi's 3rd annual Wine Festival tonight, local vinters as well as some of the Central coasts wineries will be in attendance, always fun to try some new and varied wines.

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you don't like any French wine at all? I'm not a wine expert by a long shot but there's an amazing variety to choose from

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Not yet.
I haven't had a wine from every region though but i do know i'm not a Bordeaux fan. I have never enjoyed the big plummy flavour that seems to be a mainstay character of alot of French reds. To date i have much preferred the 'new' world wines. Most of my favorite reds are Californian and Australian with a few Chilean. Most of my favorite whites are Canadian, Californian, New Zealand and Australian with a number of German.
The new cellar org programs i'm looking at buying both list the contents of the cellar by type, region, country, whatever. Once i get it up and running and everything entered, i should be able to get a better idea of where my preferences seem to be based on percentages chosen and stocked.

Where's the love for Washington wines, chess?

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Where's the love for Washington wines, chess?

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To be honest Tom, i don't think i've tried a single one yet.
I would have to double check my database, but i'm pretty sure i haven't had any.
It is on the list.
Maybe i will pick up a couple in the spree.

Last year on our trip to Seattle to visit some good friends we tried several of Washingtons wines and enjoyed them very much, unfortunatly I can't remember the names.

This is a fun website for the wine enthusiasts. Cellar Tracker

Well as French wine goes Bordeaux is far from being the best, but that's just my opinion. I'm more of a Burgundy fan.

Here’s a good source of information on Washington wines. Lot’s of good wine comes from Washington. http://www.washingtonwine.org/index.cfm Chateau Ste. Michelle for one.

Thanks for tip on the Chilean wine Chess. I’ll look for the bottle.

I didn’t get that many bottles. Some were well over $50. Like I said, a pretty girl; and I just can’t say no to a pretty girl. But I am drawing a sketch for a wine cooler that I’m going to make. I don’t have room for a cellar unfortunately, but I can build a pretty nice cooler for about 300 bottles. That’s plenty enough room for me.

I’ve never liked French wines myself. I tried a bunch last year when I was bouncing around the UK for a few weeks. Gave up on the wine and stuck to all those wonderful Ale’s. The one thing Brit’s do extremely well….is make beer.