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My preferences -
Red;
Merlot
Pinot Noir
Cab Sav / Shiraz blends - too strong for me.
Grenache
White;
White;
Verhdelo only really.
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one of my favourites
Here is a link to my wine log: http://www.winelog.net/winelog/jason
One of coolest parts about WineLog is that it's helped me to discover what kinds of wines I really like. On the right hand side of my log, it tells me common tags on wines I've rated highly (vanilla and blackberry) and what my favorite varietals are (chardonnay and cab sav).
Sometimes WineLog is smarter than me. I thought I would like wines with pear flavors since I like pears. However, it turns out I never like wines tagged with pear.
Sometimes I'm smarter. WineLog thinks I like chardonnays, but I think it's just because I've drunk a lot of good-quality chardonnays lately. My favorite varietal is Tempranillo, but I guess I just haven't logged enough of it to convince WineLog of that.
My favorite is Reisling. 
Reisling. My girlfriend says she is ABC - Anything But Chardonnay!
My grandmother drinks Reisling. (no offence).
I'm not much of a dry white wine, I like Verdehlo, but maybe that's because I had a really good one once while eating seafood on hoilday in Byron Bay in North New South Wales Australia. that was great.
LOL None taken. 
I going to sign-up to wine log now, it look like fun.
What about reds?
I in love with any wine from the margaret river, WA Australia.
Oh, yeah, that other topic on wine logs. But I thought it was mainly USA?
I'm in love with any wine from the Coonawarra region of South Australia. Margaret River is so last week!
I'm also keen to try some more south american wines. Peru maybe????
I don't normally drink Reisling, but sticky sweet dessert wines and fantastic.
are fantastic that is.
Im not too keen on Reds. I do like Pink Catawba.... it's close to red. LOL
I love sweet wine. LOL
dessert wines? I like them but I don't have them often. I've got friends who don't drink that buy me dessert wine all the time.
Neither do I, but I had a bottle around the house, after openning it I couldn't help myself from polishing off the entire bottle.
That was this morning right? Just before breakfast!
no, cocopops and sweet white, can't beat it.
Kaiken Ultra Malbec 2005 is a wine from Argentina that Kim and I liked recently. Chile has some great wines too.
Dessert wines are generally made from grapes that are picked later in life (and thus have more sugar in them) and are also "fortified" with some other alcohol (typically brandy). This makes them sweet and the fortification makes them last a while after they are opened.
It's a bit hard to get used to the thick syrupy taste of some dessert wines, but I find it helps to think of myself in my smoking jacket, with a cigar and my small glass of port. I don't smoke and I don't have a smoking jacket. So I just think of myself this way.
Some dessert wines are less sweet than others. (Wish I could give a good example off the top of my head) Also some dessert wines are made from different fruit than grapes... typically berries like raspberry, blackberry. Though some are made from apples or pears or even bananas. These wines go through the same process as grape wine, just with different fruit.
De Bortoli make a fantastic botrytis semillon wine. It tastes of raisins and currents with citrus overtones. I find dessert wines must be drunk with dessert or cheese, and only one or two glasses, to be appreciated. I would not call them sweet wines. They are sort of in their own category. Yum. Sadly I cannot remember when I last had one.
I agree, Margaret River is a bit last week....
I personally favour Shiraz. I love the rich spicy flavour. And no surprise then that my favourite region at the moment is The Barossa Valley.
MOst Shiraz is good, but it can be too syrupy some times.
I'm going to stick up for Margaret River cos I am from WA!
The problem with them is cost. Most of the wineries are small so the wine is pricey. But. It has a cooler climate than many wine regions in Oz and produces more refined wines I believe. Margaret River rules!
