Pinot Noir
 

Posting on the cheese thread, reminded me that I was going to buy my son a couple of bottles of wine for Christmas and he apparently likes Pinot Noir.

I know that maybe Saskatchewan isn't going to have the same choice as other places, but can anyone recommend a good Pinot Noir? Something that isn't too too expensive.

I have heard tell that Falling Leaves has a good one that isn't too expensive.

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I had a lovely bottle of Chapelle-Chambertin back in September.

Oh. I didn't pay!

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If he likes Pinot Noir, expand his palette with a Pinotage from Stellenbosch (SA).

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Hey that is a good idea. I am not into red wine myself. I think they tend to give me a headache but I do like them. We used to belong to the German Wine Society years ago and had lots of interesting blind tastings where we often all chose a wine that wasn't the most expensive and sometimes even the cheapest and the outcome often surprised us.

I will take a look at the liquor store tomorrow. I also heard tell that the Sask Party government are going to allow private liquor stores here selling specialty wines and things that are not sold in the regular government liquor store. That's a turn up for the books in Saskatchewan!!

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Shame about the not too expensive part, otherwise a bottle of Bollinger would be very nice.

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We often indulge in a bottle of Louis Latour Pinot Noir. $18 a bottle and worth it.

Splash out and get the Gamay Noir - escapes me but I know its a Canadian award winning one - that is a bit pricey but holy cow does it go down well (and lucky me has a case coming next week!)

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We used to drink Tinhorn Creek pinot noir, from the Okanagan. Not subtle, but we liked it and it wasn't expensive.

Subtle pinot noir is mostly French; most French pinot noir is from Burgundy, and most Burgundy is overpriced, imho.

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Ahhh, just go the this liqour store and get whatever is on offer.:eek:

I manged to pick up a bottle of white for $4.99 on Friday (cheapest bottle of plonk I've bought since i've been here - have no idea what it's going to be like, if it's crap I'll use it in cooking:rofl:

I am the only alchohol drinker in my house so I don't indulge very often and then I always go for a cheapy. I will watch this thread though.

I like a nice heavey full bodied red wine - a Rioja goes down quite nicely, long long time since i've had Rioja though. Treated myself to a bottle of Port on Friday too - Stilton will be being bought to go with it too.

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Just don't buy this "wine".

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Not sure what Regina's booze shops will have to offer (is it provincially controlled like NS/ON?), but the NSLC has a few nice ones under/around $20.

In general, I reckon Chile/NZ pinots have a better price-to-awesomeness ratio. Try Cono Sur (chile); Casillero del Diablo (chile); Sileni (NZ); Kim Crawford (NZ)... or (if you can find it) one from California - McManis.

Yum.

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In September we stayed at my sister's place on the Cote Chalonnaise: pinot noir of Burgundy to the north and gamay of Beaujolais to the south. Euro for euro I prefered the gamay.

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Well, Sask Liquor has gone all modern (sort of) on us - they now have a website with everything listed!

http://www.saskliquor.com/SaskLiquorWeb/Home.aspx

I wonder when they are going to get real and sell liquor in the grocery stores!

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It ain't gonna happen, at least in Ontario. Huge profit making results for Prov.Government. It's an interesting discussion/argument as to whether controlling distribution and retailing of beer/liquor influences the level of street drunkenness. If the stories emanating from the UK (perhaps anecdotal) are anything to go by then I think I'd much rather have the Government controls.

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It's a point. I wonder if it's more that drinking in public is allowed vs. being a total no-no here in Canadia.

Then again, France has neither rigid controls (hah!) nor a ban on drinking in public, and it's not like they have the same level alcopop fuelled horror seen in UK town centres on the weekends.

Is there anyone still in London who can report on the difference on public transport now that dear old Boris has banned booze-on-the-bus/tube?

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Jackson Triggs do a very good Pinot Noir, and with it being a Canadian wine it isn't that expensive.

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The Alberta style privatisation is still a possibility in Ontario.

Stores are privatised, control and distribution still pretty much government controlled.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta...uor_Commission

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I bought various - I bought a Pelee Island Gamay and a Latour Pinot Noir and and Windham Ridge Pinot Noir. I thought it would be interesting to give him wine from various countries.

We really like the Pelee Island Gewurtztraminer and they also make a Riesling which I should really buy.

My son and his wife aren't hard up for money and its really hard to buy presents for people who have most things they want. I pick things up and put them down again, because I hate buying things that people don't want and can't use - just because "I gotta buy them something because its Christmas". So I although wine seems a bit of a boring present, I prefer to buy something boring - so long as its something they can use.

My dil wants a Le Creuset dutch oven - and they can cost $300 and more. I don't usually spend that much but my younger son hasn't got anything for them and he suggested going in together to get it. So, as usual, after saying "I am done spending money" I am off tomorrow to spend some more probably! I am going to look at Homesense, but I bet they don't have any cheap!

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Costco have some Mario Batalli dutch ovens, if you cant stand the orange colour that may do instead of a LeCrueset. I have a couple of Le Crueset casseroles which I like very much but I recently bought a steel casserole / pan thing from IKEA, it looks great and does the job just as well.

I will look for a link. here it is http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/10100443

You shuld have bought hime a white Pinot Noir, he probably wouldnt have been expecting it!

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Well the price is certainly right. But I know if she says she wants Le Creuset - she wants Le Creuset. I had one but the thing I didn't like about it was it was so darn heavy, if I wanted to scrape the leftovers out of it, my husband had to hold the casserole for me because it was too heavy to hold with one hand!

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Boring? Much appreciated in this household.

My neighbour gave us a gift box of six assorted Bordeaux the other day. Not boring.

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I know what you mean about that, too heavy indeed. I have got a small Le Creuset called a Marmitout, it's a saucepan and the lid is a small frying pan. Its great and was "cheap". Not really large enough to be called a dutch oven but maybe?

While I was looking to see what the thing was called I found that theres an outlet shop for Le Creuset in Regina, at the Paderno factory, did you know?

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Yes, I phoned there and that is how I discovered that even the small dutch ovens are over $200. We don't usually spend that much on adults - I tend to spend more on my granddaughter because I think Christmas is mainly for kids (teenager now!) and most adults can well afford to buy things for themselves and prefer to choose their own stuff. Christmas is the time when people spend money they don't have to buy people presents they don't want. As a friend of mine said "If I want a pink sweater I want the pink sweater that I want - not the one you think I want."

My granddaughter's phone went wrong and got sent away to be fixed. It will apparently be gone up to eight weeks, so she suggested I just buy her a new one!!

Of course, she's not a todder, but I thought this was cute! (Hope to goodness nobody thinks this is not PC - maybe its offensive to toddlers!)