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Originally Posted by homealone
isn't Cotes du Rhone a region, not a grape? - possibly a Grenarche?
- I tend to like any 'Cabernet Sauvingnon' or 'Merlot' varietals - especially 'new world' produced wines from Australia, South Africa or Chile  |
Yes it is indeed but in this house and my circle of friends we refer to wine in general as "grape"
I do prefer the new world wines myself but lately a lot of what's on offer from the new world in the big supermarkets isn't really up to much - had some Aus and NZ wines from 06/07 which have been really poor but Chile is usually a consistently good bet. Some of the Tempranillos from Spain have been really good though (watch it with the Riojas posing as reserva or gran reserva under a tenner though, they're usually naff). Even some of the Gallo stuff from California has been decent lately.