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[Paphitis]

All this coming from Cypriot patriots..imish ..drinking French, Australian and Spanish wines....what's wrong with Cypriot wines?

Nothing wrong with Cypriot Wines at all.

If STUD is right, Cypriot Wines are about to get a whole lot better.

[Oceanside50]

"Papoutsi pou ton topo sou re Paphiti"

[Paphitis]

"Papoutsi pou ton topo sou re Paphiti"

If the Cypriot Wine Industry is in with wineries from the Barossa, Clare Valley, Margaret River or Tasmania, then that can only be a very good thing for Cypriot Wines.

Don't know what the issue is!

[supporttheunderdog]

We have been drinking a very pleasant Tsangarides xinisteri.

Also have some Keo in the fridge.

Some wines, eg Vlasides, are excellent are out priced by other wines of similar quality from eg Australia or France while many of the cheaper wines are price for price outclassed by the cheap stuff from lidl.

[miltiades]

Being a daily wine drinker, mostly red, I have had the pleasure and the luck to have drunk and enjoyed some of the worlds finest wines, mostly French, Clarets of course, Bordeaux region.

The very best grand cru classe, as classified in 1855, excluding the renowned and very expensive Chateau Petrus, are beyond my financial means since they cost an arm and a ..leg or two!
A Chateau Haut Brion 2012 ie will cost more than £200 per bottle a little more for a Chateau Margaux of the same year where as a Petrus 2010 will fetch more than £1100 per bottle!!!

I mention this so that when commenting on the quality of Cypriot wines one can see the huge difference in price which in the wines mentioned above reflects the superb quality.

Cypriot wines, all of them, are just drinkable, nothing special, in fact if your lucky to get village wine without additives you will find the quality far superior to the bottled ones.

[Oceanside50]

The very best grand cru classe, as classified in 1855, excluding the renowned and very expensive Chateau Petrus, are beyond my financial means since they cost an arm and a ..leg or two!
A Chateau Haut Brion 2012 ie will cost more than £200 per bottle a little more for a Chateau Margaux of the same year where as a Petrus 2010 will fetch more than £1100 per bottle!!!

How much is the Rossiko bouti, dthkie Miltiade?

[miltiades]

The very best grand cru classe, as classified in 1855, excluding the renowned and very expensive Chateau Petrus, are beyond my financial means since they cost an arm and a ..leg or two!
A Chateau Haut Brion 2012 ie will cost more than £200 per bottle a little more for a Chateau Margaux of the same year where as a Petrus 2010 will fetch more than £1100 per bottle!!!

How much is the Rossiko bouti, dthkie Miltiade?

Having had the pleasure of ...over indulging in the art of Rossiko ..Chateau, the best vintages from 1970 through to 1983 , I would say that the price is worth every single ..mm.

I shall soon be enjoying the delights of this exquisite Chateau, I arrive this coming Friday in Limassol and my ..Rossiko Chateau the following day. 7 days of over indulgence:lol:

[miltiades]

Talking about wines, some years back when in Cyprus, on the way to the mountains, my son in law stopped at a winery whose name escapes me, he knew I loved wines so in we went, warmly welcomed by the winery owner.

On a wooden table he exhibited some of his wines and offered us a taste from uncorked bottles. I particularly liked a red that I was sure it was a burgundy, very distinctive taste, pinot noire grapes are used in the Burgundy. He insisted that it was Merlot and Cabernet variety, I did not want to argue so I asked for just one bottle
enquiring if we could sit and finish the wine , my pleasure he responded and offered us some tit bids !!!

On smelling the wine, and swirling the first mouthful, I agreed that it was of the claret variety, merlot and cabernet, but it was nothing like the wine offered as a taster
in fact it was more like an ...Othello !!

Did not want to embarrass the man so I said nothing but just paid for one drunk and left.

[GreekIslandGirl]

On smelling the wine, and swirling the first mouthful, I agreed that it was of the claret variety, merlot and cabernet, but it was nothing like the wine offered as a taster
in fact it was more like an ...Othello !!

Did not want to embarrass the man so I said nothing but just paid for one drunk and left.

Perhaps the taster wine tasted better because it had been aired, left to breathe, for a long while? I like Othello and I find it's one of the types which benefits from being opened the night before ... something you might find hard to do, open a bottle and resist consuming it immediately.

[miltiades]

On smelling the wine, and swirling the first mouthful, I agreed that it was of the claret variety, merlot and cabernet, but it was nothing like the wine offered as a taster
in fact it was more like an ...Othello !!

Did not want to embarrass the man so I said nothing but just paid for one drunk and left.

Perhaps the taster wine tasted better because it had been aired, left to breathe, for a long while? I like Othello and I find it's one of the types which benefits from being opened the night before ... something you might find hard to do, open a bottle and resist consuming it immediately.

Correct, but a merlot/cabernet tastes nothing like a burgundy noir, if you are a wine drinker your taste buds will tell you immediately.

Its a bit like telling the difference between a fillet steak and an ....ameletito, bullocks to you, if you pardon the expression!!