Red wine

[Äike]

Good evening fellow Apricitians, I need some help. I'm an average Northerner and know practically nothing about wine, thus I need some advice.

Could anyone of you (probably the Romance ones) recommend me the best red wine that's available in stores? Preferably half-dry, as the dry ones and the sweet ones usually aren't good.

Tomorrow I'm going to the biggest wine store in Estonia and the price isn't a problem (well, below 200€ would be nice).

[Waidewut]

IMHO Romance members won't recommend you anything good.
Better ask Padre, he is Georgian, so he will recommend you a good Georgian wine and it will be ex-Soviet, thus more familiar to your taste.

[Äike]

IMHO Romance members won't recommend you anything good.
Better ask Padre, he is Georgian, so he will recommend you a good Georgian wine and it will be ex-Soviet, thus more familiar to your taste.

Well, I personally prefer white wine and I haven't drank any ex-soviet wines. I know that the ex-prime minister of Estonia, Mart Laar, loves Georgian wine.

[gold_fenix]

If you know bit about wines, then you shouldn't pay for a good wine, you have to develop your palate with common wines

[Äike]

If you know bit about wines, then you shouldn't pay for a good wine, you have to develop your palate with common wines

Well, I'm trying to impress a special someone who only drinks red wine. As I prefer white wine, looking at red wines in a store for me is like looking at the Chinese alphabet.

[Duke]

go with something up your alley, you cant handle a good red wine

[Germanicus]

Always look for a French Cabernet Sauvignon Cru or Grand cru....trust me!

[Padre Organtino]

Generally speaking a decent way to choose a relatively good French wine would be to look where it is bottled at. Mis en bouteille a la Propriete or Mis en boutelle au Chateau or Mis en bouteille au domaine mean that the wine was processed and bottled by the local producers and usually indicates relatively good quality.
Out of Georgian red wines Kindzmaraui is on top IMO and Telliani valley firm seems to have good quality wine.
Note that anything above say 30-40 euros is a sort of difficult to differentiate from lower price wine since you really need to be experienced to enjoy the taste of really refined wines (I can't boast with being a great wine expert myself).

[Falkata]

If you want to impress somebody try with Vega Sicilia.
I dont know how much a bottle can cost over there though

[Äike]

Generally speaking a decent way to choose a relatively good French wine would be to look where it is bottled at. Mis en bouteille a la Propriete or Mis en boutelle au Chateau or Mis en bouteille au domaine mean that the wine was processed and bottled by the local producers and usually indicates relatively good quality.
Out of Georgian red wines Kindzmaraui is on top IMO and Telliani valley firm seems to have good quality wine.
Note that anything above say 30-40 euros is a sort of difficult to differentiate from lower price wine since you really need to be experienced to enjoy the taste of really refined wines (I can't boast with being a great wine expert myself).

I saw Kindzmaraui and Telliani Valley wines. The Kindzmaraui ones did cost around 6 euros, the Tellieani Valley ones were around 20 euros.

If you want to impress somebody try with Vega Sicilia.
I dont know how much a bottle can cost over there though

I didn't see that in the store.