What wine to bring to celebrate?

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My wife and I have bought a house in Desoto and will be coming for the first time June 3. We are very excited to make this house a home! I need suggestions on a bottle of wine to bring with to celebrate our new home. Red, please. Maybe you know a great Cabernet Sauvignon or a delightful Pinot Noir?
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Full Disclosure: I'm cheap, but I do like a tasty wine............Robert Mondavi Private Selection.


Don't get overly impressed with "Private Selection".......doesn't drive cost.



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Decoy Cabernet is good.
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Any red by Kendall-Jackson.
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I do like Robert Mondavi. My favorite is the Cabernet Sauvignon, private selection, aged in Bourbon barrels.
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I was once given a bottle of Dom Perignon champagne. I drank it, but I couldn't tell the difference between it and the Cooks that I usually buy.
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So "bring" is the operative word. Unless you';re going for mass market, you'll find the selections close by to be limited. So buy it where you are and drive it down .. but dont put it in the trunk !! I have some vintage Italian wines I'm still figuring out how to move down ..
A nice intermediate red is Stag's Leap Artemis.

Everyone has their own taste, but I stay away from Pinots.. I look at them as Cabs that are too strong for the drinker, so they add water and poof there you have a social wine with no body or taste ..

If you want to go up a bit, you can't go wrong with Alexander Valley Silver Oak ..

If you;re going to have some fun and add some cheese and salami for example, try RUFFINO CHIANTI RISERVA DUCALE D'ORO (GOLD)
Also very nice and moderately priced.

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Thanks for the recommendations, I may try the Stag's if I can find it. I plan to bring a few bottles, but we are bringing all of our "stuff", so it will be limited to a couple bottles. Some good Wisconsin cheese will be coming with for sure!

We can hardly stand to wait any longer to get there. Feeling like little kids before Christmas.
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It's not Cabernet, but I recommend Hahn Pinot Noir 2016. About $15 and excellent.
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Frog’s Leap, bit more expensive than Stag, and Rutherford’s cabs. The pinos have very mild - almost watery taste for me. A nice inexpensive mix with cabs is Ménage a Trois; but only Midnight, or Silk. I also find even one year older with cabs makes a difference in taste and price. If you love good wine in general Napa wineries like Rutherford, Sterling, etc have clubs and will send you their pick of wines regularly, sometimes introducing their special reserves, which are to die for, at their club prices.

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Bridge Road, a Californian Cabernet Sauvignon.
Six bucks a gallon at Aldis.
Does the job!
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Thanks for the recommendations, I may try the Stag's if I can find it. I plan to bring a few bottles, but we are bringing all of our "stuff", so it will be limited to a couple bottles. Some good Wisconsin cheese will be coming with for sure!

We can hardly stand to wait any longer to get there. Feeling like little kids before Christmas.
Try ABC Fine Wine and Spirits. One is on 466a, the other on 27/441. The selection is out of this world, and they carry the Artemis (Stag's Leap). As far as the poster commenting on a limited selection down this way, perhaps he/she has never tried ABC.
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Bridge Road, a Californian Cabernet Sauvignon.
Six bucks a gallon at Aldis.
Does the job!
That's cheap. I thought Florida wine sales were limited to 3 liters per container. Never saw a gallon here. Will look for it.

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