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They make a nice bottle - had a few of theirs. That one would have sweetness - not a likely candidate in most steak houses, but I was affiliated with a wine forward restaurant group that could have carried something like that - though it wouldn't have been anywhere near the "most expensive" bottle.This is the best wine I ever had so far, it is a port wine actually, it costs around 300$ a bottle.
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I do enjoy the sweet on occasion - check out German Icewines if you like thick, sweet and full of flavor. They can be very expensive, but you can usually get a decent one for $30 - $40 (it will be a 375, not a 750, usually).
It just depends on the mood and the food for me. Tonight I had a Chilean Cab - not too expensive, not overly tannic like Napa does them. Went well with the chocolate.
Not so much a snob - just someone that's been in the industry for more that two decades and happens to have an affinity and lots of knowledge earned over the years. I do belong to a "club", you might say, and know many people with different levels of sommelier and WSET certifications, but I'm not one of them. I do know, however, that the most expensive bottle of red wine in a steak house setting won't likely be a port, and DEFINITELY won't be sweet.This is very much the last place I expected to find a wine snob. I dated a girl in college who was all about wine tastings. Learned WAY more than I wanted to know.
Only if they have a Lambrusco (an Italian red with very tiny bubble - it's festive and usually sweetish, but can by dry-ish).Ah the age old question, do I go to a Mexican restaurant and order Italian.
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