Wine gift recommendation related to the number 3?
October 4, 2013 8:36 AM Subscribe
I'm looking to buy a nice wine for someone who has done three things for me. Could you recommend a good wine that ties into the number 3 somehow?
I'd like to keep the cost under $60.
I need to have it by Tuesday, so I don't have time to order online, but I live in Houston, and have access to some great wine stores with wide selections.
I'd like to keep the cost under $60.
I need to have it by Tuesday, so I don't have time to order online, but I live in Houston, and have access to some great wine stores with wide selections.
If you have access to great wine stores why not just ask them? Very good wines are available at the $20 price point. Ask the store to suggest three - filtered by whatever you know about the recipients tastes.
posted by COD at 9:08 AM on October 4, 2013
posted by COD at 9:08 AM on October 4, 2013
Can you buy three different bottles of wine rather than one bottle some how relating to the number 3?
posted by PuppetMcSockerson at 9:08 AM on October 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by PuppetMcSockerson at 9:08 AM on October 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
Your best bet would probably be to go into the store and ask somebody there. They know what they've got in stock.
Connection could be in the name of the winery (three rivers, three wishes) or the particular wine name, or the number of grapes in the blend (Syrah, Pinot Noir and Merlot) or the art of label (example: Ravenswood, and their triskelion-style design). Or you could just get a matched set of three bottles. Your needs are actually very flexible.
Go to the wine store during a non-busy time, and present this problem to the helpful dude, and you will probably get a much better answer than from any of us.
posted by aimedwander at 9:11 AM on October 4, 2013
Connection could be in the name of the winery (three rivers, three wishes) or the particular wine name, or the number of grapes in the blend (Syrah, Pinot Noir and Merlot) or the art of label (example: Ravenswood, and their triskelion-style design). Or you could just get a matched set of three bottles. Your needs are actually very flexible.
Go to the wine store during a non-busy time, and present this problem to the helpful dude, and you will probably get a much better answer than from any of us.
posted by aimedwander at 9:11 AM on October 4, 2013
Three Peaks Syrah is apparently available at Houston Wine Merchant for the just-within-your-budget price of $59.99. I’ve no idea how good it is but one blurb for it reads “This stuff is straight up Côte Rôtie with some Cali-styled Swagger. Wild red fruits and baking spice roll into cardamom and brambly blackberries with a hint of smoked game…”
posted by misteraitch at 9:16 AM on October 4, 2013
posted by misteraitch at 9:16 AM on October 4, 2013
It'll be way below your stated price point, and it's not an impressive wine for an oenophile, but there's the Menage a Trois blends produced by the Folie a Deux winery. They're blends of three different wines, and they have a red and a white version. If they have a blush version as well, you could get all three for less than $60 and double down on the threeness. You can probably find them at your grocery store, certainly at any liquor store.
posted by LionIndex at 9:19 AM on October 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by LionIndex at 9:19 AM on October 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
Best answer: More searching on the Spec's website dug up Joseph Swan Cuvee du Trois pinot noir ($28.99) and Calcareous Tres Violet ($35.36). Poking around elsewhere, both seem to be reasonably well-reviewed.
posted by neroli at 9:19 AM on October 4, 2013
posted by neroli at 9:19 AM on October 4, 2013
I have to say that Menage a Trois red is my favorite goes-with-everything wine. It is deliciously fruity, not too dry, not too sweet. The Goldilocks of red blends.
posted by domo at 9:45 AM on October 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by domo at 9:45 AM on October 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
Tripling (tee hee) the Menage a Trois recommendation.
"It is deliciously fruity, not too dry, not too sweet."
I cannot resist relating a story my darling late aunt told me. She and my uncle were having dinner out and they asked the waiter about a particular wine. He described it with these words: "It's not too sweet, it's not too dry, it's just mediocre."
posted by Dolley at 10:37 AM on October 4, 2013
"It is deliciously fruity, not too dry, not too sweet."
I cannot resist relating a story my darling late aunt told me. She and my uncle were having dinner out and they asked the waiter about a particular wine. He described it with these words: "It's not too sweet, it's not too dry, it's just mediocre."
posted by Dolley at 10:37 AM on October 4, 2013
I really like Ridge Three Valleys. It costs about $20 a bottle locally in San Francisco.
posted by ryanrs at 10:38 AM on October 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by ryanrs at 10:38 AM on October 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Thanks all, Spec's had the Joseph Swan Cuvée du Trois. The wine guy there told me it means 'Vintage of Three', which is basically perfect for what I'm trying to give thanks for.
posted by IanMorr at 5:02 PM on October 4, 2013
posted by IanMorr at 5:02 PM on October 4, 2013
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Scroll on down to the Three Rivers wines -- those might suit your needs nicely.
You can make a list of the ones with names that strike your fancy, then search for reviews on CellarTracker. Although, I see it is down right now -- not sure what's going on, but surely it'll be back up shortly.
If you find what you want, you can call any Specs and ask about it. Their computer system not only tells them if their store has it in stock, it also tells them which other stores have it.
If you can't find a tasty wine with the number three in it, then maybe you can change it to "three things". For example, a nice Italian wine, plus a nice pasta, plus a nice piece of parmesan cheese -- you could get all of that at Specs. Or, maybe a wine plus 2 wine-related things like a corkscrew and a glass.
posted by Houstonian at 9:08 AM on October 4, 2013 [1 favorite]