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Originally Posted by LLL2
I want a sweet wine, i heard white wine is alittle bit sweeter then red wine. I want to play it out like it's a romantic movie. I know it's lame. But women love that bullshit. So if i can nail the wine, i can maybe hit it. Oh yeah, it's gotta be CHEAP. I want a sweet wine because i know alot of women like sweet/fruity type of drinks.
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You should really probably ask your date what she likes in terms of wine. In my experience, not all women prefer cheap wine, nor necessarily white wine.
Also, no matter what your date prefers, do NOT go cheap on wine. Cheap wine is one of the worst beverages ever. You don't have to lay out forty or fifty bucks for a bottle, but if you're spending less than fifteen or twenty, the odds are not in your favor for getting anything drinkable. Any woman with an ounce of palate will be infinitely gladder to have a very good wine that is a little drier or a little sweeter than she usually prefers, or red instead of white, or vice-versa, than a very bad wine of the sweetness or color she usually favors.
If you do end up going for sweeter wines, my recommendations are:
White: Gewurtztramminer (from Alsace, ideally, but Germany or South Africa also produce nice Gewurtztramminers), Riesling (German, Alsatian, South African, sometimes Australian or New Zealander), Semillon or Sauternes (French or Australian, NZ if you can find it is also good), or maybe a young Sauvignon Blanc.
Red/Rose: a good young Zinfandel will be an excellent choice if you're going for a sweeter red or rose. Beaujolais, if you can find a good one, are really lovely semi-dry wines. And on the more medium-bodied part of the spectrum, a nice Chianti is always a pleasant drink, and good with a wide variety of entrees.
I don't know where you live, but if you have Trader Joe's stores in your area, they often have very decent wines for extremely reasonable prices-- sometimes you can even find a good bottle for nine or ten dollars (although don't be fooled-- the wine they sell for three, four, five, or six dollars is just as bad as anywhere else). Otherwise, Whole Foods often has very good wines, and any good specialty wine and liquor store (not just some corner liquor store, but a real, quality wine shop) should be able to help you pick out a nice wine that isn't too far out of your price range.
EDIT: whoops, didn't notice this was a thread resurrection. Got to start looking closer at post dates...