wwinfl91 Posted April 6, 2005 Author #301 Share Posted April 6, 2005 We also do not like the selections on the RCCL wine list although it is more because they don't offer the kinds of wine we like rather than the quality. The wine we like isn't necessarily expensive but it is what we like. The ship doesn't offer many "sweeter" wines, (i.e. rose, reisling, etc) which is why we like bringing our own. Have a great next cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
island lady Posted April 6, 2005 #302 Share Posted April 6, 2005 We often bring a bottle or two for in-cabin consumption. We are happy just to have a glass with dinner, so we get a bottle (sometimes red for me & white for DH), and nurse it for 3-4 days. They will re-cork it and have it on the table the next night. I suppose if I were really a wine snob, I would be able to sense that the wine was turning after 2 nights, but so far, I can't. Must be the 2-3 martinis before dinner (which I think are very fairly priced, BTW). Ahh...the "martoonies" do make a delicious difference! :D Your red wine should last a couple to 3 days if recorked and kept away from heat and light. The white they will most likely toss in the fridge, and should last almost a week. If they have a vacumn type or one of those CO2 type, recorking system things, it will last even longer. Ahh...the call of the grapes...I think I hear them now!! ;) Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare xpcdoojk Posted April 7, 2005 #303 Share Posted April 7, 2005 We also do not like the selections on the RCCL wine list although it is more because they don't offer the kinds of wine we like rather than the quality. The wine we like isn't necessarily expensive but it is what we like. The ship doesn't offer many "sweeter" wines, (i.e. rose, reisling, etc) which is why we like bringing our own. Have a great next cruise. I have always seen a white zin on the main menu list and the wine and dine list. There is almost always either a Gewurtztraminer or a Riesling on the lists as well. Those should be able to satisfy your sweet tooth issues. I know we have had Beringer white zin in the past, and I know we have had a Chateau St Michele Riesling as well. There are some spicey dishes that just beg for this style of wine. jc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwinfl91 Posted April 7, 2005 Author #304 Share Posted April 7, 2005 Glad to hear they at least have a couple of "sweeter" wines. We had a Reisling several times on our last Princess cruise but I'm going to have to find their wine list to check out which one it was. HAL also always had a couple of Reislings and usually a white Zin that we ordered when we wanted wine with dinner. Thanks for the information that RCCL also has these available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachchick Posted April 8, 2005 #305 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Please don't assume that a Reisling or a Gewurtz or even a rose will be sweet. Many French/German (and a few American) vintners do Reisling/Gewurtz in the "Alsace" style--dry, dry, dry. Yes, these grapes are very fruity, but the wine made from them is not necessarily sweet. It is, however, what most Americans expect. Ditto for roses. Try a dry French rose--won't taste anything like American white Zin. Just food, no make that wine, for thought. beachchick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
island lady Posted April 8, 2005 #306 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Please don't assume that a Reisling or a Gewurtz or even a rose will be sweet. Many French/German (and a few American) vintners do Reisling/Gewurtz in the "Alsace" style--dry, dry, dry. Yes, these grapes are very fruity, but the wine made from them is not necessarily sweet. It is, however, what most Americans expect. Ditto for roses. Try a dry French rose--won't taste anything like American white Zin. Just food, no make that wine, for thought. beachchick MMmmmm.....love those dry Alsacian Reislings and dry French Rose's!! :D Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare xpcdoojk Posted April 8, 2005 #307 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Please don't assume that a Reisling or a Gewurtz or even a rose will be sweet. Many French/German (and a few American) vintners do Reisling/Gewurtz in the "Alsace" style--dry, dry, dry. Yes, these grapes are very fruity, but the wine made from them is not necessarily sweet. It is, however, what most Americans expect. Ditto for roses. Try a dry French rose--won't taste anything like American white Zin. Just food, no make that wine, for thought. beachchick good point, but there are very few Rieslings, Gerwurtz, or white zins made in the US that are dry. About the only one I can think of is the Eroica from Chateau St Michelle, which I really like by the way. Don't worry about the ones on the ship will be familiar ones. Chateau St Michelle, Beringer, Sutter's Home. I know we have had the first two on a ship. Especially the Beringer as it is probably the number 1 selling wine in the USA. Which speaks volumes about the sophistication of American wine drinkers. :D ;) jc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwinfl91 Posted April 8, 2005 Author #308 Share Posted April 8, 2005 We particularly like the German Rieslings, some of which are suprisingly reasonable in price. We also like the wine from a local winery, Lakeridge, which has several light Muscadine based wines we enjoy. Several bottles of it will probably manage to find their way on board for this cruise. Have a great next cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare xpcdoojk Posted April 8, 2005 #309 Share Posted April 8, 2005 There was a time in my life about 25 years ago, that I drank almost nothing except German white wines. Which are quite capable of inspiring an all powerful craving. Understanding German wine labels should be offered as a PHd study course in colleges. Fascinating stuff. jc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDaae Posted April 9, 2005 #310 Share Posted April 9, 2005 OK. So my question is what's your best bet to get wine on board? Your small carry on or your checked luggage? Our info always says to have all the luggage you will not be bringing on yourself have locks on them when you let the porters at the docks take them from you. So if the x-ray doesn't show a gun or something, just the outline of a bottle or two, would they break open the lock to your luggage? Or just let it slide? Has anyone ever been called to go someplace because they have an issue with what you have in your check - on luggage? (After you have already gone on the ship) (Most time's your bags are not even on before you do) I mean at all, not to your cabin, we all know that takes hours. But I have seen my bags on the doc with others as I am walking on to the ship. Never seen anyone being called to get off or report someplace before, so i wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
island lady Posted April 9, 2005 #311 Share Posted April 9, 2005 OK. So my question is what's your best bet to get wine on board? Your small carry on or your checked luggage? Our info always says to have all the luggage you will not be bringing on yourself have locks on them when you let the porters at the docks take them from you. So if the x-ray doesn't show a gun or something, just the outline of a bottle or two, would they break open the lock to your luggage? Or just let it slide? Has anyone ever been called to go someplace because they have an issue with what you have in your check - on luggage? (After you have already gone on the ship) (Most time's your bags are not even on before you do) I mean at all, not to your cabin, we all know that takes hours. But I have seen my bags on the doc with others as I am walking on to the ship. Never seen anyone being called to get off or report someplace before, so i wonder? I got called off just after boarding on our Hawaii cruise 2 years ago. We always take our little picnic backpack for self guided tours of the islands. I forgot that it contained two butter knives with the picnic set, plus I had a tiny lime cutting knife in it. (To go with the smuggled gin/tonic I brought in the same suitcase ;) ). I thought they were after the gin when they had me open it in front of them. With the gin in full view, they took away the lime knife and butter knives to be given back to us at the end of the cruise. The gin was ignored! We simply borrowed a large knife for the duration of the cruise from the buffet service to cut up our lime....go figure! :rolleyes: ;) Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
island lady Posted April 9, 2005 #312 Share Posted April 9, 2005 good point, but there are very few Rieslings, Gerwurtz, or white zins made in the US that are dry. About the only one I can think of is the Eroica from Chateau St Michelle, which I really like by the way. Don't worry about the ones on the ship will be familiar ones. Chateau St Michelle, Beringer, Sutter's Home. I know we have had the first two on a ship. Especially the Beringer as it is probably the number 1 selling wine in the USA. Which speaks volumes about the sophistication of American wine drinkers. :D ;) jc Actually the number one selling house wine in the US is Copperidge, a Gallo product. Gallo also still claims the title of largest wine company in the US, with the most sales. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwinfl91 Posted April 10, 2005 Author #313 Share Posted April 10, 2005 It is interesting that Gallo, which was and is still bad mouthed by many people who say they know wine, is the best selling in the US. Since so many Californian wines have won so many awards you would think Gallo would finally start to get some respect but I guess it just takes a lot more time to build a world wide reputation. I read somewhere the French wine producers were petitioning the French governement for permission to destroy a bunch of french wine so that they can keep the price levels where the wine producers want it. Of course they want the French government to pay them for the wine being destroyed. Maybe I can convince them to send it to our ship and we will destroy it for them. Would anyone else be interested in that? Have a great next cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachchick Posted April 10, 2005 #314 Share Posted April 10, 2005 good point, but there are very few Rieslings, Gerwurtz, or white zins made in the US that are dry. About the only one I can think of is the Eroica from Chateau St Michelle, which I really like by the way. Don't worry about the ones on the ship will be familiar ones. Chateau St Michelle, Beringer, Sutter's Home. I know we have had the first two on a ship. Especially the Beringer as it is probably the number 1 selling wine in the USA. Which speaks volumes about the sophistication of American wine drinkers. :D ;) jc I just know I'm going to sound like a major wine snob...I am not worried about the wine list on RCI because I think it is inferior and way overpriced (not sure if that was directed to me). Also, I didn't convey properly that I don't like the sweet wines, which is why I know about some of the dry ones. Sutter's Home, Beringer (here's my snobbiness again), yuck (for my tastes; I know others like them). We live in the middle of one of CAs best wine regions and are friends with vintners. I'm no wine "expert" by any means--I don't have the budget for it!--I am pretty familiar with many excellent wines. As an aside, if you do like the Alsacian style of Reisling and/or Gewurtz, try to find Claiborne & Churchill (Central Coast CA). They are known for their very dry Reisling and Gewurtz. That and their Twin Creeks pinot noir are their signature wines. And I agree with you about German wine labeling. I have to "get the book" any time I'm confronted with one because I just can't keep it straight and I never remember correctly. :rolleyes: beachchick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setcarp Posted April 10, 2005 #315 Share Posted April 10, 2005 Just got off the Navigator and we carried on: 2 boxes of wine 3L each, 1 12pack bottled beer in our checked baggage and carried on 12 pack canned soda and 6 pack of canned beer (for sail away). We ended up giving away one of the boxes of wine when we realized we had too much. We bought a bottle of Vanilla Rum from the ship store and there was a charge for each bottle, so we only bought one. The boxed wines were really good. Got one Black Box chardonay and another brand Pino Griggio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
island lady Posted April 10, 2005 #316 Share Posted April 10, 2005 I read somewhere the French wine producers were petitioning the French governement for permission to destroy a bunch of french wine so that they can keep the price levels where the wine producers want it. Of course they want the French government to pay them for the wine being destroyed. Maybe I can convince them to send it to our ship and we will destroy it for them. Would anyone else be interested in that? Have a great next cruise. MMmm....that sounds like a delicious idea to me!! :D Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwebb Posted April 10, 2005 #317 Share Posted April 10, 2005 Just back from Navigator 4/2 sail where we took 4 bottles of nice wine in our collapsible cooler inside carryon bag. 12pk of diet coke and 12pk of water in wheeled carry on- w/o any problems. packed corkscrew in plain site in checked luggage. it was never questioend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwinfl91 Posted April 11, 2005 Author #318 Share Posted April 11, 2005 That's good news that you were able to take your wine onboard and not have any problems. I hope that is the case when we board the Jewel on May 1. Have a great next cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
island lady Posted April 11, 2005 #319 Share Posted April 11, 2005 That's good news that you were able to take your wine onboard and not have any problems. I hope that is the case when we board the Jewel on May 1. Have a great next cruise. And the same when I board the Mariner! Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare xpcdoojk Posted April 11, 2005 #320 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Actually the number one selling house wine in the US is Copperidge, a Gallo product. Gallo also still claims the title of largest wine company in the US, with the most sales. Cheers! Probably thru sales to restaurants. Which accounts for the big volume, I bet sales to people walking thru the ole grocery store are buying more bottles of Beringer. Of course, Gallo sells those 3 gallon jugs, on second thought. :D :p jc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
island lady Posted April 11, 2005 #321 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Probably thru sales to restaurants. Which accounts for the big volume, I bet sales to people walking thru the ole grocery store are buying more bottles of Beringer. Of course, Gallo sells those 3 gallon jugs, on second thought. :D :p jc You are most right!! :D Actually Copperidge and their 2nd tier house, Burlwood, is Gallo's exclusive house wine sold to restaurants, catering and hotels (called "on premise accounts") only. You won't find it in the stores. If you go to Outback/Carrabbas..etc. and order their house wine...it's Copperidge. The grocery store stuff is the EJ Gallo brand, lots of 1.5 liters, and of course the ever popular "el jugo" wines!! :) The people in know, however, also are aware of their high end wines, and estate bottling. Shhh....it's our secret...more juice for us!! ;) Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwinfl91 Posted April 11, 2005 Author #322 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Well we have over 600 people who voted in the poll and it is 79% against RCCL blocking us from bringing wine onboard openly and about 4% in favor of the policy. The other 17% either don't drink wine, are going to bring it aboard no matter what the policy says or really just don't care. Keep voting and keep talking about wine. We have stayed around on the first few pages of the board for over a month now. Have a great next cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
island lady Posted April 12, 2005 #323 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Wine people, yeah!! :D....spoil sports...nay....!! :( Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSUcruiser Posted April 12, 2005 #324 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Just got off the VOS on 4/9, had a wonderful cruise! I brought one bottle of wine in my carry-on piece (no questions asked) and packed several more in checked luggage. We were not impressed with the choices in the "wine/dine" package. On the first night of the cruise we ordered one bottle of wine, told it wasn't available. Ordered our second choice. The next night it wasn't available. By the end of the week our third choice ran out!!! We were ordering wine in the $40/60 price range, can't believe they can't stock more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabrooke1130 Posted April 12, 2005 #325 Share Posted April 12, 2005 We are sailing on RCI this summer and this new policy is a disgrace. We won't be cruising RCI again until it changes its policy. One of the things we look forward to most is collecting fine wines and then enjoying them on our cruises. RCI gets a corkage fee and we have a great wine--everyone is a winner. I sure hope RCI changes their policy or else we'll be going to HAL and Princess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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