HSIHd said:

To get really good wine you have to be a member of a vineyard's wine club. Do a search for some out in the Cali area.. They are hard to get into but when you do you can get wine that they offer only to members. My best friend is a Sous chef/head qine guy for a very nice resturaunt in northern cali and is a memner of a few clubs. He has a couple bottles of wine that he bought through the clubs for $500. If the average person wanted that same bottle they would have to pay upwards of $1700+. I will e-mail him and ask him for a few good suggestions for you.

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that's the most rediculous thing i've read...

many wine clubs that are not attached to the vineyard are as cheap, if not cheaper than buying from the vineyard..
and, there are plenty of good wines that you can buy right from a retailer for the same price or cheaper than the vineyard will sell it to you. 

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as to the original topic... i would have recommended riesling, pinot gris, and sancerre.. there's some other smaller types that I can't remember right now.. I should go grab my wine textbook from school...

'sweet' really isn't the right term, either.. only dessert wines are really 'sweet.' 



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ShroomDr said:

Rose and white zinfandel are the bastard children of the wine industry.  most true wine lovers shy away from them.  Same thing with Merlot, but id say Merlot is a little more respectful, to a wine snob.

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i totally agree, but if somebody has no taste for what normally makes a "fine" wine, there's a big chance that they'd find a rosé to be way more up their alley. while there might be something to say about manning up and learning to acquire the taste for really good red wine, and how that would increase your enjoyment greatly in the long run, if she was just looking for a wine to order for the upcoming weeks that she'll like and appreciate, a rosé would probably fit the bill.