White or Red?

[Brad Ballinger]

And no "pink" replies (not this time). And for those who will be persnickety and seek to qualify with bubbles or residual sugar, I'm talking table wine. I'll start...

White. I find them more varietally distinct.

[Carolyn Tillie]

Red - tend to consume often with the cuisine I prepare.

[tammylc]

White. Because I'm an acidophile who loves wine that tastes like I'm licking rocks, and well, those characteristics are just more common in whites...

[birder53]

White. Red is tough on the stomach!

[Squeat Mungry]

Red - tend to consume often with the cuisine I prepare.

Same here. There's just more Venn in that diagram.

[kitchenetc]

White in the summer, red in the winter.

[PopsicleToze]

White -- just don't care for red

[hwilson41]

Red. To go with the red meat, or salmon, or whatever.

[angeltriano]

RED! The meats I love are best complemented by red wine. Not to mention all the great reds we get for our birthdays and anniversary.

[melkor]

I'm with kitchenetc - white in the summer, red in the winter.

[redfox]

Red red red red red. Because (a) I like cheap reds better than cheap whites, overall, and I'm poor/cheap; and (b) it's good with the food, yo.

[Chris Kissack]

Red.

This, however, doesn't preclude me from giving 'white' as an answer in the future.

BWs

Chris Kissack

[Craig Camp]

Red - I live just an hour and a half from Barolo and Barbaresco and 30 minutes from Gattinara and Fara.

But seriously white has its place and I prefer fresh whites, but I never find the depth of complexity (with exception noted for Lafon and such) that I experience from red wine. I almost always think of white as a prelude with red as the main event. My favorite whites (Pieropan Soave and a long list of Friuli wines plus Vouvray, Sancerre/Pouilly Fume, Muscadet and all Alsatian wines that aren't made into white port) are defined by their fruit and acidity so that is clearly what I enjoy in white wines. However, my religious experiences for dry wines have been 95% red with the exception of a few truly exceptional whites. I usually only choose white wine when the menu demands.

[CompassRose]

White, for safety. I'm one of those poor unfortunates who reacts to some reds with the instant splitting headache ("What, is that my brains spilling out onto the table?"). It is better so.

Honestly, though, I rarely drink wine.

[Rieslingfan]

White.

a) It goes with more of the food I eat (lots of Asian ispired dishes, fish, chicken)

b) I find better values (e.g. German Riesling)

c) More truly interesting white available at those good prices (e.g. German Riesling)

d) I'm the chairman of the German Wine Society for New England. I have to say white.

David

[AlexP]

Red

The only time that my father found me completely intoxicated he asked me what the heck I had drunk. It was a weekday during High School at lunchtime, my friend and I have skipped class and went for tapas and cheap white wine. The only thing that my father said was "Nunca bebas blancos" (Never drink white wine) I have followed his advice, although sometimes I do have a taste. In my wedding, my father and I did not even touch our glasses of white wine during a fish course. More stubborn than anything else.

Alex

[slbunge]

Though most would say my diet is a much better match for white, I vastly prefer reds that fall in my price-range so that is usually what I drink.

Exception is a warm summer day when a chilled, crisp, citrus-ey white does just the trick.

[hathor]

White: if the sun is still shining

Red: for all the rest of the time, including stormy Sunday lunches.

(which might sound silly, but lunches are usually lighter, not as serious as dinners. And if its gloomy and cold out, you can't drink a chilled pinot gris can you?)

[docsconz]

This is like having to choose between one's children. I love them both , but , no I can't do it. I simply cannot give either of them up

[futronic]

Red, it's what's for dinner!

[razzar]

Reds. Whites usually taste too "thin" to me, and reds also "go" better with the foods we enjoy most.

[Carolyn Tillie]

Ahem... isn't this White in Summer and Red in the Winter philosophy Fence Sitting?

[John W.]

My palate is a publicly traded company.

Shareholders are 51% in favor of red, 49% in favor of white.

[Chad]

Red -- big, nasty, paint-stripping reds.

Chad

[bobferdon]

Pinot Noir from cool climates.. nothing else matters