If you drink a box of wine - Page 4

footfootfoot · 01-15-2009, 11:24 AM

I drink a lot of Jacob's creek and Lindeman's. Both are acceptable table wines, and we drink about 750ml a night. Gnarly Head Old Vine Zinfandel is another great table wine but at 10-12 buck a bottle, it isn't in the budget for everyday drinking. I can taste the difference between really awful wines and mediocre and above. But anything better than mediocre is lost on me.

I watched a TED talk recently where the guy mentioned some brains scans that were done on people who were comparing the same wine, but were told the proces varied from $5. a bottle to $500. a bottle. There brains actually showed that they were enjoying the supposedly more expensive wine.

If you go to TED.com and search for the price of happiness I think it is in that talk. I can't go to TED right now to get you the link or I'd be stuck there all day.

TheMercenary · 01-15-2009, 11:29 AM

Yea, we have moved to more of a wine thing ourselves. And we tend to stay around the $9 to $14 per bottle too. There are some really good wines out there in that range. Box wines have been reserved for an outdoor event with lots of people drinking. I can't imagine actually drinking a whole box by one person. Anyway, I agree with feet, the stuff that is suppose to cost more than $20 in the store begins to be lost by really good less costly stuff.

Pie · 01-15-2009, 11:44 AM

Ravenswood vintner's blend zinfandel is very good -- around $15. Big, somewhat jammy, but well-balanced with oak and acidity.

nowhereman · 01-15-2009, 12:11 PM

I've been happy lately with the wines from Yellow Tail (Australia), primarily the Cab/Merlot blend and the Merlot for about $7-8.00 a bottle. The whites not so much, I go more for a nice California Chardonnay. If I was really flush with cash, I'd go for some of the white Burgundies like Mersault (about $80-100 a bottle). Now THAT'S a fine bottle of wine...

JuancoRocks · 01-16-2009, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by nowhereman

I've been happy lately with the wines from Yellow Tail (Australia), primarily the Cab/Merlot blend and the Merlot for about $7-8.00 a bottle. The whites not so much, I go more for a nice California Chardonnay. ...

+1 on the Yellowtail Cab/Merlot & especially their Shiraz...a good drink at a reasonable price. And a number of the Lindeman's, the Cabernets, Merlots and quite few of the Penfolds selections......You Aussies make some good wine at reasonable prices.....Thank you...

Aliantha · 01-16-2009, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by JuancoRocks

+1 on the Yellowtail Cab/Merlot & especially their Shiraz...a good drink at a reasonable price. And a number of the Lindeman's, the Cabernets, Merlots and quite few of the Penfolds selections......You Aussies make some good wine at reasonable prices.....Thank you...

Actually, I'm surprised there's enough left over after we've had our fill to be able to export, but there you go.

I like our wines, and there are some great ones from NZ too. Some of those Chile wines are good too.

I miss wine.

Griff · 01-15-2009, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Pie

Steelerswood vintner's blend zinfandel is very good -- around $15. Big, somewhat jammy, but well-balanced with oak and acidity.

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Pie · 01-15-2009, 05:53 PM

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Hey, I'm closer to BWI now, it's definitely Ravens.

wolf · 01-15-2009, 12:17 PM

Smoking Loon Wines, people. I don't know if they've crossed into the darkside of the box wine, but they are both good and cheap. And the label's cute. My favorite is the Merlot, but I've had several of their other varieties, which were quite yummy.

Three Blind Moose is another wine bought based on the label that turned out to be fantastic.

Cicero · 01-15-2009, 12:41 PM

Yah I've gotten two different varieties of that one lately wolf..It's good. Of course it had a smoking loon on the label so why the hell not right?

Louis Jadot brands are great for red because you get the upper end taste without the price-tag. If you see this one pick it up! It goes with dinner depending on the kind. I tend to drink the pinot noir straight though.

It has cicero's seal of approval:

http://www.louisjadot.com/en/index.php

The label looks like:
http://shopping.yahoo.com/s:Wine:156...=Louis%20Jadot

You can pick it up at whole foods and most large liquor stores.

wolf · 01-15-2009, 01:34 PM

Sounds nice, but that Jadot stuff is over $30/bottle! (some over $100!!

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classicman · 01-15-2009, 01:34 PM

DO NOT get me started

Cicero · 01-15-2009, 01:35 PM

Wolf...No no...not in the stores...

9.00-11.00....

That website is misleading, that's for the uber good stuff. It's in the same range as smoking loon..

wolf · 01-15-2009, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Cicero

Wolf...No no...not in the stores...

9.00-11.00....

That website is misleading, that's for the uber good stuff. It's in the same range as smoking loon..

I was looking at the PA LCB site. I had to check to see they sold it here.

Aliantha · 01-15-2009, 03:31 PM

I was thinking this morning that you might prefer Jiminy...like the cricket...

What do you think?

Anyway, you don't have to apologise. I already know what sort of person you are. I didn't expect anything else, and still don't. And besides that, you're not the only one who has delighted in calling me the C word around here. I have to admit though, that big line of nasty words was inventive, must have used up a few brain cells to come up with.

Don't drink to much wine though or you wont have any to spare for future brain farts.

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01-15-2009, 11:24 AM	#1
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I drink a lot of Jacob's creek and Lindeman's. Both are acceptable table wines, and we drink about 750ml a night. Gnarly Head Old Vine Zinfandel is another great table wine but at 10-12 buck a bottle, it isn't in the budget for everyday drinking. I can taste the difference between really awful wines and mediocre and above. But anything better than mediocre is lost on me. I watched a TED talk recently where the guy mentioned some brains scans that were done on people who were comparing the same wine, but were told the proces varied from $5. a bottle to $500. a bottle. There brains actually showed that they were enjoying the supposedly more expensive wine. If you go to TED.com and search for the price of happiness I think it is in that talk. I can't go to TED right now to get you the link or I'd be stuck there all day. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-15-2009, 11:29 AM	#2
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Yea, we have moved to more of a wine thing ourselves. And we tend to stay around the $9 to $14 per bottle too. There are some really good wines out there in that range. Box wines have been reserved for an outdoor event with lots of people drinking. I can't imagine actually drinking a whole box by one person. Anyway, I agree with feet, the stuff that is suppose to cost more than $20 in the store begins to be lost by really good less costly stuff. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

01-15-2009, 11:44 AM	#3
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Ravenswood vintner's blend zinfandel is very good -- around $15. Big, somewhat jammy, but well-balanced with oak and acidity. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

01-15-2009, 12:17 PM	#9
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Smoking Loon Wines, people. I don't know if they've crossed into the darkside of the box wine, but they are both good and cheap. And the label's cute. My favorite is the Merlot, but I've had several of their other varieties, which were quite yummy. Three Blind Moose is another wine bought based on the label that turned out to be fantastic. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-15-2009, 12:11 PM	#4
nowhereman sliding down the razor blade of life Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: just over the edge Posts: 228	I've been happy lately with the wines from Yellow Tail (Australia), primarily the Cab/Merlot blend and the Merlot for about $7-8.00 a bottle. The whites not so much, I go more for a nice California Chardonnay. If I was really flush with cash, I'd go for some of the white Burgundies like Mersault (about $80-100 a bottle). Now THAT'S a fine bottle of wine...

01-15-2009, 12:41 PM	#10
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Yah I've gotten two different varieties of that one lately wolf..It's good. Of course it had a smoking loon on the label so why the hell not right? Louis Jadot brands are great for red because you get the upper end taste without the price-tag. If you see this one pick it up! It goes with dinner depending on the kind. I tend to drink the pinot noir straight though. It has cicero's seal of approval: http://www.louisjadot.com/en/index.php The label looks like: http://shopping.yahoo.com/s:Wine:156...=Louis%20Jadot You can pick it up at whole foods and most large liquor stores. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

01-15-2009, 01:34 PM	#11
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Sounds nice, but that Jadot stuff is over $30/bottle! (some over $100!! ) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-15-2009, 01:34 PM	#12
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	DO NOT get me started __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-15-2009, 01:35 PM	#13
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Wolf...No no...not in the stores... 9.00-11.00.... That website is misleading, that's for the uber good stuff. It's in the same range as smoking loon.. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

01-15-2009, 03:31 PM	#15
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I was thinking this morning that you might prefer Jiminy...like the cricket... What do you think? Anyway, you don't have to apologise. I already know what sort of person you are. I didn't expect anything else, and still don't. And besides that, you're not the only one who has delighted in calling me the C word around here. I have to admit though, that big line of nasty words was inventive, must have used up a few brain cells to come up with. Don't drink to much wine though or you wont have any to spare for future brain farts. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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