If you drink a box of wine - Page 5

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.

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...

TheMercenary · 01-16-2009, 09:16 AM

Check out the wines made in Chile as well. Very good for the price.

Sundae · 01-16-2009, 03:19 PM

For the record...

I used to work in a four star country house hotel. It wasn't five star because the owners at the time refused to compromise the historic setting with a swimming pool (long since resolved).

We had a couple of wine tastings while I worked there. No idea why. Perhaps so the dining room waitresses could sound professional about the wine? Who knows - we had a sommalier of course, and I (for one) only worked the breakfast shift!

So I thought I had a reasonable handle on wine. That and tasting it at home etc. Nope. We went to a wine and cheese tasting on a skiing holiday. Cost something minute (about £4 at the time I think) which was a bargain given we went home too pissed and full to eat dinner! It started with a "blind" test - you had descriptions of the five wines and the five cheeses and had to match them up. We did okay - better on the cheese than the wine. The cheese was thanks to me, the wine ended up being guesswork.

Then it was a price test - match the wines (identified this time as 1-5 to match the descriptions) to the price. I got them almost exactly reversed. Our friend got the two top wines in the two top slots, so we got a bottle of the priciest as a prize. Given that my ex didn't drink, me & M had a rare old time knowing we were knocking back expensive wine!

I know I like Rioja. Anything else I leave to the experts.
Except cheese I mean.

sweetwater · 01-16-2009, 04:04 PM

I am not a connoisseur of wine though I do enjoy the ceremony associated with it. Still, it's the labels that appeal to me more than the wine, though I do enjoy some now and then. As long as it's served in a glass and not a little box, I wouldn't know which was which.

Aliantha · 01-16-2009, 05:09 PM

Quote:

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.

TheMercenary · 01-16-2009, 06:27 PM

Well you always have whine.

capnhowdy · 01-16-2009, 06:47 PM

Can you purchase a scotch flavored wine?

footfootfoot · 01-16-2009, 07:26 PM

No but I have had some scotch flavored beer and it was oustanding.

oudsanding. otusdaning.

It was good.

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01-16-2009, 09:16 AM	#63
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Check out the wines made in Chile as well. Very good for the price. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

01-16-2009, 04:04 PM	#65
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	I am not a connoisseur of wine though I do enjoy the ceremony associated with it. Still, it's the labels that appeal to me more than the wine, though I do enjoy some now and then. As long as it's served in a glass and not a little box, I wouldn't know which was which. __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

01-16-2009, 06:27 PM	#67
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Well you always have whine. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

01-16-2009, 06:47 PM	#68
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Can you purchase a scotch flavored wine? __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

01-16-2009, 03:19 PM	#64
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	For the record... I used to work in a four star country house hotel. It wasn't five star because the owners at the time refused to compromise the historic setting with a swimming pool (long since resolved). We had a couple of wine tastings while I worked there. No idea why. Perhaps so the dining room waitresses could sound professional about the wine? Who knows - we had a sommalier of course, and I (for one) only worked the breakfast shift! So I thought I had a reasonable handle on wine. That and tasting it at home etc. Nope. We went to a wine and cheese tasting on a skiing holiday. Cost something minute (about £4 at the time I think) which was a bargain given we went home too pissed and full to eat dinner! It started with a "blind" test - you had descriptions of the five wines and the five cheeses and had to match them up. We did okay - better on the cheese than the wine. The cheese was thanks to me, the wine ended up being guesswork. Then it was a price test - match the wines (identified this time as 1-5 to match the descriptions) to the price. I got them almost exactly reversed. Our friend got the two top wines in the two top slots, so we got a bottle of the priciest as a prize. Given that my ex didn't drink, me & M had a rare old time knowing we were knocking back expensive wine! I know I like Rioja. Anything else I leave to the experts. Except cheese I mean.

01-16-2009, 07:26 PM	#69
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	No but I have had some scotch flavored beer and it was oustanding. oudsanding. otusdaning. It was good. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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