The Wine Thread -- what have you been drinking?

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I rarely buy wine, but this is what I picked up last time at Trader Joe's:

http://www.liquorama.net/ProductImages/blackopalshiraz.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 7 April 2006 23:16 (twenty years ago)

Has anybody else had this? There was some left on the table last week so I helped myself and thought it was nice. I'm guessing it's cheap because my dad and his gf have a neverending supply:

http://www.cellartracker.com/labels/13992.jpg

― naus (Robert T), Friday, 7 April 2006 23:27 (twenty years ago)

Okay, I just picked this up on sale at the liquor store down the street:

http://www.globalwinespirits.com/wxvcfimage2?/THUMBNAIL|29061/Syrahjmcastro4722478.jpg

I will report my findings.

― jaymc (jaymc), Saturday, 8 April 2006 00:15 (twenty years ago)

Wine Spectator sez:

VIÑA SANTA EMA Syrah Cachapoal Valley Barrel Select 2003 (86 points, $11)

Nice violet aroma, with medium-weight flavors of plum, chocolate and spice. Good grip. Drink now. 4,000 cases made.

― jaymc (jaymc), Saturday, 8 April 2006 00:18 (twenty years ago)

Good grip??? WTF? Does it have that textured rubbery stuff around the neck instead of lead foil, for easy swigging? Anyway, in honor of this thread, tonight we drank a bottle of White Truck.

― Jaq (Jaq), Saturday, 8 April 2006 00:50 (twenty years ago)

http://www.funnypics4all.com/pics/0/0/22.jpg

― It's no fun being an illegal alien, Saturday, 8 April 2006 00:54 (twenty years ago)

That lambrusco I just posted-- it's five dollars at TJs. It was on an endcap too, so it must be quality!

― naus (Robert T), Saturday, 8 April 2006 03:16 (twenty years ago)

three months pass...

http://www.liffordwineagency.com/featured/2006/03/images/pineridge_chenin.jpg

girl at wine store: "i feel like i'm drinking a peach!"

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 21 July 2006 03:28 (nineteen years ago)

i drank

tonight. like a fucking wine cooler omg!

― tehresa needs more out of this relationship than she's willing to put in (tehres, Friday, 21 July 2006 03:42 (nineteen years ago)

Recently I have been only drinking any bog-standard pinot grigio, the cheaper the better, with Campari, fizzy water and lots of ice. Omg best summer drink ever.

― Earwig oh! (Mark C), Friday, 21 July 2006 13:12 (nineteen years ago)

Today, Sangria.

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Friday, 21 July 2006 14:17 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.figuiere-provence.com/img/img_mid/110.jpg

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 21 July 2006 14:22 (nineteen years ago)

i bought this b/c i loved the label design (and wow, a brand that isn't named after a kooky animal?). the reviews are pretty positive, too.

― Nunca Llueve (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 21 July 2006 22:37 (nineteen years ago)

that didn't work.

http://static.flickr.com/25/94254052_38bd92f369_m.jpg

― Nunca Llueve (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 21 July 2006 22:38 (nineteen years ago)

Chilean, Portugese & Spanish reds--as mentioned above, Riojas are the way to go. Cheap, light & the region's climate has been perfect over the past couple of years.

Tres Ojos is a great wine, and you can usually find it for $6-7 a bottle. I also like Las Rochas, Charamba and Equis.

― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Friday, 21 July 2006 22:54 (nineteen years ago)

I'm drinking chilled Chianti. Odd choice for a heat wave, I know, but the lower-end Chiantis can have a nice simple fruitiness and lots of acidity--chill it down and it tastes very summer-y and refreshing.

― quincie (quincie), Saturday, 22 July 2006 14:18 (nineteen years ago)

You can make a Belliniesque refresher with white peaches and chilled Chianti instead of prosecco -- I forget what it's called.

This stuff is my new summer staple, refreshing but complex, elegant but affordable.

― Paul Eater (eater), Saturday, 22 July 2006 15:52 (nineteen years ago)

I love that Pine Ridge chenin/viognier. Less sweet than a peach. Great hot-weather white.

― Eazy (Eazy), Saturday, 22 July 2006 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

Screwtop bottles are the worst. Noble rot for the decadent, right? Dregs and desperation, please!

― youn (youn), Saturday, 22 July 2006 20:19 (nineteen years ago)

WAT?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 22 July 2006 20:29 (nineteen years ago)

Paul, that looks and sounds exciting. Where did you find it? (Where can I get it?)

― youn (youn), Saturday, 22 July 2006 20:31 (nineteen years ago)

Hm, my Akakies link doesn't work for me any more. Maybe this one is better. It's all over New York; I can't imagine you'll have trouble finding it.

If screw caps are good enough for the delectable Benton-Lane, they're more than good enough for me.

― Paul Eater (eater), Saturday, 22 July 2006 20:58 (nineteen years ago)

mmm, Benton Lane. it's been a while.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 22 July 2006 21:24 (nineteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

l'ecole no. 41 semillon. i'm having it with fresh figs and jarlsberg cheese and bread and it's extremely delicious.

― youn (youn), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 22:30 (nineteen years ago)

hey, that's the one i was gonna buy!

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 23:06 (nineteen years ago)

unbelievably tasty at this price, get it now......

http://www.cellartracker.com/labels/10239.jpg

― timmy tannin (pompous), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 03:01 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.vilaviniteca.es/vilaviniteca/club/selecciones/novembre_2004/las-rocas-de-san-alejandro.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/41/74607757_c71c2ce40c_m.jpg

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 03:06 (nineteen years ago)

Screwtops are great, especially for people who cellar - no more cork taint!! (which is NOT the same as botrytis, btw, not at all) But I'm trying to hunt down some Whitehall Lane that uses these beautiful new glass seals.

― Jaq (Jaq), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 03:10 (nineteen years ago)

the best wines i've had recently were all screwtops. this was my last purchase, and it was AWESOME:

http://www.mitolowines.com.au/images/wines/bottle_jes_shiraz.jpg

― you're killing me, larry! (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 03:15 (nineteen years ago)

Jaq, thank you for giving me the opportunity to explain, probably rather defensively given that your impression of what I meant is entirely justified, that I was aware of the difference at the time of my post above because I'd read about botrytis because it affects semillon, which I'd tried and liked. I was trying to say something, unsuccessfully, as usual, about aging. I've read that clinical methods of winemaking have changed the way wines age. I think the gist was that conditions are so well controlled that wines actually take longer to mature and alternate methods are used to make wines appear older. On a completely unrelated note, I thought Julie Delpy was especially beautiful at the end of her 2nd movie with Ethan Hawke.

― youn (youn), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 03:39 (nineteen years ago)

i went to dinner for my mom's birthday in chicago, and the place had a 61 page winelist. ridiculous. ended up choosing 97 chateau musar from lebanon. was pretty good!

― phil-two (phil-two), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 03:51 (nineteen years ago)

Waking Life? (xp)

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 03:54 (nineteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

Stephen Vincent Crimson 2004

a Rhone knockoff. really pretty good for a cheap wine.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 8 September 2006 01:29 (nineteen years ago)

Barnard Griffin sangiovese rosé, a terrific summer wine for red wine lovers. That was with dinner (cheeseburgers with extra-sharp tillamook cheddar). Now, Red Truck from Cline, which is mellow and delightful.

― Jaq (Jaq), Friday, 8 September 2006 01:51 (nineteen years ago)

hey, mine went with a burger with Keen's cheddar

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 8 September 2006 02:07 (nineteen years ago)

That, my friend, is a true test of wine :)

"Does it go with your cheeseburger?"

― Jaq (Jaq), Friday, 8 September 2006 04:43 (nineteen years ago)

http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/shopping/columns/bestbets/bb050815_5_175.jpg

2005 Vitiano Rosé. Got a case for under $100.00. It's really quite good.

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 8 September 2006 13:35 (nineteen years ago)

Michael White drinks rosé. Well I'll be blowed.

― === temporary username === (Mark C), Friday, 8 September 2006 13:46 (nineteen years ago)

We decided to be ponces for a night on holiday in France, 30 Euros from the hypermarket, but god was it good!

http://static.flickr.com/63/226953733_4d3fcac2ae.jpg

We also drank lots of different small brand champagne round about 16 euros, very tasty, and fairly cheap Loire reds and whites.

― Vicky (Vicky), Friday, 8 September 2006 13:49 (nineteen years ago)

I drink rivers of it, Mark, and have for years.

(Enjoy getting blowed, btw.)

xpost

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 8 September 2006 13:49 (nineteen years ago)

I've stopped drinking wine almost completely, if you don't count sparklings in cocktails or Stone's -- but when I make an exception, it's pretty much anything by Bonny Doon (if I want something familiar), or something Portuguese (if I want something new). The damnyankees up here may be damnyankees, but their liquor stores have more variety in Portuguese wine than I've seen before.

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 8 September 2006 13:55 (nineteen years ago)

I know summer is fading, Tep, but try a Verdelho. Cheap and excellent.

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 8 September 2006 13:56 (nineteen years ago)

I'll look for it! I was just thinking I should get another bottle of wine soon, now that it's on my mind. I'll want applejack soon anyway.

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 8 September 2006 14:01 (nineteen years ago)

I don't really drink beer anymore. The pub where I watch soccer has cider, which I like well enough, and I've noticed that I never really feel a yen for cognac after dinner, always calvados. I'm developing a
thing for apple based drinks.

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 8 September 2006 14:03 (nineteen years ago)

Laird's bonded applejack is supposed to be excellent (specifically/especially the bonded product, not the other), especially in a Jack Rose -- applejack, grenadine, lemon juice. That's what I'm going to look for, now that I'm back in apple country -- though most of it I'll probably drink straight or use to boost mulled cider. Maybe I'll make an applejack-based hot buttered rum.

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 8 September 2006 14:06 (nineteen years ago)

How does applejack compare with calvados?

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 8 September 2006 14:07 (nineteen years ago)

Less brandy-like, mostly -- more of what I consider a strong apple flavor -- it varies by brand, because the cheapest ones tend to dilute with neutral spirits. But it's one of those things where you can make some good educated guesses about quality based on price (unlike with rum, I'm still discovering). The proof might be different too, not sure.

I'm still adjusting my vocabulary, because growing up "applejack" meant something completely different that you'd never buy in stores -- unpasteurized, unfiltered cider allowed to ferment to its maximum, and sometimes strained of its sediment, about as alcoholic as a high-octane beer.

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 8 September 2006 14:53 (nineteen years ago)

Isn't applejack freeze-distilled while calvados is distilled normally (by evaporation)?

― Paul Eater (eater), Friday, 8 September 2006 15:18 (nineteen years ago)

Check this out

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 8 September 2006 15:22 (nineteen years ago)

Applejack's not always freeze-distilled anymore, just the cheaper stuff -- I think Laird's is distilled by evaporation, for instance. It used to be called apple brandy to differentiate it from home-made freeze-distilled jack, but so few people make that these days.

xpost -- the advice about homemade grenadine there is good, too, but I usually have to adjust the amounts of grenadine I use as a result (I'm also not very scientific about reducing it)

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 8 September 2006 15:25 (nineteen years ago)

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