The Wine Thread -- what have you been drinking?

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I've been drinking Yellow Tail Chardonnay mixed with Italian Pear/Peach soda b/c I'm on a budget and my kitty is dying and I don't give a fuck. It tastes better than beer. yum.

― Sam: Screwed and Chopped (Molly Jones), Friday, 6 October 2006 02:50 (nineteen years ago)

got a free and so-far-unopened bottle of piemonte barbera sittin' on my desk right now, mmm

― joseph (joseph), Friday, 6 October 2006 04:18 (nineteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

http://www.wineanorak.com/pictures/saintsbury_garnet.jpg

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 21:21 (nineteen years ago)

British people,

Tesco is selling an Amarone ("Rocca Alata") for £9.99 that is really drinkable - not incredible but it ticks all the boxes and is like almost half the price of any other decent Amarone I've found.

― === temporary username === (Mark C), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 22:25 (nineteen years ago)

The question for me lately is "what haven't I been drinking?"

― Scorpion Tea (Dick Butkus), Wednesday, 1 November 2006 07:17 (nineteen years ago)

I shall take that under advisement, mark.

I'm really not enjoying establishments that have no european wines on the menu for those of us conscious of our food miles.

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 1 November 2006 09:22 (nineteen years ago)

Couldn't agree more.

I had a bottle of marvellous English sparkling (the mighty Nyetimber) the other week. Rich, toasty, good mousse, ecologically conscious and tasty to boot.

― Matt (Matt), Wednesday, 1 November 2006 21:32 (nineteen years ago)

Can anyone suggest a decent Pinot Noir for under $15? I don't think one exists, but I still like to try and fool myself.

― darin (darin), Wednesday, 1 November 2006 23:35 (nineteen years ago)

the one i posted just above is $17

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 1 November 2006 23:44 (nineteen years ago)

I aim to be scotland's first winemaker. The whole world is fucked so I reckon I can be scotland's first winemaker and then iceland's. Future generations' of cockroaches can marvel at my prowess.

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 1 November 2006 23:46 (nineteen years ago)

if you want to go under and get something decent, get a half bottle or pick a syrah/rhone wine instead

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 1 November 2006 23:47 (nineteen years ago)

(the garnet line is about $17, the carneros, which is much more than decent, is a bit more)

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 1 November 2006 23:51 (nineteen years ago)

We'll try that Garnet - thanks. Is the carneros a Californian vineyard, too?

We get syrahs pretty often actually, but I'm on a mission to find a pinot that's a bit less pricey than what we usually spend.

― darin (darin), Wednesday, 1 November 2006 23:57 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, nevermind my question - I just read the wine label on the above jpeg. Duh.

― darin (darin), Thursday, 2 November 2006 00:00 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.cornichon.org/archives/Beaune%20in%20the%20USA-thumb.JPG

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 2 November 2006 00:25 (nineteen years ago)

Ed will make the world's first Polar Pinot.

The burgeoning excellence of english vineyards is the sole crumb of comfort to be drawn from the whole sorry affair. The self-imposed liberal guilt driven personal ban on pinotage is a world of misery.

― Matt (Matt), Thursday, 2 November 2006 01:11 (nineteen years ago)

Tonight at an italian place close enough to some movie theaters to be considered in the Food Court, 2 glasses of Beaulieu Vineyards Coastal cab sauv. Which was okay with the bruschetta and mostaccioli puttanesca, but both glasses were very short pours at $7/glass.

I've been checking out wine.woot.com once a week and have bought a couple nice lots from them (Pepper Bridge and Death's Head Red?). A bit spendier than our normal daily stuff, but excellent deals.

― Jaq (Jaq), Thursday, 2 November 2006 05:19 (nineteen years ago)

I would have thought this was revived because of this story.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 2 November 2006 05:25 (nineteen years ago)

Oh yes, the story in the NY Times said a human would have to drink 750-1500 bottles a day to replicate the dose of resveratrol that they gave the mice. I'm trying, okay! Get off my case, doc!!!

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Friday, 3 November 2006 00:22 (nineteen years ago)

At the moment I'm on Cosme Palacio y Hermanos Cosecha. 749 to go...

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Friday, 3 November 2006 00:24 (nineteen years ago)

Wonderful with funky St. Nectaire cheese, which I'd crow about on the cheese thread if only I wasn't getting poxyfuled for searching.

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Friday, 3 November 2006 00:25 (nineteen years ago)

I had some absolutely fantastic, startlingly complex, almost scotch-like wine the other day. I will have to track down its info. It was a $40 bottle of wine, though, which might be the most expensive I've had (I know, I am naif) but it was startling how fantastically good it was.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 3 November 2006 00:26 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, let's get some cheap recs here, people

― gbx (skowly), Friday, 3 November 2006 00:28 (nineteen years ago)

Our house staple is Red Truck from Cline. Cost Plus/Trader Joe's will occasionally have it for $8/bottle; usually it's around $12. I usually keep a case of Little Penguin (one of their reds, they are all close in quality) around - good for stews/pasta sauce/pot roasts, okay for drinking. Runs $4 - $6/bottle.

― Jaq (Jaq), Friday, 3 November 2006 00:45 (nineteen years ago)

$8/bottle is getting rich for my blood, unfortunately -- grad student. i miss the two buck chuck, but trader joe's is about a million miles away from Montana.

― gbx (skowly), Friday, 3 November 2006 00:46 (nineteen years ago)

I just bought a half case of Ravenswood Zinfindel for $8 per bottle. That is probably the greatest deal in the history of mankind.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 3 November 2006 00:55 (nineteen years ago)

Has anyone read Jancis Robinson's books? They sound really good. Has anyone had Beaujolais Nouveau? I brought Beaujolais to a party once and a visiting researcher from France drank most of it, so it must really mean something there - in terms of seasons and memories. France is the source of many wonderful things.

― youn (youn), Friday, 3 November 2006 00:58 (nineteen years ago)

St. Julien has terrific wine that's often overlooked cause it's right next to Pauillac (a dingy, grim town with a sparkling reputation for wine) and Margaux - you can get a bottle of it here for $2 - http://www.winecommune.com/lot.cfm/lotID/1327752.html

Might want to do a bulk order on some of the cheaper finds there, that bottle usually goes for $34 it says

Beaujolais Nouveau is not very good but it's light and goes down easy because it's just been put in the bottle (a French friend of mine claims that it is known sometimes as "vin de piss" because that's what you do afterwards but no one I've talked to since will back that up)

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Friday, 3 November 2006 01:01 (nineteen years ago)

I need a partner for blind tastings.

― youn (youn), Friday, 3 November 2006 01:07 (nineteen years ago)

I like Gamay (the grape Beaujolais is made from) but I like it after it's had time to get good. It's still watery like Beaujolais but there's more taste to it.

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Friday, 3 November 2006 01:15 (nineteen years ago)

about the nouveau. a more forgiving take.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 3 November 2006 01:17 (nineteen years ago)

so i just got a bottle of rawon's retreat, cab.

we'll see about this.

― gbx (skowly), Friday, 3 November 2006 01:24 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, I've never really understood it because light watery wine - i.e. Gamay, Pinot Noir, rosé - works best in summertime.. who wants to be drinking chilled watery wine in November??

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Friday, 3 November 2006 01:25 (nineteen years ago)

haha gbx i bet you will

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Friday, 3 November 2006 01:27 (nineteen years ago)

tempranillo and cavit merlots ˝\(°_o)/˝

― am0n (am0n), Friday, 3 November 2006 01:30 (nineteen years ago)

gbx, I feel your pain on no TJs for miles. If you can find a Cost Plus anywhere close, they will occasionally have good deals on tasty wines. Also, check to see if the Targets around there have a wine department (I think this depends on the state laws) - they have 3 liter boxes of good stuff for the price as well as decent deals, esp. in the clearance section.

― Jaq (Jaq), Friday, 3 November 2006 01:36 (nineteen years ago)

haha gbx i bet you will

-- Euai Kapaui (tracerhan...), November 2nd, 2006 6:27 PM. (tracerhand) (later) (link)

:-/

― gbx (skowly), Friday, 3 November 2006 01:38 (nineteen years ago)

tastes like sugar

― gbx (skowly), Friday, 3 November 2006 01:38 (nineteen years ago)

What does ILX think about Malbec and Montepulciano these days?

― darin (darin), Friday, 3 November 2006 08:41 (nineteen years ago)

No opinion on malbec, but Montepulciano is a good grape and there are obviously the excellent Vini Nobili from Montepulciano itself and some very very decent montepulciano d'abruzzo which are often a good cheap standard. There are some shockers under that name though so watch out.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 3 November 2006 08:53 (nineteen years ago)

Malbec is the new Merlot. Cheap, reliable, easy to find. Plus you're helping rebuilt the Argentinian economy!

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Friday, 3 November 2006 14:26 (nineteen years ago)

how do i rebuilt economy

― gbx (skowly), Friday, 3 November 2006 14:32 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, so that Rawson's Retreat was pretty meh. Got better once it got mixed in with the bacon/tomato/onion pasta i had for dinner, but i won't be buying it again.

i'll go for malbec this weekend.

― gbx (skowly), Friday, 3 November 2006 14:33 (nineteen years ago)

happy rebuilting!

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Friday, 3 November 2006 14:55 (nineteen years ago)

two months pass...

http://www.gngnb.com/Images/BD-CigarVolantLabel.jpg

a bit tannic for my delicate constitution, those aliens, but pretty great with the right food

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 18 January 2007 04:47 (nineteen years ago)

how do you describe a wine that tastes too much like alcohol?

― youn (youn), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 00:09 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not sure but that's one of my peeves with California wines. They're often closer to 14% than 12%.

― M. White (Miguelito), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 00:21 (nineteen years ago)

It's called "hot" when you taste the alcohol in a wine.

― Jaq (Jaq), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 00:58 (nineteen years ago)

In my house we call it "yum".

― God Bows to Meth (noodle vague), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 00:59 (nineteen years ago)

gabby, what did you eat it with? i think it's the grenache that gives it the tannic overtones on some vintages.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 01:01 (nineteen years ago)

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