Author Topic: The Wine Thread (Contra pls) (Read 13422 times)

chronovore · « **Reply #60 on:** September 13, 2015, 04:30:39 AM »

Next to the Barefoot line?

tiesto · « **Reply #61 on:** September 13, 2015, 09:55:07 AM »

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I won't buy a beer if has "hop" anywhere in the name

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Quote from: nudemacusers on September 05, 2014, 03:06:26 PM

i'm just talking about the stuff that looks like it's meant for 35 year olds wearing adventure time tshirts and listening to the heavy metal soundtrack

I really hate all the "metal" influenced brewery logos, beer names and bottle art.

As for wine, I like malbecs, but I rarely ever drink the stuff anymore.

Heh, small hot sauce companies tend to do this too with their bottles. Though like both beer and hot sauce, I usually find the plainest, most minimal labels, usually have the best product. (Maine Beer Co

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Kara · « **Reply #62 on:** September 13, 2015, 10:09:12 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on September 13, 2015, 04:30:39 AM

Next to the Barefoot line?

Barefoot was like 2 shelves below.

octopushover · « **Reply #63 on:** September 13, 2015, 10:27:37 AM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on September 09, 2015, 10:34:19 PM

Btw this app is great for tracking the wines you try: https://www.vivino.com

Yeah I use Vivino. Helps me keep track of what I have cellaring and where I got it, too. "Oh god this is shit, where did it even come from?" *left here after a party* "oh."

Momo · « **Reply #64 on:** September 14, 2015, 01:22:59 AM »

Drank a bottle of Merlot from a nearby wine farm Saturday, my face turned into warm jelly, so good

Then my friend tried to push some Shiraz on me

Suffice it to say, we are no longer wine friends.

chronovore · « **Reply #65 on:** September 14, 2015, 07:00:52 AM »

Quote from: Momo on September 14, 2015, 01:22:59 AM

Drank a bottle of Merlot from a nearby wine farm Saturday, my face turned into warm jelly, so good

Then my friend tried to push some Shiraz on me

Suffice it to say, we are no longer wine friends.

Momo · « **Reply #66 on:** September 14, 2015, 07:21:16 AM »

Never fuck with Merlot, you will go home in a drunk tank

Tasty · « **Reply #67 on:** September 14, 2015, 09:28:25 AM »

Merlot

Momo

Momot

octopushover · « **Reply #68 on:** September 14, 2015, 05:57:13 PM »

australians are the worst thing to happen to wine since manischewitz

Tasty · « **Reply #69 on:** September 15, 2015, 02:31:47 AM »

Finished off a box of Corbett Canyon with my roommate while watching a three hour Bollywood movie until 3:15am

Momo · « **Reply #70 on:** September 15, 2015, 02:47:22 AM »

Quote from: octopushover on September 14, 2015, 05:57:13 PM

australians are the worst thing to happen to the universe since the big bang

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Kara · « **Reply #71 on:** September 15, 2015, 02:53:21 AM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on September 15, 2015, 02:31:47 AM

Finished off a box of Corbett Canyon with my roommate while watching a three hour Bollywood movie until 3:15am

does this guy know how to party or what

Tasty · « **Reply #72 on:** September 15, 2015, 02:56:13 AM »

Can't tell if you're serious with that doge

But it was a good time

+2% culture

Momo · « **Reply #73 on:** September 15, 2015, 02:58:30 AM »

Nothing says fun like a gaudy Bollywood musical. Living the life

Kara · « **Reply #74 on:** September 15, 2015, 03:02:24 AM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on September 15, 2015, 02:56:13 AM

Can't tell if you're serious with that doge But it was a good time

+2% culture

I'm always serious with my posts except for the times when I'm being seriously facetious.

Tasty · « **Reply #75 on:** September 30, 2015, 11:23:29 PM »

This shit's great and cheap and pretty good. Apparently they make it in cans?!?!?

New wishlist item get!

Kara · « **Reply #76 on:** November 08, 2015, 06:53:39 PM »

Drinking a bottle of Cocchi vermouth. It's a pretty decent vermouth.

Shadow Mod · « **Reply #77 on:** November 08, 2015, 06:57:27 PM »

I tried blueberry wine today. Might pick up some of that...

Kara · « **Reply #78 on:** November 08, 2015, 07:03:30 PM »

Quote from: Shadow Mod on November 08, 2015, 06:57:27 PM

I tried blueberry wine today. Might pick up some of that...

Manischewitz blackberry wine.

Tasty · « **Reply #79 on:** March 28, 2016, 12:58:50 PM »

http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/28/11317518/kuvee-bottle-keep-wine-fresh-smart-wi-fi

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/kuvee-the-smart-wine-bottle-that-keeps-wine-fresh

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This is the first product from Kuvée, a young startup out of Boston. There are really two parts to it: the bottle, and the wine cartridge that fits inside it, slid in through an opening at its base.

Using the bottle's touchscreen, you can browse and purchase the other wines available through Kuvée. At launch, there are 48 wines from 12 wineries.

Preorders for the Kuvée Bottle begin today, with shipments beginning in October. At launch, the product will only be available in two states, California and Massachusetts (California is where Kuvée bottles its wine; Boston is where Kuvée is based).

So proud of my city today.

Tasty · « **Reply #80 on:** May 18, 2016, 12:35:09 PM »

Spanish wines are good shit.

Didn't take you for a riesling guy haha.

Kara · « **Reply #81 on:** May 18, 2016, 12:48:35 PM »

If you find Asti too sweet or too sorority sister (you sexist pig, even Esch drinks Riesling) or too Martini brand, Brachetto d'Acqui is a good substitute.

Tasty · « **Reply #82 on:** May 18, 2016, 01:04:36 PM »

Quote from: Kaffir The Reaper on May 18, 2016, 12:42:02 PM

I thought this was a The Wire thread for a second and was like "who the fuck are Malbec and Shiraz?"

Tasty · « **Reply #83 on:** May 18, 2016, 02:12:13 PM »

Oh you don't have to tell me honey

Kara · « **Reply #84 on:** May 18, 2016, 02:23:15 PM »

Karamchand

sarslip · « **Reply #85 on:** May 18, 2016, 03:11:58 PM »

been fortunate to drink some nice vintages this year,

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been talking to esch about wine recently, "Into The Bottle" wine documentary on netflix is

sarslip · « **Reply #86 on:** May 18, 2016, 03:40:58 PM »

also got on the Vivino app wave to keep track of everything, but man does that app struggle ...

Tasty · « **Reply #87 on:** May 18, 2016, 03:45:51 PM »

Yeah I use Vivino and it's... OK.

sarslip · « **Reply #88 on:** May 18, 2016, 04:00:40 PM »

my friend gave me a Wine Searcher Pro, login, it's much better, but it's shared so i cant log any wines really, just get info....

Kara · « **Reply #89 on:** May 30, 2016, 07:29:55 PM »

I got dap from the som at this wine bar for ordering a glass of Louis Latour.

Kara · « **Reply #90 on:** May 31, 2016, 02:14:49 AM »

I ordered a Barolo too and the som comped the girlfriend and I some tasters, then tried to ensnare me in some wine of the month club.

Kara · « **Reply #91 on:** June 01, 2016, 11:55:30 AM »

I actually tried it for the first time at the wine bar I was drunk posting from this weekend itt. Get out of my head, Charles.

Anyway, when I was drinking it it struck me as being subdued for a white, but now that you tell me that it's a pairing wine I can definitely see that. The taste of it comes on as the wine is swallowed, not when you first take a sip like a Chardonnay.

Kara · « **Reply #92 on:** June 01, 2016, 12:33:31 PM »

Hmmm, I will look and see which one I had. Given where I was I assume it was the latter. (The place tries to be upscale.)

It seems to me that there are a lot of regional Italians that are reasonably priced, if you are waiting until you've #MadeIt. I really, really, really like vermentino and 30 for a bottle goes far in my dilettante experience.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #93 on:** June 01, 2016, 12:57:15 PM »

Yeah, there's lots of fancier gruners that have extended lees aging and or barrel time to extract a lot of richness/texture. It's a disgusting style in my opinion and the only gruners worth anything are the steel fermented liter bottlings.

Kara · « **Reply #94 on:** June 15, 2016, 08:30:29 PM »

The best wine that isn't fortified.

tiesto · « **Reply #95 on:** June 16, 2016, 12:00:38 AM »

Was out east at the vineyards with my girlfriend and her friends for her bday. Picked up a Late Harvest Gewurztraminer and some other bottles out there... Also tried a delicious white port whilst there.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #96 on:** June 17, 2016, 01:48:59 PM »

I love Gewurztraminer. Can't say I've ever had a 'bad' bottle of it in all these years I've sampled different ones.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #97 on:** June 17, 2016, 01:52:03 PM »

Quote from: Esch on June 15, 2016, 07:23:53 PM

Had my first Vermentino today :dahell

This is the weirdest style of wine I've ever tried. I hated it on the first sip. It has this really bizarre mix of acidity and savoriness But I kept trying more of it and it was interesting. Got this combination herbal grapefruit flower thing going on that I didn't expect at all.

Actually pretty good with food. I don't see myself buying this a lot, but would get a more expensive / rated version if I had a particular meal in mind.

Love a good vermentino. Some of the best come out of Sardinia. If that's your jam try some trebbiano as well.

Kara · « **Reply #98 on:** June 17, 2016, 01:59:57 PM »

Getting secondhand dap from the wine master.

Kara · « **Reply #99 on:** June 18, 2016, 10:11:00 PM »

I went to the "wine superstore" looking for txakoli today and even after dispensing with my blanket ban on New World wines I still had no luck finding a bottle. Why do we need aisles of pinot grigio while not offering a solitary txakoli? Lamestreamers.

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Author Topic: The Wine Thread (Contra pls) (Read 13422 times)