Wine Talk?

[cezero]

That quiz actually worked for me.

I only drink red wines.... I don't like most white and dont have time to try to appreciate them....

Yeah, even though the quiz asks nothing about wine, I've found it to be a very accurate predictor of what noobs and winos gravitate towards.

I fall in the moderate to heavy oak spectrum according to the quiz which is just right. I drink almost all red, though I like heavily oaked Chardonnays sometimes and bone-dry Rieslings, even, as I said in the opening post.

 

[cezero]

today was my first day of work in over months

it was exactly as i thought it would be

so i'm drinking a delicious bottle of Pacific Rim Dry Riesling right now. Nom nom.

 

[cezero]

2012 Chateau Ste. Michelle Dry Rielsing was really gross when it first came out. A pretty terrible vintage.

It is a perfect dry riesling right now, though. Get it while it's good.

 

[cezero]

2012 KungFu Girl Riesling.

Get it.

It's $9.99 in my neck of the woods, and easily the best value I've ever gotten for a bottle.

It's quite dry and has a wonderfully complex finish.

Seriously. Get it.

 

[Skerpokes]

I'm making my very first batch of wine right now, a Cabernet. I don't have very high hopes for my first batch, but it's a learning experience and as long as it's not rancid I will will drink it. But I'm looking forward to starting my second batch once I get this one bottled. It is going to be a drunken winter!!!

 

[lakersrule]

Much prefer reds over whites. Pinot Noirs are my favorite. Getting into Cab Francs which seem to making a popularity surge right now. I prefer my reds to have more earthy tones than fruity ones. I do enjoy a glass of dry white on a warm day. A nice dry French Rose is quite enjoyable as well.

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Sangria is pretty fucking awesome!

 

[LongHairedTimmeh]

My neighbor back home, a retiree, is into winemaking. Among the many fermentable items that he uses, he'll get his grandkids into another neighbor's lawn in the spring and fall to pick their dandelions to make into wine. He claims it ends up with a higher alcohol percentage than his fruit-based wines. Has anyone heard of this?

 

[cezero]

My neighbor back home, a retiree, is into winemaking. Among the many fermentable items that he uses, he'll get his grandkids into another neighbor's lawn in the spring and fall to pick their dandelions to make into wine. He claims it ends up with a higher alcohol percentage than his fruit-based wines. Has anyone heard of this?

fuck if i know. i've heard of dandelion wine, but never had it.

anyhoo, it's winter, so i'm drinking lots of cab, zin, syrah, and pinot noir. don't know why i like them so much more in winter.

 

[Sleepy T]

My neighbor back home, a retiree, is into winemaking. Among the many fermentable items that he uses, he'll get his grandkids into another neighbor's lawn in the spring and fall to pick their dandelions to make into wine. He claims it ends up with a higher alcohol percentage than his fruit-based wines. Has anyone heard of this?

My grandpa used to make it I was very young. Never heard of anyone else that I know making it..but yes...it has been an acceptable fermentable since before our time.

 

[Sleepy T]

Sangria is pretty fucking awesome!

Yes it is...I could drink gallons of that stuff!!

 

[LALakersboy24.7]

Sangria is pretty fucking awesome!

 

[cezero]

Sangria is pretty fucking awesome!

tastes good

but i get headaches

 

[Nascar Addict]

Wine is for rich folks, old sad women, and winos. And I'm none of the above. Give me beer. And when my day is going bad, and I don't have to go to work... a shot of scotch.

 

[cezero]

Wine is for rich folks, old sad women, and winos. And I'm none of the above. Give me beer. And when my day is going bad, and I don't have to go to work... a shot of scotch.

 

[wings-pens2166]

tastes good

but i get headaches

same here...love sangria, but I get raging headaches.

 

[cezero]

I like beer and scotch, too. Shooting scotch is a waste, and the sign of a child, though. Or somebody who likes to only buy shitty scotch.

Anyhoo, back to the thread topic, I tend to like red wine best, and drink it almost exclusively in the winter...mostly Cabs and Syrahs. Warm weather's about to hit, so I'm going to be getting some dry whites, too. Pacific Rim makes a nice dry riesling, and a few of the local vineyards around me make some good oaked chardonnays.

Any other suggestions would be great.

 

[757Hokie83]

i've been getting more into wine here lately...usually will get a 12 pack of a trusty IPA for FRI and Sat nights, and a couple of bottles of wine to get me through the work week, lol.

I like reds...old vine zin, cabernet sauvignon, and merlot are what i typically go for...usually in the $8-10 range

white's be too sweet n shit

 

[cezero]

i've been getting more into wine here lately...usually will get a 12 pack of a trusty IPA for FRI and Sat nights, and a couple of bottles of wine to get me through the work week, lol.

I like reds...old vine zin, cabernet sauvignon, and merlot are what i typically go for...usually in the $8-10 range

white's be too sweet n shit

yeah, man, i hate residual sugar in white wine.

there are some good dry and/or oaked whites that aren't sweet at all, though.

 

[mrwallace2ku]

Let's not forget about our Italian brothers and sisters here...

Good Chianti works for me. Classico.