Wine For Beginners
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- olive0
Overkill for a beginner, no?
5L!
- QuincyArcher0
man...that is wine that comes in a BOX! 5L is only about $2.50...it's probably the worst thing you can drink.
on a more serious note...a nice dessert wine might be what you need to break into the wine scene. try ice wine, if no one suggested it. It's very sweet.
- Mimio0
lol. Yeah... try a whole thimble full.
- ********0
zind humbrecht
- mangosnot0
box o wine, friend o mine! I dig the chuggable red...
- Tara0
take a wine tasting road trip
- QuincyArcher0
haha, mangosnot!
- Gorbie0
All wines will come in either boxes or screw caps in the very near future.
not that i like the idea... but wine makers have been losing a lot of their product to cork contamination, from bad corks.
the overall best storage is actually in those boxes, but screw caps have already been making their way into fine wines.
- mangosnot0
I have a box in the fridge right now, seriously!
- ********0
grb is right--screwtops and plastic corks are better than natch
- Gorbie0
Santa Barbara is prettier, but Paso Robles is better. Napa is always great and easy to find.. but Healdsburg is the best.
- olive0
It's not alone screw contamination - worldwide production of wine is too high to get every bottle a corkscrew.
- Gorbie0
See if you can find Bonny Doon wines. Central Coast (santa cruz, paso robles). They have really cool labels and make very interesting wines that aren't out of reach in price.
a goat ate my shirt at their winery. bastard.
- Mal0
- nLHb0
baby duck!!!
lol
- Gorbie0
you been there Mal?
the CIA is a great place to eat. very cheap in comparison. students cook your food and you can watch them.
- komodofrog0
don't buy cheap as wine like from local pub's (brasil especially not)
its worst than kool-aid.
- Mal0
No Gorbie and it's a great oversite on my part but I've been fed by one or two graduates in my day.
I should try it out.
- Gorbie0
you probably got the better end of the deal, Mal. they were still in school when they made my meal
:)
i'm not much of a photographer, but here's some pics of a napa trip a couple years ago:
- jeneraa0
If you're not big on alcohol, much like me you won't be able to distinguish much between the flavors at first because you will mostly taste the "fire" of the "firewater" as you say.
Red wine has greater benefits, so I say stick to it & try the white & dessert wines later.
In terms of consuming the red, I find it tastes SUPERB with a berry mousse pastry. This pair complement each other very well if you aren't big on the wine's flavor.
I know I wasn't originally into the flavor of wine. I still drink it moderation, but I must say that with the berry mousse it is ridiculously tasty.