Thread: Let's Talk Wine!

Originally Posted by [SWC

Erik Thorsen ]
Fat Tire is definitely up in my top five. Guinness is a great one too.

It just makes me sad that Fat Tire is always considered in import at all the bars, so it's much more expensive. (It's $4.50 a pint at the bar I frequent, which is expensive as hell)

Originally Posted by Xavsnipe

Originally Posted by Rawr

Originally Posted by Xavsnipe

Originally Posted by finc.hairy

http://www.veuve-clicquot.com/ FTW!!

Oh man Veuve Clicquot..... "La Viuda" or The Widow....

Damn I could bathe in that shit everyday....this is the best champagne I've ever had....my sister was going to get married, but she never did because she had an asshole fiance...so we're stuck with all the liquor from the wedding....so I have cases and cases and cases and cases of this shit stocked up in my place.

Ahaha that both sucks / is awesome.

I was at my parents house last year during christmas time and I saw a bottle of Veuve in their liquor cabinet and took it home since they neither knew nor cared about what it was... oh I was in heaven.

I love how everyone get's all uppity Crystal (which is complete overpriced shit btw) when something as wonderful as Veuve exists... well not everyone, but the rap community... I guess I kinda answered my own question there though..

Haha yea, but Veuve is no Boones either....that shit is prime champagne.

Well yeah, but you can get it for $50 or so, whereas Crystal (or is it Cristal) is like $200

Originally Posted by jmw_man

You mentioned that some places serve the white wines too cold, white wines are supposed to be served chilled while reds are supposed to be served at room temperature. Reds are actually supposed to be stored at ground level and out of the light. Many people simply stand them up on the ground to achieve ground temperature.

Well yes I understand this part, and I believe optimal temperature is somewhere between 33 and 38 degrees Fahrenheit (just above freezing). It's just that when I usually drink whites, it's at a family function where my family just leaves the wine outside during winter time (usually in the 20's) to chill. Either way, I just find that whites aren't as robust as reds.

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And I've been to a few restaurants that have the wine chilling in the same cooler as the frozen beer mugs, with IS too cold.

I love red wine. I am not very picky though. I think there are many really good reds for around $10-$12. My norm is 47# rooster cab, Mondavi cab or Barefoot cab. Special occasions I may go for Dynamite, Wild Horse or Rodney Strong. I do not believe in spending more than $20 on a bottle. I have had plenty in the past over $20 and they are not any better or worse than the $20 or less wines.

I do not care for white wine.

Originally Posted by Xavsnipe

Originally Posted by Rawr

Originally Posted by Xavsnipe

Originally Posted by Rawr

Originally Posted by Xavsnipe

Originally Posted by finc.hairy

http://www.veuve-clicquot.com/ FTW!!

Oh man Veuve Clicquot..... "La Viuda" or The Widow....

Damn I could bathe in that shit everyday....this is the best champagne I've ever had....my sister was going to get married, but she never did because she had an asshole fiance...so we're stuck with all the liquor from the wedding....so I have cases and cases and cases and cases of this shit stocked up in my place.

Ahaha that both sucks / is awesome.

I was at my parents house last year during christmas time and I saw a bottle of Veuve in their liquor cabinet and took it home since they neither knew nor cared about what it was... oh I was in heaven.

I love how everyone get's all uppity Crystal (which is complete overpriced shit btw) when something as wonderful as Veuve exists... well not everyone, but the rap community... I guess I kinda answered my own question there though..

Haha yea, but Veuve is no Boones either....that shit is prime champagne.

Well yeah, but you can get it for $50 or so, whereas Crystal (or is it Cristal) is like $200

Depends on what bottle you're buying...but yea, the starting price would be around $50.00.

Yeah the Brut is about $50, and the Brut is still niiiiiiiiiice =p. Oh and my restaurant sells it for like $86 a bottle, lewl.

Originally Posted by Nuckle

I love red wine. I am not very picky though. I think there are many really good reds for around $10-$12. My norm is 47# rooster cab, Mondavi cab or Barefoot cab. Special occasions I may go for Dynamite, Wild Horse or Rodney Strong. I do not believe in spending more than $20 on a bottle. I have had plenty in the past over $20 and they are not any better or worse than the $20 or less wines.

I do not care for white wine.

I actually had the Barefoot Pinot 2 or so nights ago, and I was very pleased.