Wine - or, what your favorite smelly grape water says about you.

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(Bumping because I'm drunk as hell)

I just tried Eiswein for the first time. Very unique. Very sweet. Very good. Going to try to make it a tradition at my house because of the positive reception.
 
I'm a big fan of sparkling wines. If you wanna feel classy on a budget, look for cava, cremant, or anything labeled as being "traditional" or "champenoise" method. These are made the same way as champagne but not in the champagne area of France. You can have a decent bottle for like $8-15 if you know what you're looking for.
 
Ol Dirty Fatso said:
I'm a big fan of sparkling wines. If you wanna feel classy on a budget, look for cava, cremant, or anything labeled as being "traditional" or "champenoise" method. These are made the same way as champagne but not in the champagne area of France. You can have a decent bottle for like $8-15 if you know what you're looking for.
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Cava is a wonderful stand-in for champagne. Recaredo had some amazing years in the mid to late 2000s. 2007, 2011, and 2014 are all fine years and worth picking up a bottle for around $90~$110 which isn't bad if you want to celebrate something special.
 
I prefer red wines of any kind, due to that characteristic "grip" they have while tasting them. Not really a fan of any given style, region or grape, just let it taste good. Also, cheap wine is not neccessarily bad, and expensive wine is not neccessarily better.
 
There’s a wine club for the dedicated wine drinker I wish I’d never attempted to joined:
https://winecentury.com/membership/
You can join for free to track the different grape varietals you’ve tried. Once you’re reached 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, or 600 varietals you can even request certificates if your liver, kidneys, friends & relatives, law enforcement, etc allow you to. It was fun at the time but I tapped out after just over 200 and tired of finding my car keys and phone in the fridge. Switched back to vodka.
 
Orange Rhymer said:
I am a wine hater - but I love me some champagne

Champagnes for New Years anyone? I will allow sparkling wines, prosecco, whatever. I'm not a snob.
However, I DO have a soft spot for some Moet...

Personally, I'm going cheap with some shit Freixenet Extra Brut.
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I bought a bottle of champagne for when midnight strikes, just a cheap Hungarian one, nothing special.

I have come to prefer champagne over wine, because it has the "scratch" beer has.
 
Even if I can taste a difference if presented in front of me, I just can't keep track of all the different price classes to care.
All I look for when I buy wine is what type it is (Red or White, dry or not, alcohol percentage, possibly grape variety and this I usually google).

I'd be up for "learning" the wine-tasting thingy. But at the same time I feel that if I have to "learn" to truly discern the difference, it's not really worth it.
 
Idk how the wine tasting flavor profiles work, but I like dry white wines, chardonnay, rose, and dry/clear sake (not just for weeb points it's very good to cook with). Not a big fan of reds since they feel like you're drinking a meal without any of the nutritional benefits. I've never bought a wine that's more than 40$ because I'm not into spending that much when I don't understand it.

But, I like the dry and less sweet variations because if I buy a bottle I can use some for cooking/drinking/sharing.
 
Wine usually gives me rather bad hang overs compared to other drinks, even without sulfates, but I do like some Chianti or Lambrusco.
 
Sipping on some locally made apple wine from Pennsylvania, even driven past the vinyard. Honesty it tastes like a candle from how much clove they put in there but I'm starting to enjoy it a good bit. Its under 15 dollars for 1.5 liters like boring gutter wine would be but has some character. It's mostly clove, little cinnamon and obviously a crisp fresh apple albeit very sweet taste. I think I'm going to look out for the same or similar vinyard/style but without the spice however this stuff is worth trying if you want to find where I am and try the local wine ;)
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Edit: I'm a brain dead retard and don't know why the post looks like a reply, sorry if I tagged anyone. (Mobilefag) The bottom shelf Barefoot brand Merlot makes for a rather good table wine on an off note; for around 12 dollars per handle.
 
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Started drinking red wine more frequently. Might make it my go to tipple from now on. I drink beer too fast and normally put away 12 pints worth which makes me end up feeling like shit afterwards. A bottle of wine on the other hand lasts me most of the day 4 to 6 hours. Dont end up drunk and even make the gym the next day.

My question is this though.... I try sniffing it and I don't pick up any of this cherry, chocolate, smoke, BlackBerry, tobacco shite, it just smells like wine. Tasting notes are .... grape-y. I like the taste obviously but is there some secret technique to drinking it? Do I need expensive wine? I've just been getting tenner bottles from local paki shop.
 
Meat Target said:
Does anyone else have nightmares after drinking red wine?
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Psychoactives in general make me have weird dreams. I can't even smoke cigarettes right before bed.

But I came here to post about blackberry wine. Best wine ever. Anyone who hasn't tried it is missing out.
 
Here's a question...
Did corona knock out any potential sommeliers?
Did corona kill the careers of any sommeliers?
 
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