recommend valentines day wines, post what you're drinking during the super bowl :)
>>21875703>Early thread Anyways fuck wax seals
>>21875703>recommend valentines day wines,Port Valdouro Rose* Approachable* Engaging * Strong * Affordable Ports & Madeiras in general are recommended because they're so hilariously out of fashion you can pick up something incredibly drinkable and potent for cheap.
Got some parr stems
>>21875974How much are those? I have the speigelau definitions and wouldn't pay more per glass than those. >>21875703>valentines day wines Saint Amour Beaujolais ofc
>2011+15>implying I'm going to be anything other than alone on v-day as usualNormies don't like me. So I don't like normies.Anyway I'm drinking bairrada. Or will be once I pop this cork.
>>21876002I too will be alone as usual. Will probably pop one of the 2022 pulignys i have.
For me, it's Ridge.
>>21875983the two whites I've tasted on it are grossly outperforming my current stems, they're cheaper than spei def but i've only tasted out of those glasses a handful of times.
>>21875729They're fun to hit with a small hammer or butter knife.
>>21876270The trouble is the little particulates of broken wax get fucking everywhere in the kitchen.
>>21876286or worse, the rug
>>21876288or worse, the wine
>>21876286Exactly. Hate how it just flies all over the place.
>>21876609They need to put the wax on there to reassure the customer that there is nothing wrong with the cork and it's spozeduh taste that way
>>21876622I know you're joking but just get those new fancy corks.
>>21876625I mean I kind of made it up but I think it's pretty likely in the case of your oxidized meme wine, that they would do it as a preemptive quality statement since they were doing it before the internet
chenin for lunch
>>21876609Just do it over le garbàge.
Just had 2021 Esporao Monte VelhoPortuguese blendSmells like strawberry and pink pussy oh my goood I loooved it
Monday
>>21877343>pussy Fishy?Anyways seems interesting might get this if I see it. >>21877423I had the 2023 of this a few months ago and thought it was delicious.
>>21877426>Fishy?No, sweet and lovely
$10 vinho Verde
>>21877426>Fishy?Are you serious?
>>21879387this ain't bad tho, iirc i scored this high 80s, at worst ≥87/100
Had a 2020 Mount Eden Chardonnay Reserve for dinner tonight. Supposedly smoke rained but I couldn’t taste any smoke. Real nice wine.
>>21879371Kinda
>>21875703
>>21875703The our daily organic wines are way better than their $11-12 price tag suggests.
>>21879429>Organic You mean like natural wines?
>>21879431Naw these: https://ourdailywines.com/
how do i get into wine
Whoops sorry accidental post'
>>21879441Go to the liquor store and buy the cheapest of whatever style. That's it, you're set. The whole industry is filled with snake oil bullshit. You taste a bottle of one style, you've tasted the entire style. Sommeliers can't tell a $10 bottle from a $300 bottle so don't think that you will be able to.
>>21879505yeah but which styles
>>21879441try a lineup of wines, comparative tasting with different wines side by side is the best way to expose your palate do different stuff and get an understanding of what your preferences are. imho, lineups are the best.
>>21879441wine is not necessarily this bespoke/expensive artiste pursuit, it can just be a hobby. I remember seeing that wine quality levels out at ~$60/bottle, and you can have a downright great time with a $19 bottle. the super expensive prices are for rarity/novelty of flavor, not necessarily great taste. just buy some. you could go by a varietal chart and choose by weight. you could go by color, you could go by region, or by pairing. you'll eventually find one you like.a good amount of the fun is finding the different notes. it's why it's fun to drink wine with someone else. sure, wine tastes like wine, but maybe this wine makes a certain part of your tongue tingle like it does when you eat a blackberry. so you say "getting notes of blackberry" either as an ironic faggot or a genuine faggot, but it's fun. then the person you're with says "I'm getting notes of cherry", and maybe you notice those notes too, and agree, or disagree. nobody's definitively right because it's ultimately subjective. it's a little back and forth, a sense that you can share with someone. an anon here gave me this book rec and it's good, it's never steered me wrong. there's a good few chapters of writing at the front, and there's a chart at the back if you're finding pairings.
>>21879790>geroges duboeuf wine bookread this is frasier's voice
Posted in the last thread about being nervous for my WSET 3 exam.Good news, I passed. Thanks for the encouragement frens, celebrated with champagne and ghemme.
>>21880094based, happy for you anon
>>21880094nice :) congratulations!
>>21880094shoulda had a fuckin bud lite dude
>>21877434That's now how pussy smells. Pussy tastes like egg whites
>>21880575>Pussy tastes like egg whitestrue, with an ever so light touch of tang
>>21880577it's called VA
found a local place that has decent prices on the good stuff
>>21880624ZAYUMN
all kindsa wines out there. peanut nor
>>21880776just because it's crashing in napa doesn't mean it's crashing everywhere
>>21880776It isn’t crashing but it’s been contracting for several years.
>>21880776wines that were 200 a few years ago are 400 nowdoubt they'll ever drop back down to 200 but I hope lots of these conglomerates go bankruptI was in CA for work and saw giant burn piles everywhere of vines that were planted on the shittiest valley floor sites. Glad to see it.
>>21880776The market for expensive wine is growing, it's the goyslurp market that's contracting.
>>21881210I think it's more that wine is becoming more popular as an interest, but less popular as an everyday drink. You can still buy dirt cheap wine if you want it.
>>21881213zillenial hands typed this
What’re the top 5 red Italian grape varietals and is Montepulciano one of them?
>>21881248It better be. Prob top 2 for me. >>21880776Cause its DRC.
>>21881236You're correct. Your peers will be drinking wine when they get older, zoomie (unless you're a flyover).
>>21881248I would say Nebbiolo, Nerello Mascalese, Aglianico and Sangiovese are all better, but it might be number 5.
>>218812481. nebbiolo2. sangiovese3. nerello4. sagrantino5. agliancoI'd put montepulicano at 6 ahead of barbera at 7 followed by corvina, pelaverga and grignolino to round out the top 10.
>>21875703Wine is meant to be drunk watered down. the romans knew this. only poor people drank whine undiluted.
>>21881327nobody except germans do this today
Patagonia Pinot noir
>he's in the files
>>21882859real?
>>21882852I’ve never bothered with these since they’re like $7 when I could get nuri, ortiz, or bella for cheaper and pic rel has even less fish due to the potatoes, but also that recipe sounds pretty good guess I’ll have to give em a shotUhh kuentz-bas pinot blanc with last night’s cod fish and tonight’s videogamesHad to find the fish shaped arrangement of squares for the captcha kek
>>21882864Maybe
Napa Chenin Blanc
>>21875974>>21875983update, one already broke.
>>21883227DRUK
>>21883273literally bumped the base on a lamp shade as i picked it up from the end table and it fell off from the stem.>minus $30
>>21883196didnt even know those exist. >>21883227>>21883292rip. least it didnt break while washing...
Anybody else really like La Mozza? I don't think I've ever had a bad wine from them.
>>21883403no but this packaging is making me not want to try them
>>21883480I don't know, man, this is pretty good, you should give it a shot.
>>21883606Idk are you sure this isn't sloppa made for Americans?
>>21883627b-but it's a DOC! it's indicative of EVROPEAN TRADITION
Vinho Verde time
>>21880094Krug time
Will be drinking a chateauneuf by myself for Valentine’s Day :D
>>21884829which producer?
>>21884880Something st Martin ‘22
>>21886265Nice. What wine fridge?
>>21875729Screwtops are just better and I'm not going to pretend they aren't.
>>21879505this is only true for liquor store wine, when you start going to wineries and cellar doors you'll finally know what actual good wine tastes like
>>21886687artevino
>>21883403never had a ciliegiolo from tuscany, how do they compare to the ones from liguria?
rioja fucking sucks, this is straight up boomer juice
>>21887232drink some R. Lopez de Heredia you fucking plebe
>>21887232They hated Jesus because he spoke truth
yarra valley chardonnay with some age on it.... kinda good ngl
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