by Beans 23 Replies latest jw friends
you say a few days? Like how many?
It's been my experience that if you open a wine and leave it, it gets worse...not better. Of course it depends on how many days.
It could be the wine is getting a chance to "breathe". They sell decanturs to speed up this process. I have no idea what this does, or why it makes wine better, but you swirl it in this large glass pitcher and it supposedly makes it taste better.
Other than that I am clueless
<----is of the open it and drink it till it's gone class
wine?. all due respect to those of you who like wine,but beer is the way to go. lots of beer(you are getting sleepy dangling necklace in front of ur eyes)..now you are under my control...go and buy bud and or bud light...when i snap my fingers you will go and get no less than 7 cases...(sorry, i need help)
I sometimes wonder if people just say they like wine because they think it is the IN thing. I think wine taste bitter and nasty.
I can't stand the taste of beer either. The only way I can drink it is if it is a very hot day and I am extremely thirsty. Are there any sweet wines out there? The only wines I have been able to drink so far is Duplin countys, scuppernong wine and Yellow tail Shiraz, and the latter is still a bit bitter for my palate.
Do you have any suggestions? I've tried merlots' Cabernet S( sorry, don't remember the spelling.) Charrdanay* and Zinfendel.
Heck, the only way I can drink liqour is if I smother it with mixer so that I can't taste it.
Lilacs, have you ever had a good merlot with steak?
(Frankly I can't do cab because I think it's too bitter and nasty, and I have been burned more than once on chardonnay--this is just giving it up to the other wine drinkers here that I am a pansy by the way)
Bueaujolais-villages by Georges Duboeuf is my favorite red. It goes with EVERYTHING! And isn't oak tasting or harsh at all. (And it's super cheap! Hee hee)
Or Pouisse-Fussie (I know I am spelling that wrong) also by Duboeuf is excellent.
Have you ever tried a Reisling? It's very fruity and light and considered a desert wine. Frankly I love them for sipping. Columbia Winery makes a good one, (also cheap! hee hee!)
And if wine is "trendy" then I am failing to see where that is true. All of my friends make fun of me for drinking wine, and not beer.
Reisling?
As a matter of fact I have. Actually, I forgot about that one. It did taste pretty good.
I find a bottle needs to be drank within two days, but usually this isn't a problem Good tips from others on letting red wine breathe a bit before drinking, as well as the right temperature and matching wines to different foods.
You cannot escape the beer culture in Canada, but the fall and winter season is nice to make the switch over to drinking more wine than beer imo. The spring wine show in Toronto is a blast (much better than the fall one) and good for trying alot of wines without having to buy the whole bottle to see if you like it or not. (Plus the "scenery" is good too and the crowd is classy and friendly especially as the wine kicks in )
Personally, I like heavily oaked and very dry, full-bodied red wines with flavours like black pepper, vanilla, leather, chocolate as opposed to the ones described as being fruity or tasting like berries.
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Wine show he says eh??
Sounds like a blast, but you and I won't be able to split a bottle later, hahaha! We don't have the same tastes at all!
Lilacs, you asked if there are any sweet wines out there. Well, yes by golly there are. They are called desert wines, they are the Sherries and Ports. They have more alcohol, 20%, and they have a very distinctive taste. Now, here is a quiz question for the wine people. Since natural fermnentation can not bring alcohol levels up to 20%, how do Sherries and Ports have that content level. Another question: why can not alcohol levels go that high with natural fermentation?
I am shocked and disappointed that our resident JWD wine expert, Ozziepost, has not yet replied to this thread.
Mackin. (of the "Just had a bottle of Chardonnay class")
I'm starting to believe that you Americans don't know what real drinking is all about.
I once said to an American friend "Bud Light? We don't have that in England - what gives?", to which she said, "Well, you know like when you wanna drink alcohol but you don't wanna get drunk???..."
The response of all the English was complete silence and very puzzled expressions. We had no idea whatt she was talking about.
