WINE THREAD

[Anonymous No.12475485]

This is a wine thread. Post things about wine.

What are you drinking? What are you looking for, or holding on to for an occasion? What are your recent or all-time favorites? What are your wine-related questions?

[Anonymous No.12475506]

>>12475485
Why does red wine give me heartburn when literally nothing else does except for orange juice? Like just one glass and my stomach begs for mercy. I eat everything and spicy shit and acidic stuff like tomato sauce and nothing but more than a sip of those two things and it's on. White wine I can down all night and I'm fine except for a worse hangover in the morning than if I drink other booze but I know that's because of the sugar.

[Anonymous No.12475598]

>>12475506
It's the sulfites in the cheap stuff, try the pretentious expensive stuff.

[Anonymous No.12475635]

>>12475485
>wine
>/ck/
Enjoy your ban

[Anonymous No.12475651]

>>12475635
Or maybe it's ok as long as you don't express appreciation for French wine. Hard to tell, really.

[Anonymous No.12475766]

>>12475485
>drinking
Chateau Maris 'Las Combes' Cru La Liviniere 2010. A 9 year old, old-vines 100% Grenache from the Minervois. Also only 20 bucks.

>holding on to
I've got a bottle of 1965 Chateau Chalon vin jaune, a bottle of 20 year old Cote-Rotie from the cote brune, and a 15 year old bottle of Zind Humbrecht grand cru Riesling right now, among a few others.

>recent favorite
Escondite del Ardacho 'Las Guillermas' Rioja. Super interesting wine.

>all-time
Definitely a bottle of 1978 JL Chave Hermitage I got to try once.

[Anonymous No.12475819]

[Anonymous No.12475836]

>>12475485
wine is a drug, not food & cooking
>>>/420chan/

[Anonymous No.12477451]

>>12475819
Why are they trying to turn wine into beer?

[Anonymous No.12477455]

>>12477451
There was probably an HBO where the character drank wine and now all the flyovers want to be just like that character now after decades of flying into a blind xenophobic/homophobic rage at the mere idea of consuming wine outside of a steak house.

[Anonymous No.12477630]

>>12475651
>Sassicaia is bad
Wholeheartedly deserved ban, tastelet.

[Anonymous No.12477822]

>>12477455
Dear god, the left really has been trained so easily.

[Anonymous No.12478247]

Anyone tried or made any non grape wines? How'd they go? What do people who are obsessed with wine think of those non grape wines

[Anonymous No.12478381]

>>12478247
Grape wine obsession is a white thing. The first time the Chinese encountered the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (greek colony in India) they wrote back to the Emperor that they were loved "grape wine."

[Anonymous No.12478469]

i recomend this small winery from spain

[Anonymous No.12479857]

>>12478469
Convenience? They need to work on their branding

[Anonymous No.12480010]

>>12475485
any sweet wines?

[Anonymous No.12480379]

>>12480010
I don’t like sweet things because I am a mature adult

[Anonymous No.12480410]

>>12480379
A mature adult wouldn't say that even if he didn't like sweet things

[Anonymous No.12480442]

>>12480410
I liked sweets when I was a stupid baby just like you

When your pallette grows up your going to feel real dumb

[Anonymous No.12481213]

i feel so dumb for asking this. but, is expensive wine really that different from cheap wine? like i currently have 12 dollar bottles of red merlot. it's alright. if i had spent 60-70 dollars would they taste outrageously better?

[Anonymous No.12481252]

>>12481213
not all good wines are expensive, not all expensive wines are good. Find a style/expression/region/varietal you like, try a handful of bottles, and work your way up the price ladder. More expensive wines are typically meant to age, but there are exceptions to everything

[Anonymous No.12481437]

I just bought a bottle of this, what am I in for?

[Anonymous No.12481775]

>>12481437
God I hate this - give me champagne any day. Christ it's bad.

[Anonymous No.12481784]

>>12477451
it's better than french wine

[Anonymous No.12481846]

>>12475485
I like to drink cooking wine and then start fights with the only people in my life that care about me

[Anonymous No.12482161]

>>12475766
I’d wager the older wines have gone off by now lad.

[Anonymous No.12482345]

thoughts on organic wine?

[Anonymous No.12482538]

>>12482345
I only like synthetic

[Anonymous No.12483034]

>>12477451

Americans ruin everything they touch, it's what a lack of tradition does to a people.

[Anonymous No.12483039]

>>12482345
Decent producers will publish a tremendous amount of detail on their website and if it's organic or biodynamic or something, you'll see it there along with the rest of the equally important details

Mass produced swill will just slap the word "organic" or "bio" on the bottle somewhere because the customer doesn't actually care or understand the relevance of the technical information

[Anonymous No.12483066]

>>12477455
I hate foreigners and gays just on pure principle, now. I didn't before but now that I see them all over non-political board shitting it up, I feel obligated.
>>12477451
This is how new things are created.
One day a starving Frenchman ate snails in desperation
100 years later, it's cuisine

[Anonymous No.12484944]

>>12478247
I have family friends that make all kinds of wine including blueberry wine and habanero wine. Most of their stuff is way too sweet for my taste, but I enjoy trying what they've made when I visit them. I used to enjoy a sparkling pomegranate wine from the dollar store and seriously regret not buying several cases of it. A lot of the wine I see at the dollar store ends up at regular liquor stores after a while (6-12 months), but I cannot find the pomegranate one.

[Anonymous No.12485001]

>>12481213
>>12481252
Some $4 or less wines I've had were pretty good while some were horrible. $12 should get you a decent wine. B-12.com sells all kinds of incredible wines for ~$15-$30 and no shipping on large enough orders. Laithwaite sends you really good wines that end up being like $8 per bottle after shipping for a variety case. You don't need to spend all the way up to $70 for great wine, though it would probably be quite good as long as it's from an established, reputable winery.

Less expensive wines are usually much younger, so reds will usually benefit greatly from being decanted for an hour before drinking. I bought a pack of liquor bottle pourers for olive oil and some decanted whiskey, and they've turned out to be helpful wine pourers for when I didn't plan out decanting a bottle in advance. It can vastly improve the taste of inexpensive wines.

[Anonymous No.12485037]

>>12485001
Sorry b-21.com Just opened pic related, and it's very good.

[Anonymous No.12485070]

>>12475485
Last night I spent a good 5 hours at a dinner for a coworker who's retiring drinking copious amounts of Barbera. I fucking love Barbera/ Barolo/Barbaresca.

[Anonymous No.12485176]

>>12483066

Except it's not desperation it's pure hedonism

[Anonymous No.12485188]

>>12475485
What's the absolute cheapest wine for the alcohol content at your nearest gas station?

[Anonymous No.12485358]

Lads, recommend me a dry sparkling wine. I like Moet and Perrier Jouet Grand Brut a lot, but they're awfully pricey lads.

[Anonymous No.12485378]

>>12485358
what's ur price range lad
brut nature is a no-dosage sparkling and tend to be as dry as sparkling gets, but also are niche and therefore expensive

[Anonymous No.12486117]

>>12485358
cava

[Anonymous No.12486212]

15 year old reisling. Might as well drink viniger

[Anonymous No.12486281]

White wine or red wine /ck/?

[Anonymous No.12486294]

>>12486281
Personally, I prefer reds, but it all depends on what you're eating alongside it.

[Anonymous No.12487895]

>>12486212
>reisling
How do people continue to misspell this extremely common word

[Anonymous No.12488363]

Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild and Geheimrat J 1992 are among the best that i tried so far

[Anonymous No.12488366]

>>12485358
Ruinart is quite good I prefer the blanc de blanc

[Anonymous No.12488380]

>>12478247
I made dandelion wine with bread yeast and sugar It tasted aweful but it was an experiment..... and I got drunk so not all was lost

[Anonymous No.12488399]

For me, it's Talisker 10

[Anonymous No.12488634]

>>12481437
good sweet sparkling chugger
in other words, moscato but this one doesnt suck
good for ya m8

[Anonymous No.12488637]

>>12486212
I had a 45 yo auslese months ago you turbofaggot, go choke on a dick

[Anonymous No.12488641]

>>12475485

[Anonymous No.12488805]

>>12482161
Not at all. High quality Riesling can age for a few decades, Cote-Rotie (and other Northern Rhone syrahs) are generally not at their best until 10 years at least and can age for 50+, and Vin Jaune can continue to improve for a hundred years.

Many wines are meant to be drunk young, or drink best after only short aging, but many wines can improve and develop for a very long time.