The Official Wine Thread

[Omega Male]

Back to the task at hand. It's Friday before Spring Break, my kids are away (one with school, one with sports team), I'm drinking lunch!

 

[Nemesis_4]

W/ some crab cakes, this one surprised me, quite good

 

[romafan]

It's been a little while, but we used to regularly pop a bottle of Gruet for our sunset end-of-day tipple. (cheap) NM sparkler FTW!

 

[wojt]

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I just bought it, hope its good. Any of you tried it?

 

[Omega Male]

Well PB hated it, so you've got that going for you.

 

[jcman311]

I just bought it, hope its good. Any of you tried it?

Nice pun.
I had the 2015 and thought it was good. That said, I thought the Hope Quest Blend was similar for like half the price.

 

[Piobaire]

So good.

 

[audiophilia]

Good morning, guys and gals.

Finally, getting to Italy. Tuscany, in particular. We’ll be based in Chianti, but happy to drive for great wineries.

Want to visit Ornellaia and love Super Tuscans, especially.

Any favourites you have that would be good for a tasting?

Many thanks for any suggestions.

 

[Omega Male]

Fattoria La Massa -- more reasonable prices and v. high quality.

 

[Omega Male]

Good stuff. Single vineyard from Lakeview in Green Valley. Mostly Pommard clone.

 

[patrickBOOTH]

Well PB hated it, so you've got that going for you.

Well, I’d certainly drink it again if somebody gave it to me but for $50 I could name 5 other $10 Bordeaux’s that’s I’d rather drink.

 

[jcman311]

Well, I’d certainly drink it again if somebody gave it to me but for $50 I could name 5 other $10 Bordeaux’s that’s I’d rather drink.

Funny story that relates to this but I first bought it at the recommendation of a local wine shop. I went online to see if I could get better prices and sure enough there were places that were $10 cheaper per bottle with free shipping. I ordered six but they sent me two shipments of six. Ended up being about $20 per bottle in the end. (And I waited to see if anyone would contact me to return the mistake... they never did)

 

[patrickBOOTH]

How many did you pour down the drain?

 

[ocooney]

How many did you pour down the drain?

Assume that was a dig at me.

Are you suggesting that it is better to have a ****** experience with a wine that is not to my taste?

I just won’t finish stuff I don’t like. Move on to the next bottle and take it as a data point.

Has zero to do with cost. My house wine, that I really like and of which go through a few cases a year is sub $20 after case discounts.

 

[patrickBOOTH]

I was replying to jcman above. More of a dig to him because he now has two cases of a "bad" wine.