Wine you hate or find horrid!
Dec 10, 2008 | 9:16 am
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Merlot, If somebody orders Merlot I'm outa this place!!!!! 
In all seriousness within a month of Sideways comming out my friends dragged me to see the show claiming the wine scenes fit me to a T.
In all seriousness within a month of Sideways comming out my friends dragged me to see the show claiming the wine scenes fit me to a T.
Dec 10, 2008 | 9:26 am
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Dec 12, 2008 | 7:11 am
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Let's skip cheap and defective wines. I dislike the taste in Carmenre(seems to be in almost all Chilean wines), viongier, Gevertztraminer, sparkling shiraz & some of the reds from Venito that are usually not exported(taste like Carmenere, but are supposidly cab franc).
Dec 13, 2008 | 11:26 am
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Sauvignon blanc. Yech, yech, yech! Like licking a lawnmower clean. I'm told there are two styles of SB, one yech, one not, but I've not been told what countries and vineyards produce the non-yech style. If anyone has any good suggestions, I'm ... possibly... willing to waste another $10 to be proved wrong.
Dec 13, 2008 | 2:13 pm
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Sauvignon blanc. Yech, yech, yech! Like licking a lawnmower clean. I'm told there are two styles of SB, one yech, one not, but I've not been told what countries and vineyards produce the non-yech style. If anyone has any good suggestions, I'm ... possibly... willing to waste another $10 to be proved wrong.
Dec 13, 2008 | 2:28 pm
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Sauvignon blanc. Yech, yech, yech! Like licking a lawnmower clean. I'm told there are two styles of SB, one yech, one not, but I've not been told what countries and vineyards produce the non-yech style. If anyone has any good suggestions, I'm ... possibly... willing to waste another $10 to be proved wrong.
Dec 13, 2008 | 4:26 pm
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California S.B.'s might be what the poster is searching for, or a Pouilly-Fume or Sancerre..even a white Bordeaux. or if you wanna get crazy, search out something from the pacific northwest. 
Dec 13, 2008 | 7:17 pm
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Not sure what it was, but the foulest I've ever tasted was at the Seattle Music Experience for a school board shindig. Even worse than the stuff my grandmother bought at a dollar store in nor. Cal.
Great museum, though.
Great museum, though.
Dec 13, 2008 | 10:10 pm
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I hate the 'house wine'. Never ever drink that stuff. And if you do, tell them to open a new bottle. This way the wine will just taste bad, instead of horrible. 
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Dec 14, 2008 | 8:44 am
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How rude is it to bring my own wine? I'll be staying at my Dad's for a week while my step-mother is out of town. (He has recently been diagnosed with ALS, and it is progressing rapidly).
Anyway, she drinks CASES of Chuck, so will I offend family if I bring my own? I suppose I could always smuggle it in after they go to sleep.....
Anyway, she drinks CASES of Chuck, so will I offend family if I bring my own? I suppose I could always smuggle it in after they go to sleep.....
Dec 14, 2008 | 9:54 am
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Okay, so here's how the advice went on non-cat-pee sauvignon blancs:
French ^^
New Zealand
Australian ^
California ^
Chile
Pacific NW
Sounds like something from France is the safest bet. Any specific suggestions?
French ^^
New Zealand
Australian ^
California ^
Chile
Pacific NW
Sounds like something from France is the safest bet. Any specific suggestions?
Dec 14, 2008 | 10:49 am
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i usually avoid Beaujolais (now for a few years) but was nicely surprised a few weeks ago by one of these cheap Beaujolais bought (not by myself) in a french supermarket.
it really make me laugh when i see these cheap beaujolais bottles in japan or usa sold for more than 20 USD...
it really make me laugh when i see these cheap beaujolais bottles in japan or usa sold for more than 20 USD...