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Anonymous Sat Jan 31 12:01:58 2015 No.6192797 [Reply] [Original]

Favorite wine?

No need to get specific with vintage unless you are a huge pretentious winesnob, in which case: enlighten us.

I like rieslings: they are easy to drink, fit most light meals, and are easy palatable by most guests that are not necessarily accustomed to wine. It is the perfect "dinner party with new people" wine. Gewürtztraminers follow second, simply because of the similarity.

As for reds, I prefer pinot: usually fruity, semi-spicy, and not too dry. For a dinner party, cab sauv is more appropriate in general for non-wine drinkers, but often lacks the robust options for pairing with dishes (this is my lack of cooking/pairing experience speaking).

What do you like? Do you buy only corked and stored sideways or do you prefer to slap a bag and hang it from a light fixture?

Also google is confirmed for wino alcohol based on my captcha.

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Anonymous Sat Jan 31 12:06:24 2015 No.6192806

Riesling and pinot noir are the two grapes that I have the most violent feelings about. Most of it is appalling trash, there's a precious little that is the best thing ever, but I don't want to share any of that with anyone else. Not because of the price, just because they don't deserve it.

Italian wines are for sharing. Nebbiolo, especially from the langhe, is perhaps the most sociable wine on earth.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 31 12:10:42 2015 No.6192814 >>6192806 I love most sangioveses that I've tried. So have guests.

>>	Smith the CIA Agent Sat Jan 31 12:38:03 2015 No.6192859 >>6192797 There's a giant cup of coffee there.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 31 12:39:28 2015 No.6192863 >>6192859 How old were you in the 90s? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vmM77rZASo

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 31 12:39:35 2015 No.6192864 >>6192797 I like Malbecs. They're cheap and they taste good. That's my go-to weekday dinner wine

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 31 12:50:51 2015 No.6192897 >>6192859 Not according to le google I'M NOT A ROBOT DAMNIT

>>	Smith the CIA Agent Sat Jan 31 13:02:46 2015 No.6192931 >>6192863 The single digits in age and nowhere in the geographic region where this would've been on TV. I personally am falling in love with a good glass of Chilean Carménère. Not a hugely popular grape type but it never seems to disappoint.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 31 13:06:26 2015 No.6192944 >>6192864 second that, in the UK you can find some pretty decent bottles at a pretty decent price!

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Anonymous Sat Jan 31 13:09:10 2015 No.6192957

Most French wine is shit (literally tastes like shit because they purposely poison their wine exports). German wine is shit, except some low alcohol blends like Rivaner and arguably Eis Wine.

I prefer Italian wine over all others.

My favorite is wine made in the Ripasso method:

http://www.wine-searcher.com/wine-15987-0001-allegrini-palazzo-della-torre-veronese-igt-veneto-italy

Really good. Drinking a Northern Italiann cabernet sauvignon right now. Pretty good, and cheap as fuck (paid less than 4 euro for the bottle).

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 31 13:10:51 2015 No.6192965 >>6192957 >iterally tastes like shit because they purposely poison their wine exports Wow what the fuck. You've been drinking too much franzia, my friend.

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>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 31 13:11:21 2015 No.6192969 >>6192797 A decent Cab Sauv always does it for me. Angus the Bull, specifically.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 31 13:14:39 2015 No.6192981 File: 109 KB, 788x739, 1369522601592.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6192957 literally every sentence in this post is wrong and stupid stop breathing immediately

>>	wineguy Sat Jan 31 18:09:35 2015 No.6193670 I'm a manager & buyer for a small-production focused (read: sort of hipster) wine shop in California. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me!

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 31 18:17:13 2015 No.6193692 >>6193670 What's worse: mega purple or chaptalization

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 31 18:23:27 2015 No.6193713 I love a Moscato if I am feeling lively But for red I will likely go petite sirah

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Anonymous Sat Jan 31 18:28:11 2015 No.6193732

>>6193670

How did you get into the business? Did you just start out with hard liquor and beer and then branch out into wines? How did you get distribution contracts without a shitload of startup $$$?

Also, how frequently are you cuckolded by your significant other?

>>	wineguy Sat Jan 31 18:37:17 2015 No.6193756 >>6193692 I'd say Mega Purple. People chaptalize more than you'd think. I'd rather have artificial ripeness, than artificial grapeness. It's pretty subjective though.

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wineguy Sat Jan 31 18:39:05 2015 No.6193763

>>6193732
I started as a customer of the shop I currently manage, and after a few years, got to know the owner and manager, and walked in and said, hey guys, how about a job? I've been there 3 years now.

I started out with wine, but my second love is single malt scotch.

I've met lots of distribution contacts through my job, and consider many of our vendors my friends. I didn't put any startup $$$ in because I didn't start the company.

and lol at your last question ;-)

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 31 19:50:37 2015 No.6193949 if you ever come across an australian brand called penfolds try their st. henri shiraz. its by far the best syrah/shiraz ive tasted

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 31 19:55:59 2015 No.6193961 >>6193949 >if by some chance you ever come across products from a fucking huge and extremely famous winery, the most internationally famous of any from australia Let's not get crazy here, they only ship a couple of million cases per year

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 31 20:03:57 2015 No.6193981 >>6193961 really? i have to go to the up market wine store to find them

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 31 20:04:32 2015 No.6193983 >>6193981 Where do you live?