can't wait...love Oregon Pinot Noir

oregon and washington pinots are quickly moving up the ranks for sure. but malbec is the new pinot.

I'll stick with my 'Licks' Merlot.

NO. I got a bottle of my favorite scotch; Talisker Aged 10 years. Unfortunately I've already knocked down 1/2 of the bottle.That shit is good!!
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oregon and washington pinots are quickly moving up the ranks for sure. but malbec is the new pinot.

a lot of good wine coming from Argentina!

Chile too...have a Carmenere ...its the new Malbec

anybody get a good box of wine for christmas?

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NO. I got a bottle of my favorite scotch; Talisker Aged 10 years. Unfortunately I've already knocked down 1/2 of the bottle.That shit is good!!
Rock and Roll,
Mops

talisker is great...have you worked your way thru all the islays? ardbeg, lagavulin and laphroaig...and old, hard to find bottles of port ellens are the best if peatiness is your thang....

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anybody get a good box of wine for christmas?

i'll break out my own box of whine after the tour starts....



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Nothing about French wine,yet ?

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anybody get a good box of wine for christmas?

i'll break out my own box of whine after the tour starts....

That's what we're here for.

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Nothing about French wine,yet ?

i thought we put the myth of "french wine is best" to rest some decades ago.

We have more of a tradition to break open a good vintage port in the UK, perhaps a Tawney, which we drink with a good hunk of Stilton cheese and some crackers. In fact I'm just going off to have some now.

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Nothing about French wine,yet ?

i thought we put the myth of "french wine is best" to rest some decades ago.

Did someone say french whine?

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anybody get a good box of wine for christmas?

i'll break out my own box of whine after the tour starts....

so the tour IS on...

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Nothing about French wine,yet ?

one of the greats

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anybody get a good box of wine for christmas?

i'll break out my own box of whine after the tour starts....

so the tour IS on...

i think we can force the issue with a thread like this - that way it'll be a tour de force...or something.

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NO. I got a bottle of my favorite scotch; Talisker Aged 10 years. Unfortunately I've already knocked down 1/2 of the bottle.That shit is good!!
Rock and Roll,
Mops

talisker is great...have you worked your way thru all the islays? ardbeg, lagavulin and laphroaig...and old, hard to find bottles of port ellens are the best if peatiness is your thang....

Now you're speaking my language. Love the Laphroig.

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NO. I got a bottle of my favorite scotch; Talisker Aged 10 years. Unfortunately I've already knocked down 1/2 of the bottle.That shit is good!!
Rock and Roll,
Mops

talisker is great...have you worked your way thru all the islays? ardbeg, lagavulin and laphroaig...and old, hard to find bottles of port ellens are the best if peatiness is your thang....

Now you're speaking my language. Love the Laphroig.

i implore you to visit islay someday...just aroma as you sail into port ellen is worth the price of the trip...

Got a Pinot Grigio, which was a present from a so called wine buff...saved it for Boxing Day then ceremoniously opened it, perfectly chilled, even brought out the best wine goblets for the occasion. I built up the tension by telling our friends, who were here for dinner the whole back ground to the acquisition of this fine wine and emphasised the fact it was a present from an 'expert'. Poured it slowly to further build up the tension then invited both guests to take a gulp. They did, and they nooded and mmmmmed and took another slurp, as did my wife and so it was my turn. I held it aloft in a triumphant and took a sip...yuk, it was like cold vinegar, sour, acidic - a huge disappointment. I'm no wine expert, far from it, but, I know a decent wine when I taste one and even cheap wines can be very nice, but this was really bad. Our poor guess still wouldn't appear rude by saying it was bad, but I bet once they had left they laughed about it all the way home.

The big dilemma s what to say to my friend who bought me it...it won't have been cheap, and he will have thought it was a huge success - do I tell t truth or lie?

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NO. I got a bottle of my favorite scotch; Talisker Aged 10 years. Unfortunately I've already knocked down 1/2 of the bottle.That shit is good!!
Rock and Roll,
Mops

talisker is great...have you worked your way thru all the islays? ardbeg, lagavulin and laphroaig...and old, hard to find bottles of port ellens are the best if peatiness is your thang....

Now you're speaking my language. Love the Laphroig.

i implore you to visit islay someday...just aroma as you sail into port ellen is worth the price of the trip...

I've been to Skye. That's as close as I got. Took the little ferry over there. No distilleries that I can remember though.

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NO. I got a bottle of my favorite scotch; Talisker Aged 10 years. Unfortunately I've already knocked down 1/2 of the bottle.That shit is good!!
Rock and Roll,
Mops

talisker is great...have you worked your way thru all the islays? ardbeg, lagavulin and laphroaig...and old, hard to find bottles of port ellens are the best if peatiness is your thang....

Now you're speaking my language. Love the Laphroig.

i implore you to visit islay someday...just aroma as you sail into port ellen is worth the price of the trip...

I've been to Skye. That's as close as I got. Took the little ferry over there. No distilleries that I can remember though.

they got big ferries with full bars and stuff that run all through the hebrides...talisker is on skye

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Nothing about French wine,yet ?

i thought we put the myth of "french wine is best" to rest some decades ago.

Did someone say french whine?

Hehe ...
I don't like Red Wine ...Odd /weird for a French ,right ?

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NO. I got a bottle of my favorite scotch; Talisker Aged 10 years. Unfortunately I've already knocked down 1/2 of the bottle.That shit is good!!
Rock and Roll,
Mops

talisker is great...have you worked your way thru all the islays? ardbeg, lagavulin and laphroaig...and old, hard to find bottles of port ellens are the best if peatiness is your thang....

Now you're speaking my language. Love the Laphroig.

i implore you to visit islay someday...just aroma as you sail into port ellen is worth the price of the trip...

I've been to Skye. That's as close as I got. Took the little ferry over there. No distilleries that I can remember though.

they got big ferries with full bars and stuff that run all through the hebrides...talisker is on skye

well, did you get a bottle of Scotch for the holidays?

you cats know your single malts...

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Got a Pinot Grigio, which was a present from a so called wine buff...saved it for Boxing Day then ceremoniously opened it, perfectly chilled, even brought out the best wine goblets for the occasion. I built up the tension by telling our friends, who were here for dinner the whole back ground to the acquisition of this fine wine and emphasised the fact it was a present from an 'expert'. Poured it slowly to further build up the tension then invited both guests to take a gulp. They did, and they nooded and mmmmmed and took another slurp, as did my wife and so it was my turn. I held it aloft in a triumphant and took a sip...yuk, it was like cold vinegar, sour, acidic - a huge disappointment. I'm no wine expert, far from it, but, I know a decent wine when I taste one and even cheap wines can be very nice, but this was really bad. Our poor guess still wouldn't appear rude by saying it was bad, but I bet once they had left they laughed about it all the way home.

The big dilemma s what to say to my friend who bought me it...it won't have been cheap, and he will have thought it was a huge success - do I tell t truth or lie?

sounds like a 'cooked' wine...one stored in heat, or exposed to heat somehow...Pinot Grigio is usually slightly acidic but flavorful...was it from northeast Italy?

No No No I got a litre bottle of Jim Beam...perfect if you ask me...

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NO. I got a bottle of my favorite scotch; Talisker Aged 10 years. Unfortunately I've already knocked down 1/2 of the bottle.That shit is good!!
Rock and Roll,
Mops

talisker is great...have you worked your way thru all the islays? ardbeg, lagavulin and laphroaig...and old, hard to find bottles of port ellens are the best if peatiness is your thang....

Now you're speaking my language. Love the Laphroig.

i implore you to visit islay someday...just aroma as you sail into port ellen is worth the price of the trip...

I've been to Skye. That's as close as I got. Took the little ferry over there. No distilleries that I can remember though.

they got big ferries with full bars and stuff that run all through the hebrides...talisker is on skye

well, did you get a bottle of Scotch for the holidays?

you cats know your single malts...

i have a bottle of scotch for all days, holi and otherwise...

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Got a Pinot Grigio, which was a present from a so called wine buff...saved it for Boxing Day then ceremoniously opened it, perfectly chilled, even brought out the best wine goblets for the occasion. I built up the tension by telling our friends, who were here for dinner the whole back ground to the acquisition of this fine wine and emphasised the fact it was a present from an 'expert'. Poured it slowly to further build up the tension then invited both guests to take a gulp. They did, and they nooded and mmmmmed and took another slurp, as did my wife and so it was my turn. I held it aloft in a triumphant and took a sip...yuk, it was like cold vinegar, sour, acidic - a huge disappointment. I'm no wine expert, far from it, but, I know a decent wine when I taste one and even cheap wines can be very nice, but this was really bad. Our poor guess still wouldn't appear rude by saying it was bad, but I bet once they had left they laughed about it all the way home.

The big dilemma s what to say to my friend who bought me it...it won't have been cheap, and he will have thought it was a huge success - do I tell t truth or lie?

sounds like a 'cooked' wine...one stored in heat, or exposed to heat somehow...Pinot Grigio is usually slightly acidic but flavorful...was it from northeast Italy?

I've bben out to retrieve the bottle, this is what it says;

2008 Domaine Zind Humbrecht Pinot Gris Heimbourg Selection de Grains Nobles

means little to my uncultured brain!

I read in Runner's World magazine that the resveratrol in red wine is more potent from the northern latitudes.
I don't remember why that is. It was a couple of years ago I read that article.

For wine drinkers fighting cholesterol, here's your reason to drink more wine, or you could just have a few grapes.

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Got a Pinot Grigio, which was a present from a so called wine buff...saved it for Boxing Day then ceremoniously opened it, perfectly chilled, even brought out the best wine goblets for the occasion. I built up the tension by telling our friends, who were here for dinner the whole back ground to the acquisition of this fine wine and emphasised the fact it was a present from an 'expert'. Poured it slowly to further build up the tension then invited both guests to take a gulp. They did, and they nooded and mmmmmed and took another slurp, as did my wife and so it was my turn. I held it aloft in a triumphant and took a sip...yuk, it was like cold vinegar, sour, acidic - a huge disappointment. I'm no wine expert, far from it, but, I know a decent wine when I taste one and even cheap wines can be very nice, but this was really bad. Our poor guess still wouldn't appear rude by saying it was bad, but I bet once they had left they laughed about it all the way home.

The big dilemma s what to say to my friend who bought me it...it won't have been cheap, and he will have thought it was a huge success - do I tell t truth or lie?

sounds like a 'cooked' wine...one stored in heat, or exposed to heat somehow...Pinot Grigio is usually slightly acidic but flavorful...was it from northeast Italy?

Yes, pinot grigio can be magnificent...this sounds quite off.

Unfortunatly, NOT!!!