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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!

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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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Nothing about French wine,yet ?

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