Screw top is respectable now!
It is! I still find it a little weird, but it's so nice not to recork a bottle.
And almost sixty-five percent of that was actual compliment. Is that a personal best?
Xander ,'End of Days'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
shrift - Sep 25, 2010 6:29:18 pm PDT #26077 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Atropa - Sep 25, 2010 6:32:15 pm PDT #26078 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I'll have to go to the liquor store and see if the have the Vampire wine in.
I don't think it hits the shelves around here until October.
I think it's actually from Transylvania,
It is!
and it's pretty good, to this deeply cheap, uneducated palate.
I like it, too. But then I'm notoriously uneducated when it comes to wine. Is it Tokaji? If not, then I have no idea, and think that wine should either match the color of my lipstick, or be pink & bubbly.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 25, 2010 6:32:52 pm PDT #26079 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I do have to say that I am driking Yellow Tail right ow, AIFG! But I did have to recork!
Lee - Sep 25, 2010 6:35:37 pm PDT #26080 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Now I want to have wine. I wonder if I have any in the fridge.
Atropa - Sep 25, 2010 6:36:54 pm PDT #26081 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Oooh, I have a single-serving bottle of the Bitch Bubbly wine in the fridge! Fizzy pink wine, yay!
sarameg - Sep 25, 2010 6:38:05 pm PDT #26082 of 30001
Is it Tokaji?
Oh goodness. It was SO CHEAP in Prague in the 90s, we drank it like water, as we did many alcohols. Imagine our surprise when we returned to the states. Oof. It was what, maybe $5 a bottle in Prague?
DavidS - Sep 25, 2010 6:40:36 pm PDT #26083 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Purple Cowboy Tenacious Red.
I suspect you bought this entirely because of the name.
Consuela - Sep 25, 2010 6:46:37 pm PDT #26084 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Speaking of wines bought for the name, I'm very fond of Folie A Deux's Menage a Trois Red. It's a nice friendly blended red, sells here for about $8/bottle. Great weeknight wine.
As for a special wine, depends on what it's for. For a dinner, I'd go for a Pinot Noir or a Cab, or a Meritage blend. Or maybe an import -- I really like Brunellos and Chiantis from Tuscany. (Make sure to get the DOC label on the bottle.) For after dinner, I love a big fruit-bomb Zinfandel, those are fun.
Spidra Webster - Sep 25, 2010 6:50:10 pm PDT #26085 of 30001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Screw-tops are on both respectable and bleagh wines. The difference is that screw-top should no longer automatically mean "yucky wine". Many vintners believe the screw-top is better for the wine than cork.
And, yes, those artificial corks are not biodegradable. I have asked a wine company if they take them back and I believe the "cork" manufacturer said they were setting up a program but I've heard nothing more of it.
Wine. woot. com has some deals and their forum there is actually chock full of oenophiles who can tell you what the wine and vineyard are like.
Spidra Webster - Sep 25, 2010 6:51:47 pm PDT #26086 of 30001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Car breakdown could have been so much worse than it was but it really took a pretty good day and made it crappy. I'm tired & cranky. I could really use a strawberry daiquiri right now but no one delivers.