The Official Wine Thread

[boykosaurus]

Not really sure where this fits, but if you AP'ers ever want to discuss wine discuss it here! Domestic, foreign, homemade, cheap, expensive, whatever you wish!

Ultimately it would be nice to see if we could get some good $8-$12 recs.

Discuss away my lovers of the grape.

[boykosaurus]

TO start off, on this wonderful Labor Day I'll be having some Old Vine Zinfandel by the name of "Gnarly Heads" This stuff is great with barbecue and you can get it for about $12.

http://wineswisher.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/gnarly-head.jpg

[amysaurus]

Franzia.

[saysmydoctor]

Wine is too sophisticated for me.

[boykosaurus]

Wine is too sophisticated for me.

You don't have to have any sophistication. Just drink what you like, that's the only way one should have to enjoy wine.

[chrisstahl]

i love a good New Zealand sauvignon blanc. so crisp and refreshing. at my work we just started serving this German Riesling that isn't as sweet as most Rieslings but is still really nice. As for red wine, if anyone orders any merlot, i'm leaving, i'm not drinking any fucking merlot. haha actually I like to cook with merlot. since it is a bit heavier and on the darker side, i think it really is a good way to braise beef short ribs or reduce for a glaze for lamb perhaps. I really enjoy drinking a good Chianti or Syrah though in the red department.

i'm open to discuss more. good thread.

[chrisstahl]

i see we share a common interest for wine and john mcclane

[argg_xo]

wine in a box.

[mattmatumbo]

Wine is too sophisticated for me.

same here, PBR ftw

[Fallinto_rhythm]

Yellowtail

[hellogorgeous]

i agree with yellowtail, but i love love love barefoot.

[Fallinto_rhythm]

Ohhhh I love Barefoot!

[maiabean]

I'm not a wine expert by any means, but I love sangria.

My favorite wine is this local one: Boordy. Every one that I've tried is fruity, sweet and refreshing. And it's about $10- $12 a bottle.

[Fallinto_rhythm]

Sangria with fresh fruit is soooo good. Ecspecialy the next day when it's been soaking up in the fruit. Reaaaal bitchin'

[maiabean]

Sangria with fresh fruit is soooo good. Ecspecialy the next day when it's been soaking up in the fruit. Reaaaal bitchin'


Yes! I've never made my own sangria but the stuff I've had at parties has always been delicious. Anybody got a good sangria recipe?

[Fallinto_rhythm]

Yes! I've never made my own sangria but the stuff I've had at parties has always been delicious. Anybody got a good sangria recipe?


I just get a huge bottle of it and then add fresh fruit. I don't know if you're a hard liquor person, but watermelon vodka, cut open a fresh water melon in half. Scoop out all of the watermelon with like an ice cream thing. Put it in like small cups and pour the vodka into the watermelon. Let it sit there for a good 10 hours then pour the vodka into the cups with the watermelon you previously cut out. It is, I am not even joking around, to die for. It's my favorite drink ever. It's just really time consuming.

[maiabean]

I just get a huge bottle of it and then add fresh fruit. I don't know if you're a hard liquor person, but watermelon vodka, cut open a fresh water melon in half. Scoop out all of the watermelon with like an ice cream thing. Put it in like small cups and pour the vodka into the watermelon. Let it sit there for a good 10 hours then pour the vodka into the cups with the watermelon you previously cut out. It is, I am not even joking around, to die for. It's my favorite drink ever. It's just really time consuming.


Although mixing me and vodka is always bad news (not in the crazy-I-wanna-fight-everyone-all-night way), that sounds amazing! You mix the watermelon vodka with the bottle of sangria in the watermelon shell?

Speaking of vodka, a bar in my neighborhood makes bacon vodka. I've never tried it because I don't think I could stomach it, but I thought it was interesting.

[Fallinto_rhythm]

Although mixing me and vodka is always bad news (not in the crazy-I-wanna-fight-everyone-all-night way), that sounds amazing! You mix the watermelon vodka with the bottle of sangria in the watermelon shell?

Speaking of vodka, a bar in my neighborhood makes bacon vodka. I've never tried it because I don't think I could stomach it, but I thought it was interesting.


Noooo, haha this is something seperate. Watermelon vodka alone not with the sangria. Yeah, that would probably make me vomit.

[maiabean]

Noooo, haha this is something seperate. Watermelon vodka alone not with the sangria. Yeah, that would probably make me vomit.


Haha! I gotcha. The same bar had a drink named Mr. Bojangles. It was blueberry vodka, cranberry juice and I believe a splash of Sprite. Delicious.

[Fallinto_rhythm]

Haha! I gotcha. The same bar had a drink named Mr. Bojangles. It was blueberry vodka, cranberry juice and I believe a splash of Sprite. Delicious.

Mmmm, that does sound really good.

[maiabean]

Mmmm, that does sound really good.


It is! Try mixing it up on your own. On my 21st birthday, my mom made these shots of Van Gogh espresso vodka and Starbuck's liquer. Alcohol and caffeine are never a good mixture, but those shots are really good if you're a coffee fan.

Anywho I'm off to bed. Nice chatting with you! Good night.

[DannySniper]

I love goon.

When I'm drunk.

[CrenshawPunch]

I like dry, red wines, so a good Chianti always sits well with me.

[boykosaurus]

i see we share a common interest for wine and john mcclane

SB and McClane ftw! I can't wait to have some of the French wines I brought back from my internship in Europe. Got an awesome white from the Mercury estate and two reds from Pommard. The one red is one of the best wines I have ever tasted, I can't even describe it.

Oh how I miss French wine :(

[boykosaurus]

I love goon.

When I'm drunk.

Goon?

[DannySniper]

Goon?

Really, really cheap Australian wine sacks.

They are $7 for 4 litres.

[kaycey]

does port count

[swt_catastrophe]

macabeo.
it's a spanish white wine.
especially one's with passionfruit in them.

[Blakebear]

+1 on the Sangria love...

Carlo Rossi, the only real wine :-)

[Burning Star IV]

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[swt_catastrophe]

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omfg. that site has a love letter generator.
hahah. that was hilarious.
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[Willy McFurgle]

Can't go wrong with a good Pinot Noir from oregon/washington. Especially a 2004.

[Burning Star IV]

omfg. that site has a love letter generator.
hahah. that was hilarious.
http://www.frenchrabbit.com/generator/index.html
Haha, what is this. Good find Ashley.

Edit:
7. The pick up line you're most likely to spout: Is that a baguette in your basket or are you happy to see me?

[swt_catastrophe]

Haha, what is this. Good find Ashley.

Edit:
check your pm, boy.
hhhahahhahah.:-d

[Burning Star IV]

check your pm, boy.
hhhahahhahah.:-d
Haha, thanks. That was real sweet of you.

[Chancetobe]

I'm such a jew... I like Manechevitz.

[SoggY ThE OnE]

Franzia...
good...cheap...It'll get ya drunk!
*If he weren't at school he would post a picture of "Samuel Jackson"*