@somf69 Hey, what did cap ever do to you?? Stop being mean to cap.

@somf69

Screw caps means less Cork Taint problems.

This means that the cork of the bottle has been infected with a bacteria called Trichloroanisole (‘TCA’ for short). A ‘corked’ wine will smell and taste like musty cardboard, wet dog, or a moldy basement.

Also, since government taxes on each year, wineries don’t like to lay down their wines for 10 years like they used to (for most reds). So many have wines that are “Drink Now”, and Screw Caps are cheaper than corks.

@MarkDaSpark @somf69 would you like to sniff the bottle cap sir?

@MarkDaSpark @somf69 I hate when I get Cork Taint. Can’t even walk right.

@MarkDaSpark @somf69 Also, for what it’s worth, I have bought many brands of single-serve sparkling wine at various price points. All of them have either come in a can or a screw-top bottle. I am pretty sure I have never seen a legit cork in a single-serve bottle.

@Limewater @somf69

Most of the time it isn’t cost effective.

However, there are some 375ml bottles from Tablas Creek (in Paso Robles) that I kept to use when I open a 750ml (normal wine bottle) to store when I only drink half a bottle. And they have corks.

@Cerridwyn I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

@Cerridwyn @Hanky I think I may have had both. Maybe. I forget…

@Cerridwyn @Hanky I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.

@Cerridwyn I’m not that into wine so I don’t buy expensive wine, so the bottle often influences the selection. I love unique bottles, and I can melt pretty glass into other things. Too bad my state practices its anti-government overreach as not allowing its citizens to engage in free commerce with the rest of the nation, else I’d love a set of these.

@tharri1 I get it. If they weren’t fizzy I’d buy some too

@werehatrack I am a wine connoisseur. I can say with a certain degree of authoriTAH that this is not the kind of wine a connoisseur would need that much information about. This is the kind of wine a connoisseur would have on hand for guests who don’t know anything about wine but guess they’ll have some, guests who prefer their wine on the rocks, or wives who like to make some kind of mimosa or another, but not a whole 750 mL bottle worth right now… I think I’m in for a case.

@werehatrack So it has come to pass…

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@shahnm Most of the wine here is consumed by being incorporated into recipes for food. Every once in a while, I pick up one of the fruity flavors at Aldi. Because I am a wine heathen, and don’t know from good. (Except that I have some fondness for a late harvest cab sauv.)

@werehatrack You like what you like - that’s the important thing. Doesn’t matter how anyone wants to label that.

@werehatrack Hate to be “that” person, but it is equal to 3 bottles of wine. 187 ml x 12 = 2244ml
divided by 750 ml (standard wine bottle) = 2.992

@gio D’oh! Mental conversion fails again. I blame the US infatuation with the obsolete Imperial measurement system. That, and the fact that I didn’t scroll all the way to the bottom where the figures were

@gio @werehatrack
so that would make these $16.67/btl, and seemingly a bit $$ for what these seem to be, but ymmv; but I don’t know what these generally sell for. fwiw. However all the numbers look solid.

@gio @rjquillin @werehatrack these retail and sell for more than double Meh’s price, even if you find and add a 10% off discount code.
They have a lot of great reviews.
So just over $4 for a large glass of good wine is a deal.
Most decent wines are over $16 a bottle, if not a lot more.

@lonocat @rjquillin @werehatrack I don’t trust internet hype, so I’m still waiting to hear from Mehtizens who have previously tried this company’s offerings. That said, I usually drink still wines, so doubt I’d buy this deal unless community reviews are stellar.

@gio @rjquillin @werehatrack There’s always a substantial premium for single-serve bottles. IIRC, last I checked, a 750ml bottle of Cook’s is about $7-8, but the 4-pack of 187ml bottles is now over $12.
You pay a lot extra to be able to drink a single glass of freshly-opened sparkling wine.

@shahnm @werehatrack

This is the kind of wine a connoisseur would have on hand for guests who don’t know anything about wine

So similar to what is done with a gallon jug of Boone’s Farm wine then? (grin).
(I know squat about wine as I don’t drink, I just know cheap wine by the gallon probably isn’t even close to high end.).

@gio @Limewater @rjquillin @werehatrack I would think/hope that this will be substantially better than Cook’s. But in any case yes small-servings will run more.

For comparison, Costco often has 12-pack*187ml of Italian Prosecco for $30. Brands have varied. Generally not bad quality, similar to what would be a $8-12 Prosecco. So at equivalent $10/750ml that is not bad. This offer is priced quite a bit higher, though… my main reason for hesitation.

@gio @pmarin @rjquillin @werehatrack I would hope it’s better than Cook’s, too. I just picked it because it’s one of the only brands I know that sells both full-size and mini bottles locally.
I did not know that about Costco. Thanks for the tip!

@shahnm @werehatrack " guests who prefer their wine on the rocks"

I’m not even a wine snob… but a little part of me died when I read “Wine on the rocks”. The shudders are real.

@OnionSoup @werehatrack I feel your pain. I long ago came to realize that you can’t really edumaficate the wine-icers to stop doing that. Best thing is to just let it be. Let them do them. Keep a stock of “wine” around that won’t give you heartache when they desecrate it. If it comes in an interesting bottle, all the better. They’ll think you’re treating them to the fancy stuff to top their ice with…

@PooltoyWolf I spent like 10 minutes trying to figure it out.

@PooltoyWolf don’t make arkansas feel bad dude

@PooltoyWolf @russellmz It’s only slightly amusing that even Oklahoma now allows online alcohol purchases and its buddy to the east is still trying its dead-level best to micromanage its citizens.

@catcakie
I care about your health, so feel free to have your order delivered to my address instead.

@kawichris650 I care about your health, too. I wouldn’t voluntarily give anyone something damaging to their bodies.

@catcakie I’m sure they spend a lot of money on that study.

@catcakie @kawichris650 Don’t live in California, then. Everything is known by the the state of California it cause cancer and deflate your tires. Or something like that.

Also, being alive is bad for health. I fully agree that we should do what we can to avoid extra damage to our bodies, but it’s not feasible to avoid all possible badness. (To be clear, I agree with your avoidance of alcohol for health reasons.)

@catcakie And WHO would never lie…

@catcakie Thanks nerds

@catcakie @CraigDanger Back in the eras before water treatment and distribution systems were installed in major cities, it was often demonstrably safer to drink mildly alcoholic beverages than it was to drink the water that came out of public wells. From this, the common and widespread European habit of preferring wine over water, or beer where that was preferred, became embedded in social custom. It doesn’t mean that wine and beer were good for you, it just means that there was a time when they were better for you from a safety standpoint than the water that you could easily get. And if your water source was a surface pond, stream, lake, or whatever, then the wine or small beer was always going to be a better bet.

@catcakie @CraigDanger @werehatrack For whatever it’s worth, I looked up the WHO statement from 2023, and their definition of moderate consumption, which was the lowest consumption level they discussed, was about 1.5L of wine a week.
I would consider that a lot, personally.

@catcakie @CraigDanger @werehatrack Probably still better for you than the water in the deep south city I live in. It was coming out brown for 4 or 5 hours the other day. Water pressure still isn’t normal. And last year we had no water at all for around 6 weeks (scattered over various months including mid day christmas eve through new years) and in total about 4 or so months of boil water notices.

@catcakie @Zott

I’m sure they spend a lot of money on that study

Including the $200 for a case of bubbly for their celebration party when they were done.

@xobzoo For years, I have been saying that California should stop requiring Prop65 warning everywhere except points of entry to the state. There, they should have huge billboards saying this:

@neuroticsilence Same. Sometimes I really want some bubbles, but I’m always the only one so I end up skipping it rather than opening a whole bottle. I’m a fan of single-serve wine in general these days. For a while I found myself drinking more (even ove the course of a few days) than I otherwise would have just because of the size of wine bottles.

@PocketBrain Yeah. I had to quit Casemates because 75% of my deliveries were marked as “undeliverable” even though I was at home. UPS won’t deliver anything heavy or requiring a signature to my house and it’s an extra $10 if I want to pick it up myself from a UPS location.

@arielleslie @PocketBrain It was better when Casemates used to use FedEx, as they hold for pick up for free. Now I just send wine orders to my job to avoid any delivery issues

@arielleslie @PocketBrain Just add a shipping address on the Casemates site to be the UPS pickup location. Or your work, if that is allowed/possible.

@pakopako It’s not as bulgy, for one thing.

@pakopako @werehatrack but this is more bougie than boxed wine.

@pakopako @TimW Plonk it’s not.

@mtb002
hopefully by then AL will be on the approved list…
Got my hopes up SO high last time meh had wine only to have them dashed part way thru the sale!