Oddly, I vary a lot. I have tried to like red wine, but I just can’t. On the other hand, I love ice wine and other (many) dessert wines. I like mead and what modern meaderies do with it (again sometimes, but like the creative ideas) And I have had some pretty nice whites, a noble Reisling, various old vine whites, etc. On a white, I even usually get the tasting notes right.
Oh, and while I am too lazy to do it myself, 50 years ago you could by German May wine in the spring in many nicer liquor stores. I would love it get a bottle again, but alas…
@unksol@ybmuG
Thought the same thing, but realized that I do much more drinking sitting down - typically with meals or while in conversation with friends.
I’m into Italian wines, especially reds from Northern Italy, in particular from the Piemonte (Piedmont) region. When going to Italian language school in Turin several times over several years, I learned a lot about that region’s wines. My favorites are Barolo (the “king of wines”) and Langhe Nebbiolo, followed by Barbera d’Alba. The first two are robust, full-flavored reds; both are from the Nebbiolo grape. Barolo can be wildly expensive. Langhe Nebbiolo is absolutely affordable. Barbera D’Alba is a good all-around red. Piemonte also has a lovely white wine that can be hard to find in the US: Erbaluce di Caluso, nice crisp wine perfect for warmer weather. Gavi is quite good too.
My favorite red wine from the south of Italy is Aglianico del Vulture (not to be confused with Aglianico without the “del Vulture”) which is from the region of Basilica (in the arch of the boot). Nero d’Avola from Siclily is a good one too.
I’m definitely into wine! I enjoy exploring different varieties and discovering how different regions and grape types influence the taste. I like to pair wines with meals to enhance flavors, although I’m no expert. It’s also fun to attend tastings and learn from others. On casual days, I keep it simple with a nice Merlot or Sauvignon Blanc. If you’re not into wine, that’s cool—everyone’s tastes are different. Cheers!
Perhaps because of my family’s heritage I enjoy wine a lot. OTOH I evidently have a very unrefined palette and find it very difficult to suss out flavors and notes that the people “in the know” always rave about. My wife and I have a DVD course we have gone through with two different couples. There are dozens of lessons and each lesson samples several different (related) wine. I liked most all of them, but found it very difficult to pick up the details of the flavor. I’m also well aware of the fact that '20 vs '21 vs '22 vintages can be totally different, so memorizing a bunch of different styles and vintners just doesn’t register with me.
I am ok with white, red, rosé, sparkling, fortified etc. I generally like wines that are more full-bodied and trend towards reds like tempranillo or amarone. I do tend to lean more on the dry side, though I do like ports and dessert wines given the right circumstances.
I guess the bottom line is I enjoy wine but I’m not obsessed by it. Given the opportunity I will drink wine with a meal if it’s offered/available.
TL:DR I’m firmly in the “pro-wine” camp.
@chienfou I enjoy wine a lot. “Probably” close to the century club of wine varietals thanks to wine.woot/casemates and living next to a wine broker. I am above average with taste and smell, but the experts amaze me. Especially with knowing vintage years, terrior distinction, etc.
Did you know that coffee has more aromatic compounds that wine? Coffee was my first gourmet snobbery hobby, and man did I go DEEP into that. At the time I was getting to know cab/merlot/pinot, I could easily differentiate a cup of coffee from the growing regions of Ethiopia. Blindly, I could tell you if the coffee was from the Americas, Africa, Islands, etc. Through a cooperative with big players in the industry I was fortunate to get my hands on everything form Kopi Luwak (the palm civet shit coffee), Galapogos Islands, Esmerelda cultivar, to Yemeni beans with the accompanying husks for Qishr tea.
I attribute my wine tasting to that stage in my life. I would taste coffee like the cuppers do in the judging. I tried very hard for a very long time to get good at it. The coop dissolved. Coffee got stupid expensive with globalization (It should… slave labor sucks) and that chapter of my life is over. But every now and then a barista half my age gets a little snarky and my elitism comes back swinging, like did you really just incorrectly correct my pronunciation of Yirgacheffe? I can point to it on an unmarked globe you pretentious twat.
TL;DR Wine is awesome! Coffee was my gateway to it.
@chienfou@Kyeh According to the first google links to youtube, the guy says it how I say it (ending it “eff”) indicating that is how it is said in Africa. Then he goes on to say in the UK it is pronounced with the e on the end.
I guess the lesson of the story is don’t be a pedant. I say it without the E, but until I go visit myself, I can’t say beyond what I have heard from someone who has been more than once.
INTO wine, as in:
No. It stains the legs, and I don’t want wine that tastes like feet.
Oddly, I vary a lot. I have tried to like red wine, but I just can’t. On the other hand, I love ice wine and other (many) dessert wines. I like mead and what modern meaderies do with it (again sometimes, but like the creative ideas) And I have had some pretty nice whites, a noble Reisling, various old vine whites, etc. On a white, I even usually get the tasting notes right.
Oh, and while I am too lazy to do it myself, 50 years ago you could by German May wine in the spring in many nicer liquor stores. I would love it get a bottle again, but alas…
So my relationship is mixed.
@Cerridwyn You sound like me. It is generally the dry wines I do not like as the aftertaste is bad.
I like the idea of wine, but I’m usually disappointed by it. Probably just as well.
@Kyeh It’s the IRK of the drink world.
@rockblossom Very accurate!
Feet apart for added stability and slightly bent knees to absorb any sudden movement
@ybmuG and toes apart to infuse the maximum amount of foot-flavor into the wine.
@ybmuG damn it you beat me to it. Lol
@unksol @ybmuG
Thought the same thing, but realized that I do much more drinking sitting down - typically with meals or while in conversation with friends.
I’m into Italian wines, especially reds from Northern Italy, in particular from the Piemonte (Piedmont) region. When going to Italian language school in Turin several times over several years, I learned a lot about that region’s wines. My favorites are Barolo (the “king of wines”) and Langhe Nebbiolo, followed by Barbera d’Alba. The first two are robust, full-flavored reds; both are from the Nebbiolo grape. Barolo can be wildly expensive. Langhe Nebbiolo is absolutely affordable. Barbera D’Alba is a good all-around red. Piemonte also has a lovely white wine that can be hard to find in the US: Erbaluce di Caluso, nice crisp wine perfect for warmer weather. Gavi is quite good too.
My favorite red wine from the south of Italy is Aglianico del Vulture (not to be confused with Aglianico without the “del Vulture”) which is from the region of Basilica (in the arch of the boot). Nero d’Avola from Siclily is a good one too.
*Basilicata
You talking about my stance for drinking it or for recycling it?
As the hours pass, stance gets unsteadier for both activities.
And, what do you add to red that results in yellow?
@phendrick
Kidney function…
I’m into white wines, sell those and I’ll buy.
@Star2236 Well, you’re in luck over on Casemates today…
I’m a wine Philistine. Pretty much the only type that I like is things along the line of a late harvest Sauv Blanc.
@werehatrack my man
I’m definitely into wine! I enjoy exploring different varieties and discovering how different regions and grape types influence the taste. I like to pair wines with meals to enhance flavors, although I’m no expert. It’s also fun to attend tastings and learn from others. On casual days, I keep it simple with a nice Merlot or Sauvignon Blanc. If you’re not into wine, that’s cool—everyone’s tastes are different. Cheers!
/giphy drunken fist style
Perhaps because of my family’s heritage I enjoy wine a lot. OTOH I evidently have a very unrefined palette and find it very difficult to suss out flavors and notes that the people “in the know” always rave about. My wife and I have a DVD course we have gone through with two different couples. There are dozens of lessons and each lesson samples several different (related) wine. I liked most all of them, but found it very difficult to pick up the details of the flavor. I’m also well aware of the fact that '20 vs '21 vs '22 vintages can be totally different, so memorizing a bunch of different styles and vintners just doesn’t register with me.
I am ok with white, red, rosé, sparkling, fortified etc. I generally like wines that are more full-bodied and trend towards reds like tempranillo or amarone. I do tend to lean more on the dry side, though I do like ports and dessert wines given the right circumstances.
I guess the bottom line is I enjoy wine but I’m not obsessed by it. Given the opportunity I will drink wine with a meal if it’s offered/available.
TL:DR I’m firmly in the “pro-wine” camp.
@chienfou I enjoy wine a lot. “Probably” close to the century club of wine varietals thanks to wine.woot/casemates and living next to a wine broker. I am above average with taste and smell, but the experts amaze me. Especially with knowing vintage years, terrior distinction, etc.
Did you know that coffee has more aromatic compounds that wine? Coffee was my first gourmet snobbery hobby, and man did I go DEEP into that. At the time I was getting to know cab/merlot/pinot, I could easily differentiate a cup of coffee from the growing regions of Ethiopia. Blindly, I could tell you if the coffee was from the Americas, Africa, Islands, etc. Through a cooperative with big players in the industry I was fortunate to get my hands on everything form Kopi Luwak (the palm civet shit coffee), Galapogos Islands, Esmerelda cultivar, to Yemeni beans with the accompanying husks for Qishr tea.
I attribute my wine tasting to that stage in my life. I would taste coffee like the cuppers do in the judging. I tried very hard for a very long time to get good at it. The coop dissolved. Coffee got stupid expensive with globalization (It should… slave labor sucks) and that chapter of my life is over. But every now and then a barista half my age gets a little snarky and my elitism comes back swinging, like did you really just incorrectly correct my pronunciation of Yirgacheffe? I can point to it on an unmarked globe you pretentious twat.
TL;DR Wine is awesome! Coffee was my gateway to it.
WORKER BEES! HERCULES! TURKEY GREASE! AWESOME!
@chienfou @KNmeh7 How DO you pronounce “Yirgacheffe?” (I’m a coffee ignoramus, I just know that I like Sumatran but that’s about all I know.)
@chienfou @Kyeh According to the first google links to youtube, the guy says it how I say it (ending it “eff”) indicating that is how it is said in Africa. Then he goes on to say in the UK it is pronounced with the e on the end.
I guess the lesson of the story is don’t be a pedant. I say it without the E, but until I go visit myself, I can’t say beyond what I have heard from someone who has been more than once.
@chienfou @KNmeh7 So the snooty baristas say “Yirgacheffay?”
@chienfou @KNmeh7 @Kyeh Only the expats here from the UK?
@chienfou @KNmeh7 @Kyeh
But, but, but that would be taking away a piece of the very core my being!