@therealjrn@tinamarie1974 the best of both worlds, the snobbiness of a cork and the ease of the twist-off cap. Work pretty good, too. Some of the small wineries in N. California use them.
The only wine I really like is icewine. The only ones I have tried all come with twist-off caps. Not sure if rhat is because of the wineries or the type of wine?
@mike808@therealjrn@tinamarie1974 So I hadn’t heard of this stuff before, so had to do some reading - apparently there is ice wine and there is iced wine. The former is made from grapes frozen on the vine, hand picked and processed in the dead of winter at temperatures 20 degrees F or lower, and kept in near frozen state all through processing. Takes a long time to process and ferment and as such tends to be rather pricey ($30 and up for a .375L bottle). It can keep for up to ten years and the ones I saw had a regular snobby cork. Originated in Germany and produced locally in Canada and upper-tier states.
“Iced” wine is made from regularly-harvested grapes that have been frozen and then processed, much more cost effective and shorter production time, but doesn’t keep as well. Both have twice the sugar level of Coca Cola and are usually served as dessert wines. Google says there are stores nearby that sell it, so I guess I need to try some. https://winefolly.com/review/ice-wine-youre-so-fine/
@mike808@stolicat@therealjrn I have only had icewine, both the German variety and from a local Augusta, MO winery. Actually I think I have a bottle or two downstairs in the bar…
@Fuzzalini As the 5th largest economy in the world, California is also a donor state; we send more dollars to Federal than the state gets back – so there’s self sufficiency in that aspect too.
@narfcake It would be even better if the three like minded Pacific coastal States joined forces to secede. I think that might make us the third economic power. I often think that the remaining country would be our Haiti (we being like the Dominican Republic). Although they occupy the same land mass, their quality of life is vastly different. Try and get along without us.
Depends upon the wine, the circumstances of its consumption, my state of mind at the time, and mostly the terroir. Always the terroir. And the other stuff. Pretty much the other stuff. Um yeah… All the stuff. It depends upon all the stuff.
@stolicat I use to consider regular wine drinkers to be the snobby, ritzy crowd, but now it’s just about everyone. Did wine get cheaper? Did it become more widely available? I don’t get it.
@TheCO2 Affordability and availability, I guess. In the 70s and 80s Americans figured out how to make less expensive but still decent wine that matched the $/buzz ratio of beer, California wines were winning international competitions which was good press, and Big Beverage got into the business so it was suddenly everywhere.
Here in California, consumption is required by law …
@stolicat My girlfriend’s family was having a party and they kept passing wine around, saying, “I think you will like this one. You should try it.” Yeah, I decided to taste one they said tasted different than all of the others. It was still disgusting.
@InnocuousFarmer US wineries are making some pretty good wines now, and they are some good deals when compared to the international stuff. Definitely don’t pass by the domestics. A lot of times there’s someone in the store who will love to take you through them.
A bottle
@tinamarie1974 With the twist-off cap?
@therealjrn @tinamarie1974 the best of both worlds, the snobbiness of a cork and the ease of the twist-off cap. Work pretty good, too. Some of the small wineries in N. California use them.
@stolicat @therealjrn now that is cool.
The only wine I really like is icewine. The only ones I have tried all come with twist-off caps. Not sure if rhat is because of the wineries or the type of wine?
@stolicat @therealjrn @tinamarie1974 Costco in STL carries Missouri wineries’ (Augusta, Stone Hill, St James, etc) ice wine.
It doesn’t age well, and isn’t meant to age in a cellar anyway, so using cork is expensive when twist off caps cost even less than artificial cork.
@mike808 @therealjrn @tinamarie1974 So I hadn’t heard of this stuff before, so had to do some reading - apparently there is ice wine and there is iced wine. The former is made from grapes frozen on the vine, hand picked and processed in the dead of winter at temperatures 20 degrees F or lower, and kept in near frozen state all through processing. Takes a long time to process and ferment and as such tends to be rather pricey ($30 and up for a .375L bottle). It can keep for up to ten years and the ones I saw had a regular snobby cork. Originated in Germany and produced locally in Canada and upper-tier states.
“Iced” wine is made from regularly-harvested grapes that have been frozen and then processed, much more cost effective and shorter production time, but doesn’t keep as well. Both have twice the sugar level of Coca Cola and are usually served as dessert wines. Google says there are stores nearby that sell it, so I guess I need to try some.
https://winefolly.com/review/ice-wine-youre-so-fine/
@mike808 @stolicat @therealjrn I have only had icewine, both the German variety and from a local Augusta, MO winery. Actually I think I have a bottle or two downstairs in the bar…
I hope you like it as much as I do
@tinamarie1974 Check out Costco’s icewine selection:
@mike808 clearly I need a Costco membership!
Someone else’s well-stocked cellar.
@mike808 exactamundo
Send me one from each and I’ll find out.
'Merica, dammit!
My carboy
Toddlers
@katbyter OMG, wine comes from toddlers?!?!?!?!?!?
@katbyter my wife challenges that xomment
@katbyter @tinamarie1974 I think maybe toddlers result from too much wine that one time…
@katbyter @shahnm and that is why I stick to tequila!!
@katbyter @shahnm @tinamarie1974 I dunno, four year olds are pretty wine proficient.
not from boxes
@phendrick $13 for 4 liters! it is from the box.
@phendrick A plastic bladder that has been removed from the box.
“Slap the bag!”
my neighbor’s basement
California.
(But I could be biased.)
@narfcake true, tho …
@narfcake @stolicat
@narfcake This should have been an option. If the US keeps going the way it is, we might have to secede from the union.
@Fuzzalini As the 5th largest economy in the world, California is also a donor state; we send more dollars to Federal than the state gets back – so there’s self sufficiency in that aspect too.
@narfcake It would be even better if the three like minded Pacific coastal States joined forces to secede. I think that might make us the third economic power. I often think that the remaining country would be our Haiti (we being like the Dominican Republic). Although they occupy the same land mass, their quality of life is vastly different. Try and get along without us.
@Fuzzalini @narfcake OK, bye!
Michigan! Traverse City area to be even more specific.
(But that’s my home town so I could be a bit biased too.)
The Republic of Texas
Depends upon the wine, the circumstances of its consumption, my state of mind at the time, and mostly the terroir. Always the terroir. And the other stuff. Pretty much the other stuff. Um yeah… All the stuff. It depends upon all the stuff.
A can?
Trader Joe’s
Hops and grains. And they are cleverly disguised as beer.
Long Island, NY. Casemates, take note.
Canadian icewine
@ZeroCharisma I
icewine
Water.
There is no such thing as good wine.
@TheCO2 only good wine drinkers …
@stolicat I use to consider regular wine drinkers to be the snobby, ritzy crowd, but now it’s just about everyone. Did wine get cheaper? Did it become more widely available? I don’t get it.
@TheCO2 Affordability and availability, I guess. In the 70s and 80s Americans figured out how to make less expensive but still decent wine that matched the $/buzz ratio of beer, California wines were winning international competitions which was good press, and Big Beverage got into the business so it was suddenly everywhere.
Here in California, consumption is required by law …
@stolicat My girlfriend’s family was having a party and they kept passing wine around, saying, “I think you will like this one. You should try it.” Yeah, I decided to taste one they said tasted different than all of the others. It was still disgusting.
A box.
Germany
I voted “America” because it seemed funny. Was thinking of… spaghetti westerns. Or Detroit. Is it true?
@InnocuousFarmer US wineries are making some pretty good wines now, and they are some good deals when compared to the international stuff. Definitely don’t pass by the domestics. A lot of times there’s someone in the store who will love to take you through them.
How do you not have Spain listed?!
@Brianc442 or as I understand it Australia and South Africa
@Brianc442 Fall is here. Time to move the Riojas to the front for easy access.
Local wineries
The best whines come from people complaining about the poll options.
@DrWorm ba-dump psh!
I did actually laugh though because I find puns to be the creme de la creme of comedy.
A box.