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OT: calling all wine connoisseurs and wine snobs.

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VintageComics

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A buddy of mine collects wine and swears by this stuff.

 

Screaming Eagle.

 

hm

Three years ago people were talking about this wine in Denison,never tried it but it has a great demand.

 

The stuff is $2000+ a bottle.

 

lol

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VintageComics

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Yeah I know...I was talking about the cheap stuff.

My buddy has bottles from every vintage....whatever you call it when you wine collect...

 

He has the entire run in 9.8!

 

:makepoint:

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P Keel

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Yeah I know...I was talking about the cheap stuff.

My buddy has bottles from every vintage....whatever you call it when you wine collect...

 

He has the entire run in 9.8!

 

:makepoint:

If you dont know OK is Oklahoma,really awesome wines.
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oakman29

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sometimes the big money wine is not nearly as good as your local winery. My advise is that if you have a local go there and get educated and taste whats grown in your back yard.

 

My wife and I go with friends to several local winery's here in Southern California,buy 5 or 6 bottles sit around a table in the shade at the winery and get toasted.I don't know anything about wines but I suppose if you have no idea whats good for you,just experiment and find out what you like.If anything you get way f--ked up that day and have great discussions with your friends.WIN ,WIN in my book. :acclaim:

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My in laws never liked reds, mainly because they did not know how to decant and drink them and they are also partial to sweet white wine. (yuck) So I talked with our local wine guy and he said to have them try this with dinner.

 

Memsies Water Wheel Red

 

It is very drinkable, user friendly and very good. Not expensive either.

 

Good place to start as my in laws loved it.

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Mutie Fan

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I live in central California. I bartended my way through college in a high end fine dining restaurant and I have had a great love of wine for over 10 years. I have over 100 bottles around at any given time. I think for the money you cannot go wrong with California wines from the central cost Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, etc. They can compete all day long with the Napa big boys but at a lesser price. Napa wines are world class but you pay extra for it being a Napa wine. Same thing for Sonoma but slightly less so.

 

It is hard to recommend a wine for someone when you don’t know their taste so I recommend that you just drink a bunch of wine. Get together with some friends and family, go to bevmo or Costco or wherever and pick up several bottles and have tasting parties.

 

I also go wine tasting at the wineries around Paso Robles a couple times a year and I am in several wine clubs.

 

In the end go with what you like, price does not mean all that much but I have to be honest, cheap wine can be good but it is still cheap wine. Like comic books there are deals to be had but you get what you pay for. I have paid $100.00 for a bottle I thought was garbage and I am drinking a $18 bottle right now that I think is heaven. :cloud9:

 

The only rule is that there are no rules, go with what you like!

 

Now I must return to my drinking. :applause:

 

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catal77

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thanks for all the good advice fellas looks like i have alot of wine to try. also i know price doesnt always mean its good . right now the best one i have had is an 8.00 bottle. hey honcho pm me some info on the festival.

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