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[Judge]

with reference to the talk in real world about wines

woof is a bit of a wine buff, but the zinfandel that dawson points out is nice.

what do you classify as a good wine and whats your preference?

[Judge]

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[66-1112520797]

Red wine TR2 its a nice wine and isnt too expensive, infact its rather cheap but is still a decent drop.

Did have a glass of Beaujolais (sp well wrong) while I was in Gay Paris once from a very expensive bottle, and that was tasty.

But other than that I'm a beer/ale/stout/Bundy rum man.

[Judge]

Red wine TR2 its a nice wine and isnt too expensive, infact its rather cheap but is still a decent drop.

Did have a glass of Beaujolais (sp well wrong) while I was in Gay Paris once from a very expensive bottle, and that was tasty.

But other than that I'm a beer/ale/stout/Bundy bum man.

oh dear

[dawson99]

in gay paris? how is he?

[Judge]

in gay paris? how is he?

he said he was definately in     

[woof woof !]

woof is a bit of a wine buff, but the zinfandel that dawson points out is nice.

Not really a "wine buff" Judge, my favourite tipple is a pint of Vodka and Coke, but me and the missus do get through half a dozen bottles of wine a week so we do take note of what we're actually drinking  .

Because of the volume we get through, price is always a consideration, and it's always a pi'sser to see a nice wine that cost £3-4  on holiday being priced at £10-12 a bottle back home. I usually keep my eye open for the "specials" at the local supermarket and whenever possible go for the Spanish Rioja's.

Think our favourites are Berberana Rioja Gran Reserva (2000 is the best year) and Lagunilla Gran Reserva (2001). Both normally go for about £10-12 a bottle but can often be picked up for half that price when on special offer.

[andy_g]

look out for this one in the uk supermarkets - Nabas del Emperador, a 2006 ribera from spain. i'm getting it for about 2.5 euro over here so i suppose it'll crop up around the 7 or 8 quid mark over there. well worth it though in my most humble opinion.

[stmichael]

A room half full of women with PMT and half full of women with thrush...now, you've got a cheese and wine party.

[ConnO'var]

Not really a wine person.... like Bamaga, I'm more of an ale and beer sort of a guy, though I enjoy a nice single malt from time to time.

I do like the Aussie Shiraz's though... One that I particularly liked was the Wolf Blass 2002 Grey Label which was brought in by friends from Sydney. Enjoyed that one I did.... even though it was a screw on cap and I understand that means it's a cheaper wine? Couldn't give a rat's @rse to be honest cause it was a nice drop.

[woof woof !]

I do like the Aussie Shiraz's though... One that I particularly liked was the Wolf Blass 2002 Grey Label which was brought in by friends from Sydney. Enjoyed that one I did.... even though it was a screw on cap and I understand that means it's a cheaper wine? Couldn't give a rat's @rse to be honest cause it was a nice drop.

That was a long held perception Con but it's no longer true and as cork becomes more expensive more and more producers are looking at the screw cap alternative with interest.

The majority of people associate screw tops with cheap jug wine swill. So if you bring a screw top wine to a party, you may feel you need to bring a receipt and explanation. However, screw tops are rapidly replacing corks with many wine producers in an effort to combat "corked" wine and provide greater quality control.

The wine industry estimates that anywhere between 2 and 8 percent of all wines are corked, meaning that they are spoiled by oxygen or bacteria that enters the wine via a defective cork. Corked wine tends to have an immediate, unpleasant wet-newspaper smell and unfortunately it is difficult to tell if a wine has been "corked" prior to opening the bottle.

The job a wine cork serves is simple: to keep the wine inside the bottle and the air out. Because of its porous nature, cork has a deficient sealing capability in comparison to a screw cap. Screw tops now are so precise that the winemaker can adjust the tightness of the seal to allow more or less outside air to enter the bottle, without the risk of cork taint.

New Zealand vintners such as Tohu and Matua, California wineries such as RH Phillips and Whitehall Lane, and Washington's Hogue Cellars all widely use screw tops in place of cork. RH Phillips even included a tongue-in-cheek decorative cork with an explanation about why screw tops are preferable to corks and suggested alternate uses for the cork. Screw cap usage is not limited to low-end wines: PlumpJack Winery used screw caps with half of its 2000 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon that retails for more than $100 per bottle.

(taken from Asociated Content)

[taff]

gang of us went to a  Greek restaurant in Aigburth many years ago which had a bring your own wine policy and one of my mates bought along mad dog 20-20

[woof woof !]

gang of us went to a  Greek restaurant in Aigburth many years ago which had a bring your own wine policy and one of my mates bought along mad dog 20-20

Our research indicates that MD 20/20 is the best of the bum wines at making you feel warm inside. Some test subjects report a slight numbing agent in MD 20/20, similar to the banana paste that the dentist puts in your mouth before injecting it with novocain. Anyone that can afford a dentist should steer clear of this disaster. Avaliable in various nauseating tropical flavors that coat your whole system like bathtub scum, but only the full "Red Grape Wine" flavor packs the 18% whallop.

[Sabre]

look out for this one in the uk supermarkets - Nabas del Emperador, a 2006 ribera from spain. i'm getting it for about 2.5 euro over here so i suppose it'll crop up around the 7 or 8 quid mark over there. well worth it though in my most humble opinion.

I was checking the post office a year ago because I wanted to send a couple of Rioja bottles to some friends of newkit and everything I found was problems. They have well studied the thing so that you can't send more than two bottles to England without being extortionated.

I've remembered now I forgot about it (sending bottles), the fúcking problem is that you must send one by one the bottles and they charge a decent amount for it.  But I will!

Question for you Andy: If you go to England now there's a limit of bottles you can bring with you to enter the country?

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Just hire one of these water wagons Sabre, it will probably work out cheaper