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Posted by Kris Krieger on July 18, 2007, 3:55 am
> Other than a few excursions into oblivion in the frozen wastelands of
> Bavaria with a canteen cup full of Mad dog 20 20 a third of a century
> ago I don't know jak about wine.
> My wife the health freek, who has never drank anything, read something
> about drinking a glass of wine each day has some health benefits so
> she wanted get some.
> Did I mention she's also a penny pincher?
> She got a bottle and we sat on the porch this evening and we each had
> a chilled glass.
> Well, I had 2.
> We were fooling around and started doing that stuff we seen on TV
> where you swirl it around in the glass (we were using standard kitchen
> glasses cause we don't have any real wine glasses) and sniff the
> bowkay. Then we dumped it in our caves and rolled it all over the
> place before down the hatch.
>
> When I first smelled the stuff I almost hurled, smelled like
> poison....cept worse.
> Then amazingly, after swishing it around in my cave the smell
> disappeared. WTF?
> I stuck my snoot right down in the stuff and it smelled like fruits.
> OMG.
> One swallow and I suddenly liked the stuff and 30+ years of loathing
> vanished.
> We put the stuff back in the frig and went about our business.
> Tomorrow we'll break it out again.
>
> There's lots of wine tasting places around here and we talked about
> going to some.
>
> Anyway, this is what we imbibed upon.
> Cheap, tasted pretty good, and if 2 half-glasses is any indication,
> for less than $10 a stupor could occur.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2ly4ka
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*RED* wine has the health benefits. IIRC: There are phytochemicals in
the skins of red grapes that are extracted when the grapes are pressed.
I'm really tired and can't remember what they are, I'd have to look it
up.
I like "classico reserva" chianti wines - look for a seal (paper ribbon)
around the neck that depicts a black rooster (cockerel). I don't recall
what the organization is called, but it's the Italian version of the
French Appellation Controlee'. THese groups have strict rules regarding
the origin of the grapes and how/where the wine is fermented, and so on.
Wines are usually named by the region (well, European ones at least) but
can also be named by the grape. Pinot noir is a red grape; Burgundy is a
region of France known for its pinot-noir-based wines. I think
Beaujolais is a region, as well IIRC as Moulin au Vent and Chateauneuf du
Pape.
Chardonnay is IIRC a grape, same for Zinfandel. Merlot is a blend of
differet stuff; I don't touch Merlot, don't like it one bit, so I can't
tell you anything about it.
I don't know a lot about wines, but I know the least about California
ones. since I prefer certain of the European wines. US wines are a bit
too heavy on the sulphur (preservative) for me. I'm not a "wine snob", I
just like certain things.
Youmight be interested in an Australian WHite Shiraz. It's actualyl
pink, but it's pressed from a red grape, but IIRC, without the skins, so
it has a lighter, fruitier taste than does red shiraz.
Anyway, I don;t know how much of this will be useful, but I'm always
willing to share what little I know, if there is interest...
For now, tho', I have *got* to shut off this computer and hit the hay
=:-o
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