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Offline Quo vadis Domine

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Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
« Reply #15 on: July 07, 2023, 01:23:02 PM »
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    • Quote from: Ladislaus on July 07, 2023, 09:53:40 AM
    Ah, a man of good taste.  Cabernet Sauvignon is my favorite wine, and pretty much the only wine I ever drink ... although I haven't had anything superior to the $10 bottles :laugh1: ... and I probably could not tell the difference between that and the $1200 bottle.

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    Lad, this is an excellent cab. for the price (around $10):

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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #16 on: July 07, 2023, 05:45:38 PM »
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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #17 on: July 07, 2023, 05:55:22 PM »
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    • I'm partial to Carolans Irish Cream on the rocks but if I ever tip-toe into the wine aisle, this will be a great resource.  Thanks
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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #18 on: July 07, 2023, 06:24:21 PM »
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    • Quote from: Quo vadis Domine on July 07, 2023, 01:23:02 PM

    Lad, this is an excellent cab. for the price (around $10):

    Thanks.  I'll give it a shot.
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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #19 on: July 07, 2023, 06:29:24 PM »
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    The gentleman, who buys two bottles and leaves half of the second for the enjoyment of the staff, always slips me two $100 bills on his way out the door.
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    I have to put away today's wine order, but maybe I will start another thread that provides some info, advice, etc. to help people enjoy one of the truly great pleasures of this short life.
    Yes, please do.  I prefer beer/bourbon myself, so I need to learn about wine.  Would be a fun topic.
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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #20 on: July 07, 2023, 06:38:31 PM »
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    • Quote from: Nadir on July 07, 2023, 05:45:38 PM
    Aren’t we blessed to be Catholic!
    beats being a Southern Baptist! (told from extensive experience with them) :cowboy:
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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #21 on: July 07, 2023, 07:16:16 PM »
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    • Quote from: gladius_veritatis on July 07, 2023, 10:30:41 AM
    You can find very nice wine for less than $20 if you know even just a little bit.  If you are willing and able to spend $30 or $40, even if only once in a while, there is an immense amount of delicious wine available.

    I have to put away today's wine order, but maybe I will start another thread that provides some info, advice, etc. to help people enjoy one of the truly great pleasures of this short life.  Have a great weekend, everyone.
    Very good idea. Thanks!

    Would love to try some more wines in my life. There is a craft brewery every 3 blocks here in the Midwest, I have enough beer for 3 lifetimes here and not all of it is good. :laugh1:
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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #22 on: July 07, 2023, 07:22:41 PM »
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    • There is a particular wine which my husband was looking for when we lived in the Veneto region. That was Clinto, (no not Clinton) a favourite local wine. He was told that it no longer exists. He recalls when he was 7, his father would send him to the wine shop with an empty one litre bottle. It cost less than a dollar (700 lire). One the way home he would sometimes drink some of the clinto and top it up with water. 

    g_v, did your weekly wine school mention Clinto in the Veneto section?
    Apparently, unbeknown to most of his friends and local bottle-os, it is still produced.

    https://enjoyfoodwine.com/clinto-wine/
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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #23 on: July 07, 2023, 08:14:41 PM »
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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #24 on: July 10, 2023, 10:17:20 PM »
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    • Quote from: Ladislaus on July 07, 2023, 10:36:43 AM
    I generally dislike sweet/fruity also ... but I make an exception for some good Sangria.  I also don't generally care for white wines, but the Tokaji wines are amazing.
    You don't like Pinot Grigio?
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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #25 on: July 10, 2023, 10:43:52 PM »
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    • Quote from: St Giles on July 10, 2023, 10:17:20 PM
    You don't like Pinot Grigio?

    I've honestly never tried it.
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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #26 on: July 11, 2023, 01:09:34 AM »
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    • Quote from: St Giles on July 10, 2023, 10:17:20 PM
    You don't like Pinot Grigio?

    Tasty but boring, in many cases vapid.  I've been working a lot (85+), but I'll provide some tasty, sexy and affordable iddeas.  
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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #27 on: July 11, 2023, 01:10:17 AM »
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    • Quote from: Ladislaus on July 10, 2023, 10:43:52 PM
    I've honestly never tried it.
     Don't bother.
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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #28 on: July 11, 2023, 01:18:29 AM »
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    • Tonight was Muga's "Prado Enea," a magnificent wine from Rioja. Then, some Chilean red just for kicks...
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    Re: What will g_v be drinking tonight?
    « Reply #29 on: July 11, 2023, 05:53:39 AM »
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    • Quote from: gladius_veritatis on July 11, 2023, 01:10:17 AM
    Don't bother.

    Are there any white wines (under $30) that might pleasantly surprise me?

    I don’t like fruity or sweet wines, and even a single glass of Chardonnay sits too heavy in the gut for my liking. 

    If I had to have white wine, it probably would have been Pinot Grigio, not because it’s great, but because by default it’s the lightest and dryest white I know about, so wins by default as the best of the worst.

    There was once a white table wine served free alongside water at a restaurant near the Vatican which I liked, but whether it was good, or I was just “in the moment” in Rome, I can’t really say, and as complimentary table wine, it certainly wouldn’t have been top tier, but I do recall it being good and light, whatever it was.
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