Objectively intelligent.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

If you want a potable rose, to the extent such a thing is possible, go Lebanese.

That said, this is wine for people who don't like wine.

I can hold forth on numerous topics, food, art, sports, but I am a terrific Philistine when it comes to wine.

I'll tempt your gag reflex by admitting I was quite happy to enjoy Conundrum rose blend sparkling wine with dinner last nite.

I can tell good from bad, and my folks were wine nuts when I was a kid, so I've tried many decent ones. It's just never excited my palate. The complexities aren't lost on me, but do find myself incapable of astonishment with even the finest stuff.

I also hate the wine hangover. Nothing worse.

Good whisky, OTOH, I could taste and assess the nuances of endlessly.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

I can hold forth on numerous topics, foods, art, sports, but I am a terrific Philistine when it comes to wine.

I'll tempt your gag reflex by admitting I was quite happy to enjoy Conundrum rose blend sparkling wine with dinner last nite.

I can tell good from bad, and my folks were wine nuts when I was a kid, so I've tried many decent ones. It's just never excited my palate. The complexities aren't lost on me, but do find myself incapable of astonishment with even the finest stuff.

I also hate the wine hangover. Nothing worse.

Good whisky, OTOH, I could taste and assesses the nuances of endlessly.

I feel sorry for you, but thank you for supporting the wine industry and giving them something to do with the bad grapes.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

I feel sorry for you, but thank you for supporting the wine industry and giving them something to do with the bad grapes.

I didn't say I wasn't trying to surmount my handicap. I remain doggedly determined to do so by repeated consumption of various grades of wine. Someday, I have faith, I will overcome.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

I didn't say I wasn't trying to surmount my handicap. I remain doggedly determined to do so by repeated consumption of various grades of wine. Someday, I have faith, I will overcome.

Well, if ever in Boston, I would be happy to share.

I got into wines early and put them away when the kids were young, and am now in the position where my cellar has more mature wines that I can reasonably try to drink. I was just starting to expand the entertaining enough to get control of the situation before the pandemic hit, I've actually cracked several bottles in the last few years I'd let age too far past their prime. But for the most part these days I'm opening 20-30 year old bottles of Bordeaux and its equivalent and 50 year bottles of port and sherry.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Well, if ever in Boston, I would be happy to share.

I got into wines early and put them away when the kids were young, and am now in the position where my cellar has more mature wines that I can reasonably try to drink. I was just starting to expand the entertaining enough to get control of the situation before the pandemic hit, I've actually cracked several bottles in the last few years I'd let age too far past their prime. But for the most part these days I'm opening 20-30 year old bottles of Bordeaux and its equivalent and 50 year bottles of port and sherry.

If I’m ever able to leave this bloody Commonwealth again and travel there, I’ll take you up on that.

You have far more patience than I do. If I know I have good anything around, I’m compelled to sip it.

There is one style I liked very much. I went to a dinner where most of the pairings were with Barolos. That was quite tasty stuff.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

If I’m ever able to leave this bloody Commonwealth again and travel there, I’ll take you up on that.

You have far more patience than I do. If I know I have good anything around, I’m compelled to sip it.

There is one style I liked very much. I went to a dinner where most of the pairings were with Barolos. That was quite tasty stuff.

If you like Barolas, try Amarones.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

If you like Barolas, try Amarones.

Both wonderful. I have a friend and client who is in to these, and was starting to get to know them better during the last couple of years of before-times.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

If you like Barolas, try Amarones.

This was supposedly a good place to grab barolos and barbarescos in bulk: https://www.wtso.com/

Don’t know if that still holds true.