wine suggestions

[drop]

today is the beginning of my vacation.
its also the first day of the candela festival in old san juan.
i'm going to be staying in a pretty chill day and breakfast in old san juan with my girlfriend until sunday.
i've got buds, i have tequila, a little blow, e for the 8 hour deepdish set tomorrow
what i need now is wine
any suggestions?

this is what i have so far
http://www.wbur.org/support/detail.asp?w=95

[wheezer]

recently discovered this red wine from tunisia (!)

http://www.hawesko.de/hw2/images/large/070BB810592E40000F00.gif

2002 VILLA KASSAR - GRAND CRU

[JE:5]

Chilean Merlot is my favourite, if I get an expensive one that is.

[drop]

chilean and spanish wines are the most popular here
it probably what i'll end up with
i was just mucking about for something different

[Orang Utan]

Try Buckfast then.
It's certainly different.

[Paddy]

edit.
orang utan got there first. cunt.

[Orang Utan]

Strike!

[bracket]

Mmmmm - Buckfasts

[Paddy]

"we love the buckfast, we love the wine, lalalalalala"

[Paddy]

drop, you do realise that this thread has just been hijacked, yes?

[8bitapocalypse]

aussie wolfblass is a safe bet for semi expensive red.

[Paddy]

fuck that. £5.99, bottle of buckie, keeps you up for fuckin hours.

[drop]

Originally posted by nik-nak
drop, you do realise that this thread has just been hijacked, yes?
ummm,
yes
it certainly seems that way

buckfast?
thats like a really bad port?
or is it closer to maddog 20/20?
funny how buckfast sound like breakfast
as in
the first thing i want when i wakeup after a good night out.

anyways if i wanted to do that then i would drink boones apple wine, any flavor.
or keep drinking bud lite.

[Orang Utan]

Mmmmm Thunderbirds!

[Paddy]

hahaha, nowt like 20/20 mate, thats for the kiddies.
but yes, it does resemble bad port. fookin lovely.
(you gotta grease the rails pretty well first though)

[drop]

Originally posted by Orang Utan
Mmmmm Thunderbirds!
whats the word ?
thunderbird!!!
whats the price?
a dollar twice!!!

[iain c]

Originally posted by nik-nak
(you gotta grease the rails pretty well first though) [/B]
yeah grease it with some El Dorado tonic wine (auld tawny) variety ,that will surely burn some arse hairs

[Basic 2: The Revenge]

Originally posted by JE:5
Chilean Merlot is my favourite, if I get an expensive one that is.

That is generally what I'd go for. You'd be suprised at some of the ones in the supermarket, they really are not that bad at all.

[Ava]

what is an appropriate time to drink buckfast? would you have it in a pub or club, or is it strictly for after hours or early morning.

i did live in scotland for a little while but i never drank buckfast. arrols 80 though.

oh and for other wines i reckon a nice rioja is the way to go

[thomas hooked]

Originally posted by drop

whats the word ?
thunderbird!!!
whats the price?
a dollar twice!!!

apparently that ad copy is based on an actual conversation shouted between a tramp and whichever Gallo brother is recposible for that rot (vince i think) from his car. despicable.

Which reminds me. One of my flatmates works as a advertising creative and says that for the last two years- he has been the only person working there to actually veto the plan to use tramps as mobile billboards.
again, despicable.

[Ava]

Originally posted by thomas hooked



Which reminds me. One of my flatmates works as a advertising creative and says that for the last two years- he has been the only person working there to actually veto the plan to use tramps as mobile billboards.
again, despicable.

wtf! that is truly despicable

[bracket]

Originally posted by Ava
what is an appropriate time to drink buckfast?

The appropriate time is breakfast time.

[drop]

Originally posted by wheezer
recently discovered this red wine from tunisia (!)

http://www.hawesko.de/hw2/images/large/070BB810592E40000F00.gif

2002 VILLA KASSAR - GRAND CRU
the tunisia sounds good
i think i'll look for it

as far as buckfast is concerned :-p

[bencodec]

Originally posted by Ava


wtf! that is truly despicable

i actually think this could be pretty fucking hillarious in some cases. can you imagine the possibilities...
McDonalds having thier brand associated with an unwashed mumbling street drunk.
Investment banking advertised by a strung out skaghead who's pissed himself.
why's he vetoing this again?!? this could be just that move these companies are looking for...

[thomas hooked]

and i bet you laughed through the bumfights dvd.

[drop]

i laugh when i see bumfights
never seen the dvd though
should i feel bad?

[bencodec]

no never seen it, however, i'm laughing at the ad company, not the homeless person. the idea that any company would want to use tramps as advertising space is ridiculous. is someone really going to say "oh i just saw an ad for that new car on that man over there covered in vomit, no i think he's just alseep, oh, maybe he is dead, anyway, that car sure does look great."

[KaOz]

we have the best one... germany/bad dürkeim/weinstrasse

[drop]

Originally posted by KaOz
we have the best one... germany/bad dürkeim/weinstrasse
when i was a kid we used to go to the wine tasting along the rhine. loved that shit, the castles, the river, sunny days, fields of flowers, blah,blah,blah

[thomas hooked]

i totally agree. but in modern creative branding and viral marketing the measure to which clients co-ops the transgressive to affect a matey relationship with their buyers is pretty sickening these days. aaargh i could go on about this for hours. and probably will at some point.

and i wasn't suggesting that anyone who laughed at the bumfights dvd should climb into the hairshirt- hell the otherday i laughed watching a documentary about the parents of a 31 year old schitzophrenic trying to procure a thai bride for him. It was quite the saddest thing i've ever seen on telly. But there's a difference between finding pathos in a horribly sad human situation and exploiting it for commercial ends

[KaOz]

are u totally fucked up?

[tsr_tomas]

pierre´s wine from swiss or faustino the VII. all red!

blacktower on the white side.

[drop]

ya love faustino
good stuff.

[jukka]

if it is white wine and all is fine !

[darrell]

Originally posted by drop

ummm,
yes
it certainly seems that way

buckfast?
thats like a really bad port?
or is it closer to maddog 20/20?
funny how buckfast sound like breakfast
as in
the first thing i want when i wakeup after a good night out.

anyways if i wanted to do that then i would drink boones apple wine, any flavor.
or keep drinking bud lite.

it is breakfast for some people here8-()

[tsr_tomas]

drop: damn right :D

[Paddy]

Originally posted by Ava
what is an appropriate time to drink buckfast? would you have it in a pub or club, or is it strictly for after hours or early morning.


anytime is bucky time, my young padawan.

i prefer post club/early morning to induce that second wind, but i know some people who start on it. thats not very easy to do though. there's a pub here called the meadows bar that has it on an optic, but would never be seen doing something so vulgar as to drink the wine in a pub. pubs are for beer.

there was this dude my mate used to work with four or so years ago called euan who had a tattoo of a feotus vomiting out it's own intestines on his arm. he used to drink a bottle of the wine a day. he told my mate that he "once coughed up something that resembled a small, bloody prawn." he also fell off the stage of studio 24 due to taking loads of e's and drinking lots of bucky and subsequently died. so, probably not a good idea to over indulge.

with me, i like to keep it as a bit of a 'special treat'.:)

[Tomoki]

I like the chilean red wines as well. They aren´t that cheap and excellent value.

For white ones I´d go for "Rheinhessen".

[Lady E]

i remember some heady days in the mid 90s at the sativa flat in edinburgh where buckfast was on the menu for all meals, particularly breakfast.

[Lady E]

drop - get yourself a nice

Pouilly Fume (with an accent on the 'e')

its a lovely classic french white wine.

[Smartie]

Chateauneuf Du Pape 2001 is the best french Red I've tried.....
also like
d`Arenberg `The Custodian` Grenache 2001 (Australian)
and
d`Arenberg The Laughing Magpie Shiraz Viognier 2002

[notorious J.I.M]

I reccomend St Hallett Barossa Shiraz from Australia. Otherwise you won't go wrong with a good Rioja reserva. Don't ignore the Chillean either Cassilero del Diablo do a good range that we get over here.

[dSort]

In northern Italy they make Primitivo.My favourite is Mastroleo Primitivo 2002 -with a dark,smoke-like taste

[V Knid esq]

I wish I understood wines better. When I was waitering in the (sadly no longer extant) Black Chapati restaurant in Brighton, Steve the manager/chef would give us all some brilliant education in wine / food combination, but every time it would be followed by several bottles and I would completely forget everything I'd been told. I do know that all these Australian wines are dull as ditchwater cos they're all scientifically brewed according to lowest common denominator focus group results...

One wine I've had that stands out is actually a Californian one - Fetzer Zinfandel... Zinfandel is a really rich red grape variety anyway, but this one was mad. I got it cos I was intrigued by the restaurant wine list description which said it tasted of "rasberries and chocolate", and damned if they weren't right!

[komakid]

i love the wine that my granpa makes. it's the best stuff, a little bit stronger then bottled wines, but it tastes so good. i like grasevina, as well. it's a croatian wine. croatia has large wine resources, but they are not well known in the rest of the world. back in history, when a big part of the balkan was under austro-hungarian monarchy, the austrian king palace used to order their wine from the region where my granpa lives.

[dSort]

granny`s wines are the other chapter.My granma makes delicious plum wine,also bit stronger than bottled wines.

[Ladytron]

my parents make grapes wine and plump schnapps known as "rakija" (sometimes the % of the alchohol of it is 90)

[dSort]

something like our "bimber" ;]

[Ladytron]

i just google "bimber" and i think it's the same but we call it "rakija"

nazdravje! :]

http://ng.onet.pl/_i/obrazki/lipiec/mnp_03_bd.jpg

[V Knid esq]

My godfather lives in Slovenia and we used to get beauuuuuuutiful plum schnapps called 'slivovca' (i think that's how it's spelled); there was a pear variety too - totally great.

[Mui]

Originally posted by 8bitapocalypse
aussie wolfblass is a safe bet for semi expensive red.

heh. that stuff is real cheap over here.

go for jasper hill (the best IMO) and blackjack if you can get em

[dSort]

Originally posted by V Knid esq
My godfather lives in Slovenia and we used to get beauuuuuuutiful plum schnapps called 'slivovca' (i think that's how it's spelled); there was a pear variety too - totally great.
Yeeessssss...."Slivovica" is great

[tania]

GASTRA MURAFETLI
greek wine.. probably the finest in the world!
(im not remotely biased or anything..)

[Ladytron]

yep, sliva = plum :]

http://www.otlichno.ru/pictures/slivovica.jpg

[tsr_tomas]

slivovitza rulez!

[TheWasp]

Originally posted by 8bitapocalypse
aussie wolfblass is a safe bet for semi expensive red.



top choice ...even the cheaper eaglehawk from wolf blass is a tasty wee number

[tania]

you gypo..

[TheWasp]

cheeky bitch

[komakid]

Originally posted by tsr_tomas
slivovitza rulez!

manastirka forever!!!

http://www.snova.co.uk/Images/Slivovitz/manastirka-porcelain-flask.jpg

[tsr_tomas]

if something is forever it´s koskenkorva viina!

http://www.spiritscorner.com/imgcat/koskenkorva_viina.jpg

to mix the perfect finnish drink. add one, two or three fingers next to the glas to see how much viina it should be in the glas then you add coca cola... it´s simple as hell and it´s the roughest damn drink in the world. (to make it extra special, add ice (but thats luxury)).

ok bois and gals. go to the nearest bathhouse and bring a bottle of koskenkorva to the sauna and go nuts!

[wheezer]

it's what the north of finland brushes their teeth with.

[Ladytron]

tsr_tomas, you are sauna addicted

:]

[komakid]

what is that stuff made of?

[wheezer]

barley (http://www.dlc.fi/~marianna/gourmet/kosknkrv.htm)

[dSort]

this topic reminds me bout polish special called "jabol"(pronounced yabohl)-very cheap wine,made with fruit juice(v.often apple juice) and additions like spirit or sulphur to make it stronger without increasing he price.
Usual drink for homeless,punks and students(after 2:00 am)