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 (!)



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

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 (!)



2002 VILLA KASSAR - GRAND CRU

the tunisia sounds good
i think i'll look for it

as far as buckfast is concerned

[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