Anybody ever make sense of wine reviews? Here's the beginning of one I just read:
"The Wine Advocate 92 points: 'Gorgeous aromas of crushed rocks/wet stones, " ...
What the freak do crushed rocks and wet stones smell like? If' you're imagining down in the bay like I am, I wouldn't want to drink that wine.
These guys are so full of themselves and trying so hard to be "original" that they just don't make any sense.
Quote from: Pillager on November 13, 2009, 02:38:07 PM
Anybody ever make sense of wine reviews? Here's the beginning of one I just read:
"The Wine Advocate 92 points: 'Gorgeous aromas of crushed rocks/wet stones, " ...
What the freak do crushed rocks and wet stones smell like? If' you're imagining down in the bay like I am, I wouldn't want to drink that wine.
These guys are so full of themselves and trying so hard to be "original" that they just don't make any sense.
Hence the term " Wine Snobs "
I would prefer one with a nice bouquet of eel grass mixed with a finish of Hydrilla and dock wood.
Quote from: Basscat7 on November 13, 2009, 02:45:55 PM
Quote from: Pillager on November 13, 2009, 02:38:07 PM
Anybody ever make sense of wine reviews? Here's the beginning of one I just read:
"The Wine Advocate 92 points: 'Gorgeous aromas of crushed rocks/wet stones, " ...
What the freak do crushed rocks and wet stones smell like? If' you're imagining down in the bay like I am, I wouldn't want to drink that wine.
These guys are so full of themselves and trying so hard to be "original" that they just don't make any sense.
Hence the term " Wine Snobs "
I would prefer one with a nice bouquet of eel grass mixed with a finish of Hydrilla and dock wood.
id buy that :grin:
I do enjoy drinking wine but...
I believe wine snobbery is an extreme form of: "The Emperor's New Clothes"...
good wine reviews here...
http://www.bumwine.com/
:grin:
Wow, Mad Dog 20/20. Popular in high school. At least until Boone's Farm Apple wine showed up...
I don't need their ridiculous taste analogies, however it is helpful to know about the cheaper bottles that are good (the diamond in the rough).
Quote from: Wishing2BFishing on November 13, 2009, 07:28:38 PM
however it is helpful to know about the cheaper bottles that are good (the diamond in the rough).
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2352/2248184579_409aa04150.jpg)
rene juno red table wine is a good cheap one.
was a recommendation from the wine buyer at one of the hoitier toitier restaurants here in town a while back...
lots of expensive wines at his disposal and he said this was what he drank at home.
pretty good stuff for just over 10 dollars a bottle (big magnum bottle).
Cheap, good wine is an oxymoron. :rolleyes: Anyway, one of the best, cheap wines I've ever come across is Carlo Rossi Chianti. It's the house Chianti at Rocco & Anna's here in Parkesburg and I think this is a really good everyday table wine. This is a real Italian JUG wine - you can only get it in a gallon jug and at only $14, it's darn good value.
Rocco & Anna's is a great little Italian restaurant. and you thought Bruce was the only great thing in Parkesburg...
I didn't think that. Really.