| ColonelPanic001 | rick_h_: I saw your wine tweet, thought you might have input | 13:30 |
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| ColonelPanic001 | if I like merlot, and I like shiraz even more, and I don't really like sweet wines (which shouldn't be a surprise after that first part), what else should I try? | 13:30 |
| rick_h_ | ColonelPanic001: so I'd see if you like comlex or simpler wines and try out an aged cab (7yr or older) and things like a red zinfandel and pinot (start with something from williamette valley OR) | 13:32 |
| rick_h_ | ColonelPanic001: if you're feeling brave find a bordeaux and see how that goes over on you. It'll be more complex and interesting | 13:32 |
| ColonelPanic001 | cool, thanks. | 13:32 |
| rick_h_ | make sure to try a couple and pay attention that the area isn't just 'california' but an actual region at least | 13:33 |
| ColonelPanic001 | I like dry reds, but rarely drink wine because I like dry reds and hate sweet whites, and my wife is the polar opposite | 13:33 |
| rick_h_ | so you can get a feel for where vs 'we've pulled a bunch of graped together' | 13:33 |
| ColonelPanic001 | "an unattended backyard" | 13:33 |
| rick_h_ | ColonelPanic001: heh, can understand that. My wife likes more complex things and I like more single grape types | 13:33 |
| ColonelPanic001 | I have a very unrefined sense for wine, I don't think I'll be hard to please | 13:34 |
| rick_h_ | heh, it takes time | 13:34 |
| ColonelPanic001 | meh, I don't mind. Makes it cheaper. | 13:34 |
| rick_h_ | it started for me with a wine tasting at a vineyard in VA and I started to find words to put to things I did and did not like | 13:34 |
| ColonelPanic001 | yeah, I'm there with beer | 13:34 |
| ColonelPanic001 | very frequently run into the problem of not enough vocabulary | 13:34 |
| rick_h_ | I hear there's a few good vineyards in MI, but I've not found any yet I care for. Not that I've been to a ton. | 13:35 |
| rick_h_ | right, I know what I like enough with US based stuff, then I go to europe and don't know enough since french/italians are all setup by region names/etc. | 13:35 |
| rick_h_ | ColonelPanic001: but that pic is a vineyard in CA I love their pinot so they send a few bottles a few times a year | 13:36 |
| ColonelPanic001 | nice | 13:36 |
| rick_h_ | so if you find something you love, check out where it came from. prices are better and nothing like having it delivered hah! | 13:36 |
| ColonelPanic001 | cool, thanks | 13:39 |
| rick_h_ | np | 13:39 |
| rick_h_ | always happy to chat wine :) | 13:39 |
| ColonelPanic001 | \o | 13:42 |
| jrwren | ColonelPanic001: trader joes, 2 buck chuck. | 14:04 |
| rick_h_ | bah | 14:04 |
| rick_h_ | that's not what it was anyway | 14:04 |
| ColonelPanic001 | Trader Joe's is a small journey from me | 14:05 |
| cmaloney | ColonelPanic001: I find the Merlots are where I find peace | 14:09 |
| cmaloney | JoDee doesn't like Shiraz much | 14:09 |
| cmaloney | Malbec might be something to try as well | 14:09 |
| cmaloney | Though I don't find it as good as Merlot | 14:10 |
| cmaloney | ColonelPanic001: Thoughts on Port? | 14:10 |
| ColonelPanic001 | I've only had port once or twice. It's a little sweet, but I like it | 14:13 |
| cmaloney | Dow's Ruby Red Port is a consistent favorite | 14:14 |
| cmaloney | not too sweet, not too leathery | 14:14 |
| jrwren | is it port? | 14:20 |
| jrwren | mmm... Port!!! | 14:20 |
| jrwren | I have only had one port that I didn't like, and it was 15yrs ago. Maybe my tastes changed. | 14:21 |
| rick_h_ | cmaloney: you doing CHC? thinking of heading down but won't get there until 9 | 14:30 |
| brousch | rick_h_: have you made it to SW MI wineries yet? | 14:55 |
| rick_h_ | brousch: no, there was a wine tasting event that had a lot of places bringing their stuff in, mostly from traverse city | 14:55 |
| cmaloney | rick_h_: I think so, but today is a little screwball | 15:45 |
| cmaloney | dad-Baker got out of the nursing home and we're at his neurology appt right now | 15:45 |
| cmaloney | Traverse City tends to make more fruit-wines than grape wines | 15:46 |
| cmaloney | which taste like crap | 15:46 |
| rick_h_ | cmaloney: +1 on the fruit wine | 15:48 |
| rick_h_ | cmaloney: cool, let me know how the day goys. Good luck at the apt | 15:48 |
| cmaloney | Thanks | 15:49 |
| brousch | I love cherry wines | 21:54 |
| cmaloney | Might as well drink Jaegermeister | 22:15 |
| cmaloney | better tasting than cherry wines | 22:15 |
| dzho | my finely honed detectors sense a difference of opinion. | 22:16 |
| dzho | I think you should each send a bottle of your top 3 favorite alcohol beverages for me to adjudicate the issue | 22:18 |
| rick_h_ | hah | 22:47 |
| rick_h_ | one way to go abouy it | 22:47 |
| rick_h_ | about | 22:47 |
| greg-g | someone's already into their new delivery of wine :) | 22:52 |
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