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mitch96

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29. Two thing I've learned about selecting wine...
Wed May 2, 2018, 04:11 PM
May 2018

If it's "vinted and bottled" at the same place the vintner usually takes better care of his product. As opposed to someone who buys a bunch of grapes or grape juice and puts it in a bottle.
The lower % of alcohol the sweeter the wine, conversly the higher the % alcohol the dryer it is..
I like your $12 to $20 rule also. My fav this month is 19 Crimes "hard chard" (16%) chardonnay... $11.99. Very smooth going and coming in the mouth...

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wild morel mushrooms growing up, that my Father and uncles knew how to safely id & locate hlthe2b Apr 2018 #1
as for wines, i've been on enough plant tours to know unblock Apr 2018 #2
I'm not a wine drinker myself. Staph Apr 2018 #15
My older sister once said, that if you go for a bottle of wine PoindexterOglethorpe May 2018 #20
Two thing I've learned about selecting wine... mitch96 May 2018 #29
my rule is that white wine must be younger than 2 years and WhiteTara May 2018 #33
That seems like another good rule. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2018 #34
I'm not a white wine drinker myself WhiteTara May 2018 #36
As a tee-totaler TlalocW May 2018 #28
Sommeliers are not scam artists. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2018 #35
Jamaican Blue is not that great...I even got a box at the local Discount Grocer samnsara Apr 2018 #3
Most of the stuff you see labeled as Jamaican Blue is a blend with a low percentage Major Nikon Apr 2018 #4
Yes..exactly... They include the name and bamboozle people hlthe2b Apr 2018 #7
Jamaica Blue itself is quite pretentious Major Nikon Apr 2018 #8
Most expensive food and wines are, but I commented similarly on the coffee upstream hlthe2b Apr 2018 #9
I bought mine in Jamaica spinbaby Apr 2018 #10
I bought some coffee in Costa Rica I thought was quite good Major Nikon Apr 2018 #12
I've had a few different such things Major Nikon Apr 2018 #5
Fiddlehead ferns cooked in butter and garlic. Amazing cpamomfromtexas Apr 2018 #6
Anything cooked in butter and garlic is amazing spinbaby Apr 2018 #11
Most rare/expensive foods I've eaten were in Japan The Polack MSgt Apr 2018 #13
I've had a lot of rare or unusual foods Saviolo Apr 2018 #14
Iranian Caviar 1988 irisblue Apr 2018 #16
My mother gave me a jar of Iranian caviar in 1974... revmclaren May 2018 #27
I'll try anything once Retrograde Apr 2018 #17
Yes to chocolate Freddie Apr 2018 #18
I tend to prefer locally grown stuff. The wild asparagus that comes up here every year japple Apr 2018 #19
Coffee. It is my personal opinion that coffee is just coffee. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2018 #21
We drink Folgers cclassic dem in texas May 2018 #22
Ahh, it is so nice to meet a fellow coffee renegade. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2018 #23
I think Hershey's is better than Godiva spinbaby May 2018 #25
I'm more in you chocolate comment below. Cuthbert Allgood May 2018 #24
It's as much about the preparation as the basic ingredients Major Nikon May 2018 #31
I had caper berry salad Marthe48 May 2018 #26
Caviar, escargot and a tiny square of chocolate cake wrapped gold foil. procon May 2018 #30
Recently had a gold filled Texasgal May 2018 #32
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