|
I'll Drink to That! What is your favorite beverage to have with a cigar? Juice? Cola? Beer? Port? Single Malt Scotch? This room is for the discussion of beverages, especially alcoholic beverages that go well with cigars! |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
03-01-2011, 10:44 AM | #1 |
Club Member
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Austin, Tx USA
Posts: 1,324
|
"Wine" tasting
I put wine in quotes, because I'm still not sure how I feel about this place. So I purchased a couple of seats at a tasting here in town. This place is called Water 2 Wine and I would describe it as a high tech winery. They receive the grape mash (not sure what it's called at this stage) in these big silver bags. Then they have all these carboys with different wine fermenting. Now this is where it gets weird. To oak the wine, they add wood shaving to the fermenting mash. After the wine has fermented for however many days is required, it's strained/bottled/labeled. We sampled a few of these wines and they weren't too bad, but I just felt kind of cheated. They stressed that their wines are pure, free of preservatives, blah blah blah. They even sell these magnets that are supposed to age your wine in 30 minutes. It was all just kind of weird really. I received a bottle with my two tickets and bought one additional bottle. I still haven't cracked them open, but they did state that their wine was not for long term aging.
Have any of you guys ever experienced anything like this? |
03-01-2011, 11:46 AM | #2 |
CW WarCraft God
CW Special Correspondent Editor at Large Predominant CW Ambassador Herf God
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: San Antonio de Bexar
Posts: 38,899
|
There's a "winery" in Lawton, OK that is pretty much the same. I was working at Ft. Sill with some co-workers who liked going there, and the proprietors had gotten to know them, so when they heard we were coming they rushed a batch of blush...needless to say it was cloudy and tasted mostly like a 7-11 "wine cooler."
Not too impressive.
__________________
El Gringo permanence... El perro, el perro, es mi corazon. El gato, el gato, el gato no es bueno. El Jefe es cantante, El Jefe es muy famoso El Jefe es el hombre con el queso del diablo. El perro, el perro, nunca sin raison El gato, el gato, el gato es obseno El Jefe es caliente, El Jefe es carinoso El Jefe le da besos mejor que su esposo What Would TOJE Do? Þ £ |
03-01-2011, 01:27 PM | #3 |
Club Member
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tobacco Road
Posts: 4,920
|
Oak cips are a cheaper, faster way to make wine than aging in oak barrels. I prefer the old school barrel aging.
__________________
Bass guitar since 1975 |
03-01-2011, 04:33 PM | #4 |
Managing Editor Emeritus
Herf God
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Montreal, Canada
Posts: 26,082
|
Basically, nothing happening there that anyone couldn't do themselves in their own home / garage, provided they paid sufficient attention to sterilization of the vessels and maintaining a proper cleanliness protocol during the fermentation and bottling processes.
I can certainly believe that!
__________________
My whisky adventure began at the age of nine. Good things DO take time! |
03-01-2011, 04:59 PM | #5 |
Herf God
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: The 26th state
Posts: 28,796
|
There's one of those types of stores in Lansing. I've stopped in there a couple of times but it just doesn't seem like the right way to make quality wine.
__________________
Jim...<>< The four most dangerous words in the US government: "and for other purposes" I am an AJ Fernandez ho... |
03-02-2011, 07:36 AM | #6 |
Herf God
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: New York City
Posts: 20,927
|
When it comes to wine, there is more nonsense and pretention than even cigars.
__________________
"Moderation in all things. Excess in everything else." |
03-02-2011, 09:58 AM | #7 | |
Managing Editor Emeritus
Herf God
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Montreal, Canada
Posts: 26,082
|
Quote:
Let's face it. Anyone with sufficient resources can plunk down a sizeable amount of change and attempt to impress his or her companions with a bottle of famous wine. And the wine will likely live up to its renown, if not necessarily its asking price. But for the rest of us, it's those true gems at the lower end of the price scale that end up winning the race for our pocketbooks and our taste buds.
__________________
My whisky adventure began at the age of nine. Good things DO take time! |
|
03-02-2011, 10:22 AM | #8 |
Club Member
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Austin, Tx USA
Posts: 1,324
|
I agree completely! I always search the "best value" reviews. I honestly don't like spending more than $25 for a bottle of wine at the store. Now in a restaurant that figure doubles. My sweet spot is the $15-$20 mark. Yes, I'm a cheap bastid! LOL
|
Bookmarks |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
"3-PACK" of tasting notes: Aberlour, Laphroaig & McClelland's | jazznut | I'll Drink to That! | 2 | 10-28-2007 05:25 PM |
Think I'ma' call it "Black Death" (A wine dissertation) | MalkavianX | I'll Drink to That! | 2 | 06-01-2006 04:50 AM |
C.I.G.A.R. -- "Viva Bolivar" cigar tasting Nov. 19 | emeraldsmoke | Herf's Up!! | 1 | 11-17-2005 02:00 PM |