Malbec?
Phillistine.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 11 Aug 2011, 14:26, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

That I am.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Aug 2011, 14:27, Reply)

I have a top drawer
Marlborough Pinot Noir that I am saving for a Monty/Lusty day.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 11 Aug 2011, 14:29, Reply)

try northern californian pinot noir, if you can get your hands on it
russian river area. It's better than a good NZ one, if that is possible...
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 11 Aug 2011, 14:34, Reply)

I wouldn't buy the NZ red normally (obv the white is famous)
But this one (Majestic) is absolutely blinding.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 11 Aug 2011, 14:37, Reply)

*rubs greedy mitts together with GLESS*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Aug 2011, 14:38, Reply)

I had a Clos du Bois Zinfandel a few years back
that completely changed my view of Californian wine. Magnificent.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 11 Aug 2011, 14:38, Reply)

I like Cali wine.
The good stuff is really good.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 11 Aug 2011, 14:39, Reply)

I feel like I've stumbled into the Bullingdon club.

( girlinthehole, Thu 11 Aug 2011, 14:41, Reply)

good wine has been accesible to the masses for many years now

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 11 Aug 2011, 14:44, Reply)

(to the masses in the south)

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Aug 2011, 14:45, Reply)

You say "masses".
You mean "proper-non-beast-of-the-field-types".
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 11 Aug 2011, 14:48, Reply)

Anyone south of Cambridge

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 11 Aug 2011, 14:48, Reply)

Hahah

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Aug 2011, 14:48, Reply)

De-bags BGB, Bullingdon stylee.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 11 Aug 2011, 14:47, Reply)

It really is. It's incredible how much some of them change hands for.
The tawdry bottom end stuff is fucking rubbish though.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Aug 2011, 14:45, Reply)

Like the Aussie and S African wines.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 11 Aug 2011, 14:46, Reply)

Ernest and Julio Gallo
An oenophile friend of mine refers to them as grape assassins.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 11 Aug 2011, 14:51, Reply)

My ex's grandmother was a cousin of theirs.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Aug 2011, 14:54, Reply)

I've not actually been to the vineyard
but I'm lead to believe some of the high-end stuff they make that barely leaves California is OK.

The problem with good US wine seems to be that you can't export it, the makers aren't interested.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 11 Aug 2011, 14:59, Reply)

Indeed so.
When I go to my father's he has some exquisite bottles. If they can sell all they produce without breaking a sweat why export?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Aug 2011, 15:01, Reply)

no reason to
people generally aren't in any business to spread joy and happiness. Biggest profit with minimum outlay.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 11 Aug 2011, 15:04, Reply)

That's not the reason
I don't think. At least with a lot of the smaller places. You can buy their wines, for instance, online through brokers but they won't ship them outside the US. I asked a couple last time I was over there and they went on about taxation difficulties etc. But they have to deal with taxation differences shipping state-to-state so I'm not sure that makes sense
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 11 Aug 2011, 15:07, Reply)

They are cunts. Maybe it's that.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Aug 2011, 15:15, Reply)

indisputably.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 11 Aug 2011, 15:20, Reply)