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You seem to be the resident wine expert, so I here's what I've found in the back of the pantry:
Messina Hof - Ports Of Call dessert wine from 1998
I completely forgot I had it. Is it still good? Should I let it sit for longer? Is it just right? :unsure:
Texan Wine - Texan Wine ffs. Wine, from Texas.
It beggars belief.
Rule of thumb Sky zoo, only good wine ages well. Pish doesn't get better with age. Was it good stuff or pish when you bought it.
I learned that from crabgirl. :yup:Quote:
Originally Posted by JPaul
ewe can still make me lol once in a while tho'.Quote:
Originally Posted by JPaul
You should probably keep sitting on it. Keep it warm, like.
I'm going to use that line, cheers snee.
1998!!!? I'd throw it away if i was ewe, that shits out of date :no:Quote:
Originally Posted by Skizo
:lol::earl:Quote:
Originally Posted by Proper Boewe can still make me lol once in a while tho'.Quote:
Originally Posted by JPaul
Jock Cockey.
Oh wait ...
There's plenty of decent wine that comes out of the hill country. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by JPaul
I don't know what this cost at the time of purchase but I would have never paid a great deal for it. It was prolly $20-30 bucks though. I don't know enough about wine to appreciate anything that costs more than that. :lol:
My question was more of, does dessert wine age well or is it best consumed closer to the release/sell date. :unsure:
Open it, if it smells like pish don't drink it.
Trust your olfactory senses.
fixed.Quote:
Originally Posted by JPaul
as long as the it was in a cool spot and on its side some what and the cork stayed moist it should be fine ....and if its not just cook with it marinate a steak with it you texan
The best wine is not the most expensive, sometimes a $6 is great.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkizoThere's plenty of decent wine that comes out of the hill country. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by JPaul
I don't know what this cost at the time of purchase but I would have never paid a great deal for it. It was prolly $20-30 bucks though. I don't know enough about wine to appreciate anything that costs more than that. :lol:
The older the wine the better it is, so if you let it in a corner a few more years it will be great.
Never put a bottle of wine in the fridge, wine is to leave out and drinkit like that.
When wine goes bad, because of the cork, or because it was near a source of heat etc, it turns itself into vinager.
Best wine is not the most expensive - True.
The older a wine is the better it is - Bollocks. True for some wines but pish for others. All wine has eventual drink by dates.
Never put a bottle of wine in the fridge - Bollocks x 2 What about white wine.
When wine goes bad because of the cork or because it was near a source of heat it turns itself into Vinegar. Ummmm..... if you want to know about Wine faults I'll give you some info but thats pish also.
Skizo, Sorry I didn't see this thread. Dessert Wines generally keep well because of the high amount of residual sugar. I'm guessing it may be very good. Let me go look it up in the trade sites and I'll come back to you in a bit. Good maker though.
Please PLEASE don't marinade a steak with Dessert wine. Ughhh....Quote:
Originally Posted by weenden
Has it got a grape variety or any more info on the bottle? Does it say something like "Late Harvest" and then the grape type?
He would never do that...every Texan knows that the only proper marinade is the blood of an Okie.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrabGirlPlease PLEASE don't marinade a steak with Dessert wine. Ughhh....Quote:
Originally Posted by weenden
What about champagne? The husband won himself a bottle of GH Mumm Cordon Rouge. Is it any good? Should I drink it now or leave it?
Amd why is it that champagne gives me a headache?
Good Champagne (in moderation shouldn't give you a headache) That Cava stuff does though - a couple of glasses of that is a like a blow from a hammer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skweeky
No, not really an info at all regarding the grapes or seasonal info, but it does say it was naturally fermented. That prolly doesn't help though. :unsure:Quote:
Originally Posted by CrabGirl
If its a 98 it should be fine unless its faulty. It's not going to get much better than it is now to be fair so I'd bust it open over xmas and get yer chops round it. Drink it with pudding, but make sure the pudding is not as sweet as the wine so cheesecake or something would be good.
I've found some info about that wine but none as old as yours. They do a red version and a white version. Which is yours?
Whats the alcohol content also?
Vintage or Non-Vintage? Does it have an NV mark or a date on it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Skweeky
I've got bottles of stella, should I drink them now or do they get better after I've bought some more tabs?
It's got a date and a lot number printed on the bottom but I can't make it out. It's blown into the glass.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrabGirlVintage or Non-Vintage? Does it have an NV mark or a date on it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Skweeky
I have a Bottle of Bollinger 1982
Well Mrs JP has if I'm being accurate. I bought it for her.
We have no intention of drinking it btw. I bought it for her in 1992 as a 10th anniversary present. It cost a pretty penny, for the time.
(At Crabby, it was actually actually an R.D. 1982 but these pheasants would know that that means)
ewe bought wine that was 10 years old instead of getting a new bottle?:no:
See
Was it on the reduced shelf in morrisons or something?
a wine bottle with a time bomb will work great.. hmmm like you open the cork and it blows up in t - 30 seconds
Three for a tenner in ASDA, mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Proper Bo
Are you for real with the date thing?Quote:
Originally Posted by CrabGirlVintage or Non-Vintage? Does it have an NV mark or a date on it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Skweeky
You don't know nothing about wines, they get better with age, expiration dates do not mean nothing to wines, unless you are talking about wine coolers, those are not real wine.
She drinks wine for a living or something:unsure:
You mean she is an alcoholic? lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Proper Bo
You have me rolling lol lol and I am not drinking real wine, just white zinfandel lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Proper Bo
You're right, lad - she doesn't know nothing about wine. She knows everything about wine.Quote:
Originally Posted by pentomatoAre you for real with the date thing?Quote:
Originally Posted by CrabGirl
You don't know nothing about wines, they get better with age, expiration dates do not mean nothing to wines, unless you are talking about wine coolers, those are not real wine.
Fact.
-bd :snooty:
Yeah, stop dissing the Crabmeister tomato boy :angry:
Shut it you tard. I have many wine qualifications and work in the industry. I wasn't talking about expiration dates. I was asking whether her Champagne is vintage or non-vintage. High tannic wines such as those from Bordeaux (high tannin Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot) age well because of those tannins and the aging in oak. As they age the tannins mellow, the toasty oak changes into softer gentler oak and the fruit flavors fade and change. it might take donkeys years but eventually the fruit flavors will fade entirely and the wine become past it's best. So even long-aging wines have drink by dates on them, even if that date is 20, 30, 40 years in the future.Quote:
Originally Posted by pentomatoAre you for real with the date thing?Quote:
Originally Posted by CrabGirl
You don't know nothing about wines, they get better with age, expiration dates do not mean nothing to wines, unless you are talking about wine coolers, those are not real wine.
Other wines, such as Sauvignon Blanc are much better drunk young , literally within two years of the vintage being released. They have a zippy fresh acidity with fades with age.
So not all wines get better with age, some do, some don't. It depends on the style of wine and on the oak/tannin content.
Fuckwit.