Wine thread - what are you enjoying?

[RexrothPigeon]

Well that's what I get for commenting without actually clicking the link...

Considering the price I'd personally stick with the $15 Amazon air pump system. But then again no champagne has ever lasted 3-4 weeks around here anyway!

Yes, in my experience, Coravins make the most sense for small wine bars and/or winery tasting rooms, but I do know some people who use them at home.

 

[PatentLawyer]

Well that's what I get for commenting without actually clicking the link...

Considering the price I'd personally stick with the $15 Amazon air pump system. But then again no champagne has ever lasted 3-4 weeks around here anyway!

Would lowering air pressure with the pump make all the CO2 come out of solution, leaving still wine? It might make more sense to seal the bottle and let the CO2 pressure do the work. CO2 doesn’t oxidize the wine, and since it’s heavier than air it should form a layer atop the wine.

 

[GD Fan]

Any issues with that using CO2 rather than the still wine version using argon? Clearly I'm exposing my roots as an MBA and not a chemist here.

 

[PatentLawyer]

I don’t think so since they are both inert, but l don’t even play a winemaker on TV.

 

[GD Fan]

Happy thanksgiving to all.

 

[mjgraves]

 

[RexrothPigeon]

 

[pablolie]

... chilling solo after a social TG day ...

 

[Dr Morbius]

I never had an Uruguayan wine in my life, and I was a wine salesman for 27 years…….how are they and what would you compare them to?

 

[Doodski]

I never had an Uruguayan wine in my life, and I was a wine salesman for 27 years…….how are they and what would you compare them to?

Before all the brain hobby activity activities snuck up on me, made me so busy and no time to think about much else and caused me to not have a drop of alcohol for ~10 months now I was purchasing South American wines from that region and they all where economical and delicious.

 

[pablolie]

I never had an Uruguayan wine in my life, and I was a wine salesman for 27 years…….how are they and what would you compare them to?

It's a tannat grape like the French Madiran, about the most tannic and dark red wine you can get. It's one of my favorites.

 

[Dr Morbius]

Sounds like something to lay down and age for a while!

 

[mjgraves]

I never had an Uruguayan wine in my life, and I was a wine salesman for 27 years…….how are they and what would you compare them to?

Tannat from Uruguay is legit. Typically much better than the French Madrian. If you like Tannat, try some from Texas, too.

 

[pablolie]

Tannat from Uruguay is legit. Typically much better than the French Madrian. If you like Tannat, try some from Texas, too.

Closest I can compare it to is a good Petite Syrah.

 

[mjgraves]

Closest I can compare it to is a good Petite Syrah.

Sagrantino is pretty close. The kind of wine you might decant overnight.

 

[CapMan]

Happy Christmas all

 

[Dr Morbius]

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Happy Christmas all

I don’t believe that you can get that brand of champagne in America……..but then if you could they would slap a idiotic tariff on it and probably double the price!

 

[USER]

A fun two days.

To be continued until the new year.

A super high QPR holiday break.

 

[TulseLuper]

Where is @SIY ? He’d love seeing your bottle of Forge and probably JPB too.

 

[Dr Morbius]

That Barbaresco is calling to me……………with Rigatoni Bolognese……