[nickcarraway]

E&J Gallo unwittingly sold fake pinot noir under it's Red Bicyclette label

[Squantos]

Two Buck Chuck and three straws please......

[freedumb2003]

The USA is still one of the very few countries that doesn’t enforce the French varietal naming convention — especially “Champagne.”

They are stepping up their efforts — the last 3 or 4 flights I have been on have had small cards with the meal (I am a frequent flier and usually fly 1st Class) that whine (IMHO) about calling sparkling wines (Brut to the rest of the world outside of Champagne) “Champagne.”

There are other distinctions (”fermented in the bottle vs. fermented in this bottle”) but I am sure everyone knows of what I speak.

[AlexW]

I am not an expert at wines, but I drink a ltr. per day.
While in Slovakia, I bought fine Slovak wine from the
vintners. It goes from the tap into 1.5 ltr. plastic, both reds and whites.
Now that I am in the Philippines, I am not so lucky.
In my small town on Cebu, Carlo Rossi is the only thing available, and in 1.5 ltr. jugs. (about $6/ltr.)

In the city, however, I found a source for a Spanish wine, red or white, Don Garcia, and it comes in one ltr. cardboard boxes. (8x3.5x2 inch)
It is only $2.80 per ltr., and taste much better.

The best part, I can carry up to 20 ltrs. in 3 or 4 plastic grocery bags.

I am sure that those of you who are wine snobs are shaking your heads, hahaha

[MediaMole]

It’s still better than such Gallo mainstays as Night Train and Thunderbird.

[parsifal]

“It doesn’t say much for Gallo’s professionalism that its buyers couldn’t tell the different between pinot, merlot and shiraz.”

Aren’t you supposed to have one of these with meatloaf, and another one with TunaMac & Cheese?

parsy, who pretty stays with higher class wine like Wild Vines Blackberry Merlot, which you can drink with anything

[parsifal]

“It doesn’t say much for Gallo’s professionalism that its buyers couldn’t tell the different between pinot, merlot and shiraz.”

Aren’t you supposed to have one of these with meatloaf, and another one with TunaMac & Cheese?

parsy, who pretty stays with higher class wine like Wild Vines Blackberry Merlot, which you can drink with anything

[beaversmom]

That is funny. My husband bought some of this the other night.

[fireman15]

It reminds me a little of another situation. We argued for weeks about which high definition TV to get for the firehouse. So the day after we installed it I came into TV room and our two primary TV connoisseurs were sitting there congratulating each other about what a great picture the $3000 TV had. I took one look at it and knew that the picture wasn't as good as my $300 black Friday special Walmart TV. They were watching a high definition channel through the cable box's coax cable and not the HDMI or component output, so the resolution was actually just standard resolution. When I changed the TV to the proper input there was a major improvement, but before that they were perfectly happy. This was despite a month of them berating anyone who disagreed that we could settle for anything less than the finest TV available.

[caww]

Well I know less than little about wines as generally go with what’s being served on special occassions. However I am told it is healthy to drink wine every day for the heart and a host of other reasons.

I would like to begin this but have not a clue where to begin. The liquor store was quite overwhelming. And how much is recommended?

My taste is red wine and generally sweet. Any suggestions??

[Vigilantcitizen]

That’s why I stick to South Georgia homemade peach and muscadine.

[JoeProBono]

Ripple Rips You Up!

[EggsAckley]

My Dad just rolled over in his grave.