For wine collectors, a bitter finish

Baltimore Sun ^ | 2/5/06 | Abigail Tucker

[LibWhacker]

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[Viking2002]

That's another reason why my finest vino comes with a screw cap or a pull-out spout.......

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Come on, you need some good stuff to go with your microwaved burritos!
Live a little!!

[Lokibob]

Thunderbird
17.5% alc. by vol.
 
     As pictured to the left, look for the pigeon feces and you'll find this old bird.  As soon as you taste this swill, it will be obvious that its makers cut every corner possible in its production to make it cheap.  Self-proclaimed as "The American Classic,"  Thuderbird is Vinted and bottled by E&J Gallo Winery, in in Modesto, CA.  Disguised like Night Train, the label says that it is made by "Thunderbird, Ltd."  Anyways, if your taste buds are shot, and you need to get trashed with a quickness, then "T-bird" is the drink for you.  Or, if you like to smell your hand after pumping gas, look no further than Thunderbird.  As you drink on, the bird soars higher while you sink lower.  The undisputed leader of the five in foulness of flavor, we highly discourage driking this ghastly mixture of unknown chemicals unless you really are a bum.  A convenience store clerk in Show Low, AZ once told me that only the oldest of stumbling indian drunks from the reservation buy Thunderbird.  Avaliable in 750 mL and a devastating 50 oz jug.
 
     The history of Thunderbird is as interesting as the drunken effects the one experiences from the wine.  When Prohibition ended, Ernest Gallo and his brothers Julio and Joe wanted to corner the young wine market.  Earnest wanted the company to become "the Campbell Soup company of the wine industry" so he started selling Thunderbird in the ghettos around the country.  Their radio adds featured a song that sang, "What's the word? / Thunderbird / How's it sold? / Good and cold / What's the jive? / Bird's alive / What's the price? / Thirty twice."  It is said that Ernest once drove through a tough, inner city neighborhood and pulled over when he saw a bum.  When Gallo rolled down his window and called out, "What's the word?" the immediate answer from the bum was, "Thunderbird."
 
     WARNING:  This light yellow liquid turns your lips and mouth black!  A mysterious chemical reaction similar to disappearing-reappearing ink makes you look like you've been chewing on hearty clumps of charcoal.

[moviegirl]

Winey-bitch

[Woman on Caroline Street]

"The only vintage that remained in his ransacked office, Doug Eisinger said, was a single bottle of 1990 Dom Perignon. "I plan on drinking that on the day of my divorce," he said."

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought it was better to drink champagne when it is reasonably fresh as opposed to aging for too long.

[quantim]

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Wine chat.

[caver]

I bet someone got a good deals on all that wine.

[garyhope]

When I was younger and hipper and more of a snooty wisenheimer, I once bought a bottle of Thunderbird for an arty party I was giving as a joke. It was absolutely awful, unlike Spanada which was easy to drink like a sweet fruit punch.

Please don't let quantim know that I ever drank Spanada. I was young, I was foolish. Now I'm older and a little more sober.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Wow. Hope my husband doesn't decide to steal (under cover of darkness) my "Box-O-Burgundy" that's currently on the kitchen counter, LOL!

If I had helped pay for the wine investment, and my soon-to-be-Ex was being a jerk, I would've taken my fair share, too! That was one asset that would've been too easy to liquidate. *Wink*

[garyhope]

This is enough of a reason to have the woman killed. Shoot, shovel, shaddup.

"Yes, officer, she's visiting the vinyards on the Southern tip of Chile. She won't be back for a while."

[Millee]

breaking into the Arnold office of his construction company where the wine was hidden and then loading about 3,500 bottles into a Thrifty rental truck. Elizabeth Eisinger's attorney says that she had her own key to the office, that she took much less wine and that she made nowhere near $200,000 upon selling it wholesale (and not through a ritzy Washington auction house, as her husband contends).

Fellow wino ping..

Oh my gosh! That would be like selling my children. Oh how I hate her!

[quantim]

Please don't let quantim know that I ever drank Spanada

Don't tell anyone I drank beer yesterday during the game...!

[garyhope]

Agreed, our secrets are safe.

[Sthitch]

That depends what you are looking for in a Champagne. Older Champagnes begin to lose their fizz, but retain a wonderful wine underneath. I generally drink the less expensive stuff young, age the vintage Champagnes. I have some Krugs and Salons from the 1960's that are still a few years away from being properly aged.
Also a 1990 DP is still rather young and lively.

[Viking2002]

If I wanna pickle my giblets that quickly, I'll at least opt for cheap bourbon. I prefer at least a 50-50 chance of regaining consciousness the next day.

[andy58-in-nh]

Ahhh...I've always had a fondness for the classics:

[Woman on Caroline Street]

Well, you learn something new every day.

This may sound plebian, but I really prefer the cheap stuff, like the Asti Spumantes. While I prefer a dry red wine normally, I don't like brut champagnes.

Disclaimer: Even if it comes with a cork, Riunite is never acceptable. In fact, I'll take Bully Hill with a twist off any day! :->

[Lokibob]

MD 20/20
18% or 13% alc. by vol.
 
     As majestic as the cascading waters of a drain pipe, MD 20/20 is bottled by the 20/20 wine company in Westfield, New York.  This is a good place to start for the street wine rookie, but beware; this dog has a bite to back up its bark.  MD Stands for Mogen David, and is affectionately called "Mad Dog 20/20".  You'll find this beverage as often in a bum's nest as in the rock quarry where the high school kids sneak off to drink.  This beverage is likely the most consumed by non-bums, but that doesn't stop any bums from drinking it!  Our research indicates that MD 20/20 is the best of the bum wines at making you feel warm inside.  Some test subjects report a slight numbing agent in MD 20/20, similar to the banana paste that the dentist puts in your mouth before injecting it with novocain.  Anyone that can afford a dentist should steer clear of this disaster.  Avaliable in various nauseating tropical flavors that coat your whole system like bathtub scum, but only the full "Red Grape Wine" flavor packs the 18% whallop.
 
     Liquor stores are starting to be infiltrated by a 13% variety of MD 20/20 Red Grape.  There is also a new "Blue Raspberry" flavor with "BLING BLING".  Even the lowest functioning of bums will know not to get swindled out of 5%.