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Moron Wine Buyers, Part One: Ruining the Fun For Everyone Else
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| May 25, 2009
| Benjamin Mennell
Posted on 05/25/2009 9:13:16 PM PDT by smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog
About the only conclusion I can come to about wine is that the nastier it tastes, the more expensive it is.
Give me a 10 dollar bottle of Copperidge White Zin and I'm good to go.
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posted on
05/25/2009 9:18:21 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
To: smokingfrog
Wine Slob
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posted on
05/25/2009 9:18:30 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: smokingfrog
It’s quasi-intellectual idiots like this who scared a lot of middle-class people away from voting for Kerry in 2004, and now you’re working 14 hours a week at Petco while your house is on the brink of foreclosure.Oh, yeah, I'm sure that Jean-Francois Kerry would have had the political strength to overpower the Congressional Black Caucus and actually force some oversight down the throats of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac....
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posted on
05/25/2009 9:21:23 PM PDT
by
Yossarian
(Everyday, somewhere on the globe, somebody is pushing the frontier of stupidity...)
To: Texas Eagle
I’m still a fan of 2 buck chuck to this day and have even served it to my friends here in L.A. who amazingly, dont know what it is. May I add the ff whom I have unfortunately had to meet in this city: “so you’re not in the (movie) industry?” guy.
To: smokingfrog
Gotta remember Fred Sanford and his contribution to the wine community. Ripple.
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posted on
05/25/2009 9:23:59 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: JoeProBono
LOL, Nothing says "class" like tap drinking right from the cardboard keg!
Except the next step of actually removing the foil bag from the box to squeeze every last drop.
Something I have never done :)
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posted on
05/25/2009 9:26:26 PM PDT
by
voteNRA
(A citizenry armed with rifles simply cannot be tyrannized)
To: smokingfrog
Benjamin Mennell is a director and screenwriter based in Studio City, CA. While growing up in Ohio, he developed a love for good wine and has since been a stalwart adventurer on an endless search for the next divine bottle of vino. Contact him: bjmennell@yahoo.com
http://tinyurl.com/on89gk
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posted on
05/25/2009 9:27:54 PM PDT
by
kcvl
To: JoeProBono
My sons college buddies would strap a box of Franzia on their backs and ride their bikes and thus the “Tour De Franzia” was born....
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posted on
05/25/2009 9:32:14 PM PDT
by
Kozak
(USA 7/4/1776 to 1/20/2009 Reqiescat in Pace)
To: Beowulf9
Don’t forget he mixed it with sparkling wine to make Champipple.
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posted on
05/25/2009 9:33:23 PM PDT
by
manic4organic
(We Are S0 Screwed)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
05/25/2009 9:34:17 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( Don't mess with the mockingbird! /\/\ http://tiny.cc/freepthis)
To: smokingfrog
But snobbery is so much fun....
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posted on
05/25/2009 9:35:00 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
To: smokingfrog
Let the market find its way. In the current economy I been bumped into perfectly good ~ and some exceptionally excellent ~ wines that I never would have tried had I not been priced out of the market by Rich Guy and his trophy wife.
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posted on
05/25/2009 9:35:28 PM PDT
by
incredulous joe
("No road is too long with good company" - Turkish Proverb)
To: Yossarian
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posted on
05/25/2009 9:38:25 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( Don't mess with the mockingbird! /\/\ http://tiny.cc/freepthis)
To: smokingfrog
Two buck chuck works for me.
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posted on
05/25/2009 9:41:50 PM PDT
by
Hugin
(GSA! (Goodbye sweet America))
To: Beowulf9
“Gotta remember Fred Sanford and his contribution to the wine community. Ripple.”
You are selling Fred short.
Boon’s Farm gave us Ripple.
Fred’s genius came in blending Ripple with Champale, giving the world a beverage that was transcedent AND effervescent - Champipple.
To: Hugin
Two buck chuck works for me. I have several bottles aging in a secret location as we speak. They will only be used at the appropriate time.
I recall one TV show on wine in which they did a blind taste test using gourmet chefs as the judges. The two buck chuck didn't win but it came in second to a $150 bottle.
To: smokingfrog
I don’t consider myself a wine snob but I’m quite “into” wine. I like making it. I like drinking it. I like studying its history. I like tending my grape vines.
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posted on
05/25/2009 10:01:48 PM PDT
by
RC one
To: Flash Bazbeaux
Well, if were talking Ripple, don't forget...
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posted on
05/25/2009 10:04:06 PM PDT
by
Hugin
(GSA! (Goodbye sweet America))
To: DeFault User
One of my favorite signs of all time was the marquee of a liquor store in San Francisco—
WE SELL NO WINE BEFORE IT’S TIME.
OPEN 9AM.
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posted on
05/25/2009 10:08:44 PM PDT
by
Hugin
(GSA! (Goodbye sweet America))
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