Andy15430 said:
Sorry man, but I'll take a good beer over wine any day. I don't think I've spent more than $5-6 on a bottle in my life. I like lambruscos and rieslings, but I have a feeling that any wine afficionado would laugh their ass off if they heard that. I guess someday I'll have to cultivate a taste for it...I can't stand most white wines, and every time I've had merlot with a meal I can't drink it because I think it tastes horrible when you drink it while you are eating.
If anyone would like to throw out the names of some good brands that a med student could afford to experiment with, hit me up.
Well said, Andy, well said.
I'll cut through the chase.
You can always find a $60.00 great cabernet, if you know whats good.
Not all expensive wines are worth the $$, but many are.
Even if you have twenty mil in the bank, the cool game is to find out
The Best Twenty To Thirty Dollar Bottle of Wine On Earth.
Heres a vignette for ya....
2 years ago an interventional radiologist buddy of mine and I rented a limo to take all of us to a neighboring town to a restaurant for food, wine, good time.
I get into the limo.
Immediately, Steve shoves a wine-filled, rotund wine glass into me.
"Dude, takka sippa that.........and telll me, geographically, where the wine's from."
NO PROBLEM, I think to myself. Reds are my specialty!!!
SO,,,,
I swirl the crystal-engulfed concoction for maximum oxidation.
I put my nose below the lip of the wine glass, and inhale like a dude inhaling some primo con-bud.
then take the first sip.....
orally swirl it around....
HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Jet: "OK Dude, chewy. Fruity, Dry, Low Tannin.
"Nice Napa or Alexander Valley."
Steve: "Wrong, Dude. Louisiana."
Turns out the cab was
Pontchartrain Vineyards Cabernet ....
PRICE?
$18.99.
Nice presentation. Nice finish. Finished like a fine bordeaux.
Thats the trick, folks.
Find the Mecca-Twenty-Dollar-Bottle-Cabernet.
