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Old 19-12-2013, 06:06 PM #1
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i have been out buying a couple of bottles of red wine for someone has a chrismas gift thankyou.
i dont drink so i have no idea what to look for, i brought two expensive ones, thinking they have to be half decent,if they cost more.
whats your knowlege of wine or do you just drink anything?
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Well, you've already bought them so it would be pointless giving any advice
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I wish I cared enough to be educated about wine but I just don't
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It makes you pissed.
And seriously affects your use of the English language. So be warned.
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And seriously affects your use of the English language. So be warned.
Still sulking because an Irishman has a better grasp of grammar than you?
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I have no idea about wine. I don't really drink and when I do it's a bottle of Bud.

Cultured, I am not.
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I don't know anything about wine, although I only tried alcohol a few times in August and couldn't really swallow most of it. This is the only one I could drink and I had one glass of it, not sure if it's wine.
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I don't know anything about wine, although I only tried alcohol a few times in August and couldn't really swallow most of it. This is the only one I could drink and I had one glass of it, not sure if it's wine.
It's port, which is fortified wine. Blow your head off if you're not use to drink.
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It's port, which is fortified wine. Blow your head off if you're not use to drink.
I had a glass of it and it was my first time drinking alcohol, but it did nothing to me.
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Still sulking because an Irishman has a better grasp of grammar than you?
Sorry, you'll have to repeat that. All I got was "Top o' the morning" and then something about leprechauns?
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Sorry, you'll have to repeat that. All I got was "Top o' the morning" and then something about leprechauns?
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I had a glass of it and it was my first time drinking alcohol, but it did nothing to me.
Well it's 19% alcohol by volume, (ABV), which is about 8% more than most wines, and 4 to 5 times stronger than most beers. Depends how big the glass, but it's about half the strength of hard liquor.

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Well it's 19% alcohol by volume, (ABV), which is about 8% more than most wines, and 4 to 5 times stronger than most beers. Depends how big the glass, but it's about half the strength of hard liquor.

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But it tasted so lovely! I tried the port Rosé at first and it was too strong.
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But it tasted so lovely! I tried the port Rosé at first and it was too strong.
I loved sherry when I was a toddler. Use to get off my tits visiting granny every Sunday. Sherry's a lot like port, but sweeter.
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The one thing I do know about wine is it nearly killed me!
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Well, you've already bought them so it would be pointless giving any advice
I was not asking for myself!, its was a general question about members knowledge of wine.

I hope you are the same colour as claret, with shame.
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I was not asking for myself!, its was a general question about members knowledge of wine.

I hope you are the same colour as claret, with shame.
Sorry, I have to disappoint you about the shame bit!

As you can see above, there is no knowledge base to be tapped here.
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Ahem...
I do know that decanting red wine improves it, but it's down to personal taste isn't it?
Sainsburys champagne is better than moet if that helps?
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I do know that decanting red wine improves it, but it's down to personal taste isn't it?
Sainsburys champagne is better than moet if that helps?
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