EDF Wine thread - Page 7 - EDF Forum

KDawg · 01-15-2009, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by jsnipes28

I know this is the wine thread and all but whiskey really seems a lot more appropriate for something as barbaric as UFC.

well, whiskey wouldn't really work as in a sense beer would be more appropriate, but that's not what I'm asking

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Originally Posted by Cancuk

Wine: Do off-beat Italy. Salice Salentino, Primitivo di Manduria, Ciro, Sagrantino, Aglianico, Verdicchio, Vermentino, etc.

Really interesting, great value, and some superb offerings.

This was an option I had been thinking of before hand. Hopefully some more people will chime in with useful suggestions

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Originally Posted by pscfusion

Agreed, I don't know why you'd go with anything besides some beam for UFC.

why not go with whatever you want for whatever you want to watch. Not really the point. I'm just trying to get some people to do some thinking and let me be a guinea pig or whatever

pscfusion · 01-15-2009, 11:49 AM

Yeah I understand, but a food and wine pairing for UFC just seems hilarious.

KDawg · 01-15-2009, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by pscfusion

Yeah I understand, but a food and wine pairing for UFC just seems hilarious.

how so?

luegofuego · 01-15-2009, 04:21 PM

cause food and wine are commonly associated with still reflection, relaxation, intellectualism and not testosterone, adrenaline and screaming at the telly?

KDawg · 01-15-2009, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by luegofuego

cause food and wine are commonly associated with still reflection, relaxation, intellectualism and not testosterone, adrenaline and screaming at the telly?

why should it be that way. wine should be fun, not something to prop oneself up into a different intellectual realm. There is a time and place for serious wine drinking, I do it on a frequent basis with some of my tasting groups. But, my point for this is to have fun and emphasize that fact, and also point out that wine shouldn't always be serious, its an alcoholic beverage when you get down to it

If one wants to cut themselves off from the world and put themselves on a different level when drinking wine, that's their perogative, but my purpose in creating this thread is to get good discussion about wine, and to also pull back the sheet a bit that makes people not as willing to get into wine.

Saying that it is hilarious that one would want to watch UFC while drinking wine and eating food IMO is keeping that shield up that prevents people from getting into wine. So what if they want to watch something like football or fighting while drinking wine, the point is that the wine is being enjoyed

pscfusion · 01-15-2009, 07:18 PM

To each his own, but it is just so stupid. You can defend it, but i agree with luego.

siglo · 01-15-2009, 07:21 PM

new acquisitions this week:

mollydooker carnival of love 2005
mollydooker enchanted path 2005
ridge monte bello 1999
chateau montelena cab 2004
pio cesare barolo 2004

pscfusion · 01-15-2009, 07:33 PM

The 2004 cabernet is really nice. I kind of like menthol-y wines and it is definitely there. It's a good value and when I don't feel like shelling out the absurd price that they charge for cakebread cab, I usually go with that and benzinger for my mid-range cabs.

Cancuk · 01-15-2009, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by pscfusion

The 2004 cabernet is really nice. I kind of like menthol-y wines and it is definitely there. It's a good value and when I don't feel like shelling out the absurd price that they charge for cakebread cab, I usually go with that and benzinger for my mid-range cabs.

If you get the chance, try and get some Altamura Cabernet 2005 (or 2004.. I like the 2005 better though). It is outstanding. It's everything you want a California Cabernet to be: huge fruit, amazingly velvety mouth but still has a lot of tannins... it's simply amazing and one of my favourite Cali Cab's of all time.

Cancuk · 01-15-2009, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by pscfusion

To each his own, but it is just so stupid. You can defend it, but i agree with luego.

What makes it stupid? That some people don't solely associate wine with "stuffiness" (for lack of a better word).

FYI, Wine is now the most popular alcoholic beverage in the US, surpassing beer.

pscfusion · 01-15-2009, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Cancuk

What makes it stupid? That some people don't solely associate wine with "stuffiness" (for lack of a better word).

FYI, Wine is now the most popular alcoholic beverage in the US, surpassing beer.

No, that isn't what makes it stupid. What makes it stupid is that it's UFC, which is associated with hooters, beer, xyience and headblades. Not wine pairings. I drink wine in alot of situations, but not one where I'm jumping out of my chair screaming for one guy to beat the **** out of another guy.

FYI that's cause people buy boone's farm and franzia at wal-mart. I can understand doing that kind of drinking for UFC...

KDawg · 01-15-2009, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by pscfusion

To each his own, but it is just so stupid. You can defend it, but i agree with luego.

this is a rather sad attitude to take. I'll drink wine in many different situations, and some of the best times that I've had with wine were when I was drinking amazing wine in non-analytical settings(and these were all very hard hitting wines). Honestly, why be so pretentious about it, what does it gain? what makes you feel this way, and what have you drank that would make you so special as to put off this type of attitude?

I really don't want this thread to devolve into something like this, but in all honesty, this is the kind of attitude that is very off-putting, and this thread is for people that drink at all different levels, so it would be great to keep pretention out of it as that's been how its worked since it got started until recently. There isn't much positive contribution to the thread when you're saying that asking something like this is stupid or silly.

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No, that isn't what makes it stupid. What makes it stupid is that it's UFC, which is associated with hooters, beer, xyience and headblades. Not wine pairings. I drink wine in alot of situations, but not one where I'm jumping out of my chair screaming for one guy to beat the **** out of another guy.

FYI that's cause people buy boone's farm and franzia at wal-mart. I can understand doing that kind of drinking for UFC...

good for you, guess what I do, and I enjoy it, so what is your reasoning for putting off a pretentious air about it and pretending that you're "better" than that.

FYI, wine is the biggest seller in teh US because of KJ, Cliquot, and Santa Margherita, not boone's farm or 2buck Chuck. I work in teh business and see it on a daily basis.

pscfusion · 01-15-2009, 08:06 PM

relax kdawg. it's fine dude. i see what you mean, just kind of think its weird, an okay disagreement.

KDawg · 01-15-2009, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by siglo

new acquisitions this week:

mollydooker carnival of love 2005
mollydooker enchanted path 2005
ridge monte bello 1999
chateau montelena cab 2004
pio cesare barolo 2004

sit on these for a while. The 99 montebello is still very young and the 04 Monty is still in diapers. From what I've tasted of the 04 Barolos, they'll be coming around sooner than originally, but look to pop that pio cesare around 2013 at the earliest

KDawg · 01-15-2009, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by pscfusion

relax kdawg. it's fine dude. i see what you mean, just kind of think its weird, an okay disagreement.

lol, i'm far from worked up, i've said worse on this board and have gotten more fired up about less, i was just making a point and did a bit of baiting in making it