Wine-savvy

[storm]

We will be in Makati on Friday. Boomouse is offering to host the EB.

 

Pareng igol, same pa rin cel number mo? Same number pa rin ako. Tex tex na lang.

[bods1000]

We will be in Makati on Friday. Boomouse is offering to host the EB.

 

Pareng igol, same pa rin cel number mo? Same number pa rin ako. Tex tex na lang.

 

can't make it on Friday.

Saturday is ok for me....

[bods1000]

Actually, we regularly have wine and cheeze parties with my pals. usually expensive wines dahil the cheap below P500/bottle wines daw are not good for the kidney because of some substance in low quality grapes.

But Franzia Chillable Red is still acceptable lalo na ngayong tag hirap hehehe

 

uh oh I better go to a doctor to have my kidneys checked

pray tell what this toxic substance is in low-quality grapes, and please define what is a low-quality grape :goatee:

 

With Franzia, I would rather donate my kidneys than drink this swill.

 

Cheers! Bababa na gasolina hehehe

[bods1000]

Hahaha! But you gotta understand amigo...he's Catalan and not Castila like us! Hahaha

 

Ah good thing you said that. I should greet him with a bon dia when I go there, or else he might feel slighted.

[igol ays]

Actually, we regularly have wine and cheeze parties with my pals. usually expensive wines dahil the cheap below P500/bottle wines daw are not good for the kidney because of some substance in low quality grapes.

But Franzia Chillable Red is still acceptable lalo na ngayong tag hirap hehehe

 

 

uh oh I better go to a doctor to have my kidneys checked

pray tell what this toxic substance is in low-quality grapes, and please define what is a low-quality grape :goatee:

 

With Franzia, I would rather donate my kidneys than drink this swill.

 

Cheers! Bababa na gasolina hehehe

 

same sentiments on franzia, but i shouldn't say anything bad cause i've never drank it

and with the grapes, how much lower quality can it get than table grapes

and we eat those almost every day

 

@storm - text kita mamaya

Edited July 9, 2008 by igol ays

[masi]

Liberty and I will be at Serendra tonight. We could drop by if the event is still pushing through.

[bods1000]

same sentiments on franzia, but i shouldn't say anything bad cause i've never drank it

and with the grapes, how much lower quality can it get than table grapes

and we eat those almost every day

 

@storm - text kita mamaya

 

I've drank practically all those low-budget wines out there and there are some wines I would really swear not to drink again :thumbsdownsmiley:

I think there are no low-quality grapes - only low-quality wines.

Every harvested wine grape is made into a certain price point wine, otherwise there are just wine grapes and table grapes.

 

enjoy the EB tonight, folks. Bawi ako susunod. FR ha :upside:

 

 

same sentiments on franzia, but i shouldn't say anything bad cause i've never drank it

and with the grapes, how much lower quality can it get than table grapes

and we eat those almost every day

 

@storm - text kita mamaya

 

I've drank practically all those low-budget wines out there and there are some wines I would really swear not to drink again :thumbsdownsmiley:

I think there are no low-quality grapes - only low-quality wines.

Every harvested wine grape is made into a certain price point wine, otherwise there are just wine grapes and table grapes.

 

enjoy the EB tonight, folks. Bawi ako susunod. FR ha :upside:

[Lipstick]

What did I miss???????????????????????????????? :-(

 

Sorry haven't been online lately due to work (what else is new? ).

[agxo3]

Actually, we regularly have wine and cheeze parties with my pals. usually expensive wines dahil the cheap below P500/bottle wines daw are not good for the kidney because of some substance in low quality grapes.

But Franzia Chillable Red is still acceptable lalo na ngayong tag hirap hehehe

 

??? I've consumed wines that cost as little as Two-Buck Chuck (Charles Shaw @ $1.99/bottle at retail), and $20/case fire-sale wines (that's $1.83/btl!!) and I've read up on everything I can about these wines, and others - and I have yet to see anything about somethng in them that hurts your kidneys (other than over-consumption).

 

There ARE some other "wino" wines - Thunderbird, Ripple, Night Train, Mogen-David 20/20, Manischevitz - that are not any better than grape juice with alcohol added. Now, if you told me those wines would hurt you, I could believe it! Who knows what kind of alcohol they dose those beverages with? Could be wood alcohol (makes you blinder than jerking off ever could) or some other lethal concoction that includes some form of inebriant.

 

But even the cheap wines I've consumed are made in the traditional wine making process, and those should NOT have anything harmful, except to your palate and enjoyment of what should be the most sublime beverage ever created by mankind.

 

In fact, I just picked up my latest bargain - a case of Deer Ridge 2002 Reserve Syrah for the astounding price of only $4/btl. That's $48/case! For a wine that should retail at $15-20/btl. Went back a couple of days later to pick up my case, and the wine was still on sale, but at $96/case! And people were still snapping it up. Maybe I should have bought more than one case? Oh, well, too late now!

[Niru]

hey any advice here in cooking using wine? medyo off topic nga lang PEACE!

[agxo3]

hey any advice here in cooking using wine? medyo off topic nga lang PEACE!

 

Rule #1 - never cook with a wine you won't drink.

 

Wine is a good flavor enhancer for food, but you need to make sure the wine you cook with is complimentary to the food you're cooking. When you cook with wine, you will burn off the alcohol,but hopefully leave the flavinoids so the flavors of the wine should remain in your food. I typically add the wine after all the serious cooking ais done, at the end, just before serving. That way you don't overcook the wine.

 

I typically use whatever red wine I'm drinking while cooking for deglazing the pan after cooking steaks or pork chops. Then I add butter and make a wine, butter and [whatever I have in the kitchen] sauce for the meat.

 

I also add wine to spaghetti sauce, and sometimes, to chili. You can add wine to beef stew - or any of the Pinoy variations thereof.

 

Use wine in a salad dressing.

[Guest lustfortravel]

hello, i'm new to this thread ( but not new to some old timers like boomouse and storm ) and i must say this is the first time i have really learned a lot about wines.

 

i have been used to serving french cabernet sauvignons and merlots during parties - french because my relatives will only drink wines from france which they claim make the "best" wines. since i have never acquired the taste for it ( or perhaps i have never tasted the "good" wines in the first place ), i have never really bothered to even check on the labels as long as they were french. now, i know ( a little) better. this thread is an eye-opener; many thanks!

 

by the way, i recently stumbled into a 2000 cabernet sauvignon ( if i'm not mistaken, it was a chateau margaux) that cost almost 15k a bottle. wow, do they really cost that much? i know 2000 was a vintage year and i don't mind spending for a good bottle of wine but 15K? i'd rather put it up as down payment for one of storm's ballerina sculptures.

[rayt64]

Ok na sa akin red win na Sol de Espana kasi matamis.

[masi]

What did I miss???????????????????????????????? :-(

 

Sorry haven't been online lately due to work (what else is new? ).

 

Not much...

 

hey any advice here in cooking using wine? medyo off topic nga lang PEACE!

 

Cook with the wine you drink.

 

hello, i'm new to this thread ( but not new to some old timers like boomouse and storm ) and i must say this is the first time i have really learned a lot about wines.

 

i have been used to serving french cabernet sauvignons and merlots during parties - french because my relatives will only drink wines from france which they claim make the "best" wines. since i have never acquired the taste for it ( or perhaps i have never tasted the "good" wines in the first place ), i have never really bothered to even check on the labels as long as they were french. now, i know ( a little) better. this thread is an eye-opener; many thanks!

 

by the way, i recently stumbled into a 2000 cabernet sauvignon ( if i'm not mistaken, it was a chateau margaux) that cost almost 15k a bottle. wow, do they really cost that much? i know 2000 was a vintage year and i don't mind spending for a good bottle of wine but 15K? i'd rather put it up as down payment for one of storm's ballerina sculptures.

 

There more to wines than what the French could offer. Be adventurous, try other labels, countries/regions. The Chateau Margaux is really in that range albeit, you could get it for P12k. Who drinks the stuff, well I guess if you have the moolah you would, ask your congressman if he like the stuff!

 

Ok na sa akin red win na Sol de Espana kasi matamis.

 

Hey, nothing tried nothing gained. Albeit, I wouldn't want to touch that stuff after tasting it.

[rayt64]

Hey, nothing tried nothing gained. Albeit, I wouldn't want to touch that stuff after tasting it.

 

 

I already tried almost everything even the expensive one's. I've been to the US, France, Czech Republic, Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, and Vietnam on Business Trip or R&R. I also happen to work as part of the management team in the past at a High End Italian/European Restaurant Franchise and trained from Barista, Beer Brewing, Coffee Roasting, and Hungarian Sausage making.

 

It's just that I prefer Semi Sweet to Sweet Wines than those Expensive Dry Wines.

 

My daughter and son also prefer Semi Sweet and Sweet Wines after Dinner that's why they want Sol De Espana or Novellino. Sometimes its Alzar by Domecq Wines if ever it is available at groceries.

 

I don't care about brand name or price range. What is important is our taste.

Edited July 14, 2008 by rayt64