Wine Thread

[steve dave]

i get almost all my wines from costco anymore.  selection is a little skimpy, but it's a well curated offering.  wish they had more old world selections here locally.

yeah, same. I'm infuriated with their current omaha selections. last week I emptied out a wine box of something to get one for my cart only to toss it aside after I didn't like any of what I was looking for. mrs dave's daily driver was the decoy cab they had for 2+ years but they don't have it recently only their "red". they still have caymus and prisoner for dinner/cocktail wines at ours. these are almost certainly n00b picks and I have no idea about "old world" stuff. I am a wine low/medium for sure.

BONUS: hyvee has a dependable and robust selection and if you buy 6 bottles you get 10% off your entire purchase and a lot of the time it'll make it equal to costco prices in my experience. the decoy cab for example was the same after they got me 10% back. also they'll run random bizarre specials on good bottles. I got a frogs leap cab 30% off the other day.

I like frogs leap if I feel flush.

I have a bottle of this (not expensive) I've been "cellaring" (sitting in my basement) since we went there and mrs. dave got all hornt about their "sustainable" whatever and the winemaker personally showed us around the entire time and told us about her grand plans to have a farm to table something or whatever and it was a really small personally touch type deal. she kept picking like tomatos off vines and making me chomp into them. I'm tryna' get blackout on wine over here people! my most positive napa valley experience for sure. anyway, she was the divorcee of the frogs leap winemaker (fairly recently when we were there iirc). She told us at the end about it and that they were 50/50 on that but her tiny leavings of incredibly expensive property left me skeptical. Anyway, anyone going to Napa for sure go to Tres Sabores. It was a 10/10 Napa experience which is like a 7/10 Sonoma Russian River experience but STILL GOOD.

[steve dave]

Way off, 2010 bottle. prolly there in 2013/2014 so basically nailed it in my brain.

[kim carnes]

I’d drink that soon.

[kim carnes]

i get almost all my wines from costco anymore.  selection is a little skimpy, but it's a well curated offering.  wish they had more old world selections here locally.

I haven’t been to Costco in over a year, but I felt like the selection of French wines got considerably shittier over the years.

[michigancat]

You cannot buy wine at Costco in New York, it's the most absurd thing ever.

[steve dave]

I’d drink that soon.

At this point it’s just a momento. But may crack it open to see if it’s still worth a crap anyway.

[steve dave]

This is her! She irl rules.

[sys]

I haven’t been to Costco in over a year, but I felt like the selection of French wines got considerably shittier over the years.

varies hugely from one store to the next.

[yoga-like_abana]

Wine, I love the taste of dry reds but man does it give me a headache the next day.


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[steve dave]

Way off, 2010 bottle. prolly there in 2013/2014 so basically nailed it in my brain.

Still good AF. Slugged it tonight with the people we went out there with.

[DQ12]

Just finished a stint in Napa so I know quite a bit about wine AMA

[Kat Kid]

Just finished a stint in Napa so I know quite a bit about wine AMA

Well where did you go

[DQ12]

 See travel thread kk

[wetwillie]

Just finished a stint in Napa so I know quite a bit about wine AMA

What varietal is your favorite now?  What pairs best with a nice white fish?

[Spracne]

I'm seeing unconfirmed reports of some Mod Abuse that allegedly occurred in this thread last night. I am currently trying to confirm.

[yoga-like_abana]

Oof. No thank you to wine. Now and forever.


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[Rage Against the McKee]

You cannot buy wine at Costco in New York, it's the most absurd thing ever.

New York and Kansas, two peas in a pod.

[sys]

god bless this research.

https://twitter.com/d_feldman/status/1779194821812367363

[Stevesie60]

Oh that's excellent.

[cfbandyman]

I can see that, definitely a few engineering epiphanies a couple drinks in have happened.

[star seed 7]

This has been known to billiard and dart players for generations.

[Spracne]

This has been known to billiard and dart players for generations.

Also, certain message board posters.

[nicname]

This has been known to billiard and dart players for generations.

Also, certain message board posters.

Poker, slow pitch softball, backing babes, the list is basically endless.

Someone needs to produce and market a “slight booze buzz” pill

[CHONGS]

It's called a Bud lite pounder

[Spracne]

This has been known to billiard and dart players for generations.

Also, certain message board posters.

Poker, slow pitch softball, backing babes, the list is basically endless.

Someone needs to produce and market a “slight booze buzz” pill

Like a Rohypnol Lite?