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Harrumph... I won't drink any wine that casts a shadow. Peasants.  Bren R.
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Good quality, inexpensive reds are a bit harder to come by.
How true......
I am ALWAYS on the look out for a good red at a good price. But I'm beginning to wonder if I haven't turned into a wine snob anymore. All the "cheap" reds taste like cool-aid to me lately. Just the other night I picked up a few under ten buck bottles hoping to find a new treasure, but we screwed up and had a damn fine Cabernet Franc fist. All the bottles I brought tasted like crap after that Cab.
But nothing beats a picture of White Zin mixed with sprite and cranberry on a hot summer day!!
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I can't say I've ever had a wine that even vaguely reminded me of Kool-Aid, unless it had the word "cooler" attached to it.
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One of my wifes favorites for summer parties is White Zin mixed with pink lemonade in a big punchbowl.
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
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People, people... there's a reason that hard liquor exists...
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Take it to the beer thread!
Now, chess, I was going to let it go the first time, but really! I'm sure you're not actually accusing Beer aficionados of exhibiting the sort of elitism that has long plagued oenophiles, and which you so clearly abhor.
If I may be so bold as to project my reaction, I think Ken and Peter's response indicated surprise more than derision. People like you and Mike have offered such excellent counsel regarding the dizzying wine culture that it seemed incongruous to receive a recommendation for a variety that is widely perceived to lack depth.
So, to steer our wayward thread back to its meritorious level, can you educate me about the process by which a rich, robust grape like Zinfandel is reduced to that Blush-colored beverage? And are there economic or procedural reasons why the White Zinfandel is (falsely?) perceived as necessarily inferior to other wines of its ilk?
I mean, it's obviously something that CAN be enjoyed and COULD be well made, so why does it get such a bad rap?
Our summer wine thing is a sangria made from cheap zin, fruit juices and triple sec. It's really quite good, and looks lovely with the oranges, lemons and apples floating around in it.
Of course, while my wife and most of the guests are drinking that swill, I'm off having a civilized craft beer  
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Nah, mine was derision.
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can you educate me about the process by which a rich, robust grape like Zinfandel is reduced to that Blush-colored beverage? And are there economic or procedural reasons why the White Zinfandel is (falsely?) perceived as necessarily inferior to other wines of its ilk?
I mean, it's obviously something that CAN be enjoyed and COULD be well made, so why does it get such a bad rap?
Our summer wine thing is sangria made from cheap zin, fruit juices and triple sec. It's really quite good, and looks lovely with the oranges, lemons and apples floating around in it.
Of course, while my wife and most of the guests are drinking that swill, I'm off having a civilized craft beer
Tom,
You do realize Chess was joking right?
But anyway, I'm not real sure how it's all done, but I believe that W Zin is made from left over grape skins that didn't make QC from other wines made. So in a sense, W Zin is the "left overs", or to put it crudely, the crap that the wine maker didn't want polluting his/her other wine. That's why it gets the bad rap. Some however are very good and the wine maker puts a lot of effort into them.
I'm sure Chess can elaborate or tell me I don't know squat, which I really don't.....
My favorite Sangria is Brandy (or Cognac), box of cheap Chardonnay, Controu, dash of cinnamon, mandarin oranges, cherries, peaches and a lime. I mix it, let it infuse for a day or two and then serve it in a picture with ice.
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People, people... there's a reason that hard liquor exists...
I was thinking about starting a "cocktail thread". I'm a pretty good mixologist.
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I'd love a cocktail thread. I'm terrible at mixology--I need to learn more.
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One of my wifes favorites for summer parties is White Zin mixed with pink lemonade in a big punchbowl.
You see.
Now who the hell would do THAT with a Budweiser??!! 
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