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I can never remember what that means. That's because it has too many meanings: IIRC on acronymfinder.com
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Re: wine thread
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I can never remember what that means. You can't recall it correctly? Nicely played, sir. CV, good reference website that I was unaware of. I'm not sure how much I can really trust them, though, because they list my interpretation of "WTF" as the 13th most likely choice. WTF?!
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CV, good reference website that I was unaware of. I'm not sure how much I can really trust them, though, because they list my interpretation of "WTF" as the 13th most likely choice. WTF?! I was thinking after I posted about how I would never go directly to a website like that to look up acronyms. Of course, the first thing I did was a Google search, and that site happened to come up.
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AFAIK, Chess and Mike have done double blind tests, and they've reported definite differences. Well to be precise, i concluded the results of the Vinturi blind tastings were "inconclusive really BUT i think there is merit to the vinturi, the science behind it, and worth another round of testing."Only our subjective tests brought forth a more confident conclusion which of course brings with it the bias. We did not correctly guess the different glass (3 people, 3 trials) with signficant confidence when tested blind.
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Ah, my mistake. I obviously did not RC.
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RC? where's that acronym site again right click? run command? roman candle? http://www.acronymfinder.com/Information-Technology/RC.html
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I love my Venturi. I use it without even thinking about it any more. I just pour through it into a decanter. I’ve done enough tasting with / without to know for certain that it opens up red wine and any other testing or comments to the contrary mean little to nothing to me. I don’t use it for white wine though. I suppose it couldn’t hurt, but I’ve never felt any desire to need it, as I often do with some of my more powerful mountain fruit reds. The only time I do not use it, is when I open an aged red where I need to be real delicate – 20 year plus stuff. For those bottles, I’ll just use the decanter, but I use that mostly for sediment.
I just got back from a great long weekend in Napa. We took the redeye to Sacramento, drove to Howell Mountain and starting tasting some killer wines. The next day was Spring Mountain and next was the V2V event where I think I drank three bottles of Shafer Hillside Select all on my own (at $225 a bottle, but for the taking at the event, I just couldn’t resist getting my fill). I’m pretty much pickled. When I get some time I’ll put up some pics and tell stories.
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I love my Venturi. I use it without even thinking about it any more. I just pour through it into a decanter. I’ve done enough tasting with / without to know for certain that it opens up red wine and any other testing or comments to the contrary mean little to nothing to me. I don’t use it for white wine though. I suppose it couldn’t hurt, but I’ve never felt any desire to need it, as I often do with some of my more powerful mountain fruit reds. The only time I do not use it, is when I open an aged red where I need to be real delicate – 20 year plus stuff. For those bottles, I’ll just use the decanter, but I use that mostly for sediment.
And this brings up another variation on the topic. IF it does do something to the wine, how do you know when you want to use it? Why not with an older red? Only with harsh reds? Or full bodied wines? One would almost have to taste a glass w/o using the Vinturi, and one with, then decide how they want to treat the rest of the bottle.
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