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People, people... there's a reason that hard liquor exists...

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And what is the end of this sentence?

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Now, chess, I was going to let it go the first time, but really!

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Dammit Tom. I don't think you heard me. I SAID, "Take IT to the BEER thread!!"


Don't make me come down there!

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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

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Actually that describes how grappa is made, and that stuff really is nasty.

Here's the easy scoop on the white zin, an inexpensive and refreshing summer sipper. Maybe the bottle is too common down in the States compared to elsewhere to properly enjoy its greatness.

Lobster once once a poor man's meat and now...

After reading the wiki article on white zin, it seems we have it to thank for preserving many "old vine" zin vinyards. Seeing as I live zin made from old vines, I suppose I no longer wish for the complete erasure of white zin from existence.

So zin lovers OWE it to the white zin for the existence of old vine wines.
Pay some homage eh?

And let's not forget some of the old vine Zins that they use to make the Zin Ports, very tasty indeed.

I loves me some zin port!

I’m a big zin fan myself. Other than some of the Ridge zin’s (most are great), I by the Cline, Ancient Vine zin by the case. I keep it around for those “any day” sipping bottles. I get it for about $12 a bottle when I get it by the case. I reckon in the lower 48, one could pick it up for a lot less. A very, very good bottle. One wouldn’t know it by looking at the price tag.

Thanks for the clarification Chess. I figured I was wrong.

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I by the Cline, Ancient Vine zin by the case.

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Really?
I haven't tried Cline yet but i do have their shiraz in the cellar. It was given as a gift but i haven't found an occasion to pop it open yet. There is a fellow coming over tonight for a game of pool and a glass of vino.
Not sure what we are going to open.

Maybe a cellar shopping spree will be in order in the near future to give the cellar a kickstart.
I've started looking at wine cellar software for organization of the place. I'm partial to Avos Vins but the Cellar! app isn't bad either.

Yep….it’s a dandy.

Another wine I buy by the case is a Melbec from Argentina that my favorite warehouse just started carrying. Not real sure how they name their wines, so here’s what the label has on it.

Catena
2003
Melbec
Mendoza
Argentina

It’s a medium to heavy bodied big red. Almost as smooth as a Merlot, but still has that tannin presence of a well aged Cab. Lot’s of fruit, some spice and a slight buttery finish. This one you taste all over the tongue.

It’s about $15 a bottle. I normally stay away from wines from South America, as I’ve got some pretty bad ones. But one night at a wine tasting event, a pretty girl and a few glasses of wine……well, long story short I spent $1200 on wine and more than that on actions for crap I don’t need, and this Melbec was one was one of the cases I bought. I continue to buy it, unlike the others that she talked me into.