Any wine drinkers here?

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heh, wine snobs crack me up.

i only seem to like cabernet sauvignon. to me, a good wine consists of:

a year on the bottle

But i usually just settle for oak creek. $4/bottle, i like that stuff :slight_smile:

at any rate, back to all you guys and what you’ve learned from wine courses on pretending to be baller :tup:

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i learned how to make wine from my relatives, im not baller as i make my own lol

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yeah i used to live in fairport, great place.

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thats where my parents live. i graduated in 03 from FHS

[quote=“Marcus,post:59,topic:26524"”]

Red wines even burn fat. The minerals from the grape skins dissolve fat when you drink with meals. Red Wines are good for your health when you don’t abuse them of course.

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Another great reason for me to drink more wine!

[quote=“ly555is,post:61,topic:26524"”]

heh, wine snobs crack me up.

i only seem to like cabernet sauvignon. to me, a good wine consists of:

a year on the bottle

But i usually just settle for oak creek. $4/bottle, i like that stuff :slight_smile:

at any rate, back to all you guys and what you’ve learned from wine courses on pretending to be baller :tup:

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Hah wine snobs. I knew a girl whos dad did a lot of distribution for a vineyard so we would always go to their private events. That is one hell of a place to go people watch. They look down at anyone who does not do it the proper way and its hilarous. They were taking small sips all night. After like an hour, her and I were like doing them like shots.

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[quote=“boxxa,post:57,topic:26524"”]

The one on turk hill in Rochester is good. I live right near there. Great banquet hall too.

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“Casalarga”

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[quote=“RedDawg,post:16,topic:26524"”]

ice wines are good

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yeah, ice wines are real good with the right combo (ie, after a nice dinner)

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I like wine as long as it’s red. As long as the price is ~20 or so, should be okay. I like just about any Pino Noir or Syrah. There is a pretty good Petite Syrah called Cambria that is pretty good.

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aw right aw right :tup:

I gots this bottle of fish eye merlot that must be finished by 9pm.

Not sure if I should get an LT1 crate longblock from Napa/CarQuest/Edge Bros machine shop in Jacksonville, NC, or risk the LS1 swap, so let the online vision quest begin.

Very aware that an LS1 car would be infinitely more practical, but I’m not going to spend a shitload more on this for now.

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Big fan of Shiraz. Penfolds when im balling, Barefoot when I just want to hang at home and drink with the lady.

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man, don’t get a parts store crate engine. it’s nice to have a machinist to talk to about what you’re trying to accomplish, even if it’s just not to break down again. greasy hank at what the fuck are tolerances? engine rebuild plant doesn’t give a shit about what you’re trying to accomplish. he’s thinking about his warm after work pbr’s, and how he’s gonna get some from the store to his dumpster he calls a house when his unregistered '87 astro van just shit the bucket.

i’d have rob check out the ls1. maybe take some pics of it, and post them up here or on ls1tech to see what they say. if it seems like it’s in good condition, go for it! if it turns out to be in bad condition, i’d look into having edge brothers rebuilding the lt1 you’ve got, rather than wasting more time looking for another block. unless you can find one that’s readily available…

EDIT: Robert

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Prejean makes some really nice stuff

Their Gerverstumeiner(spelling) is good
I like yellow tail Shiraz.

and I <3 ports. I like sweet wines.

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i have feelings that the LS1 is wayyy more involved than rob recalls. PCM, eng, trans & kmember are just the tip of the iceberg. body harness, fuel pump/tank, gauge cluster - the list goes on. I fear that he has no idea what he’s getting into, and that it’s going to take wayyy longer and wayyy more money than either of us are prepared for.

I want my car back before '08. Seized brakes are great and all, but no. Running out of $$ for a nonrunning car. Even if it just gets sold in the end for how much I put into it, even for an LS1 car that with too many miles, a stupid color, hardtop & cloth int. You know how I feel about shit just sitting around, and this isn’t going to go on past Christmas if I can do Anything about it. Edge Bros it is, given the volatility of the LT1 heads, I’d at least like to do the engine the favor about having torque plates involved in any machine work, which I can’t seem to find in any sub-$2K reman.

Running out of $$, well - beyond that now, and options. Cars were meant to be driven. Not to invest redonk amts of $$ into and just fucking sit for months on end.

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find the right foods. ask Cassie, many a red she wasn’t overly fond of really woke up with the right meal.

go to Wine Sense on Park near Culver they have tastings every Fri/Sat - and are willing / able to give TONS of advice for any level of wine drinker.

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Adam, I was thinking about setting up a Seneca Lake wine tour. Last year we hit 14 or 16 wineries in one day! I’ll keep you posted. Oh and the winery that does Red Cat also sells jello shots with red cat. yummy!!

I also wasn’t much of a fan of red until people started making me drink it. Red Cat is one of my favorite local wines. Prejean has a nice red too. I tend to like the less dry more fruity reds.

As far as not local, Las Rocas makes a really good red, can’t remember if it’s a cabernet or something else.

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Cabernet Souvignon’s are usually pretty good.

I cannot stand a dry wine, its just horrible.

Certain ice wines are like Candy

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I’m totally in for a tour Joanna, everyone who’d taken one loved it. There’s a tour a friend went on where they all got to camp out after a long day of drinking, the place actually takes your car keys and gives them back the next morning. I wanna do something like that :slight_smile:

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[quote=“Jam,post:56,topic:26524"”]

smoking loon cab /THREAD

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Great wine for sub $10. Having some now actually.

I prefer Bordeaux, but that can get expensive for frequent consumption.

For wine noobs (99% of people in this thread), Bordeaux is a region in France, and Bordeaux wines can contain cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc, malbec, and occasionally petit verdot and carmenere. They are usually mostly cabernet sauvignon and merlot.

People generally need to build a palate for dry reds, much like coffee.

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I’m totally in for a tour Joanna, everyone who’d taken one loved it. There’s a tour a friend went on where they all got to camp out after a long day of drinking, the place actually takes your car keys and gives them back the next morning. I wanna do something like that :slight_smile:

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That’s the finger lakes wine festival I think. They have it every year at Watkins Glen. All the wineries have booths and it’s apparently tons of fun.

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[quote=“93dx–hatch,post:53,topic:26524"”]

Little Penguin
Pinot Noir

Is delicious and cheap

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really? i wasn’t really impressed.

lately i have been drinking a lot of italian wines i really like the super tuscans.

i was up at the old cafe aroma the other day and was drinking eremo. it gets a huge :tup:

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I’ve been exploring lately, i’ve tasted a shitload of good wine lately at work and i’ve just been trying to diversify a bit. I usually stick to left bank Bordeaux (primarily cabernet sauvignon based), Red Zinfandel (not the pink fruity stuff) and Australian Shiraz. Lately I’ve been diving more into the Rhone Valley wines (Chateauneuf-du-pape, Gigondas, Lirac) and I’ve fallen in love with malbec. If anyone is a fan of dry, med/full bodied reds, try a 2006 Punto Final Malbec from Argentina, it’s pretty amazing for $10-$12.