Originally Posted by Tom Earp (Post 1373856)

Barolo is not nearly as good as Bertoni if one can find it. It is a thinner tasing label as it is a big name in the USA so make bigger batches.

Those that turn their noses up about Gallo, well, dumb butts, they took the minor grapes and made them veritals and implemented them with the State of California to mean something instead of just a filler Grape.

The Thompson seedless that you buy at the market was used for that. According to Cal. State law, the main grape only had to be 51 % and the rest was filler=Thompson seedless. Gallo changed that.

The wines now may mention Chenin Blanc, Petit Sihrar and others that were bulk grapes only. Fillers as it were for Charadonnay, and Gammay Beaujolais.

God, I have been out of the wine biz to long.:(


Cooking with wine gives the taste and flavor but cooks off the alchohal.

Box wines, heck there is nothing wrong with that especially when on is used to drinking First Growths in the old days. (French) that is.

It is a heck of a lot cheaper.

Originally Posted by valkyrie (Post 1373078)

Fat Bastard!

Originally Posted by KSig RC (Post 1373070)

Delightful - this should make her trip to view the approximately 1300000 wines from that region fruitful.

Originally Posted by tunatartare (Post 1373127)

Well there really is nothing classier than a big ol' jug of Carlo Rossi.

Originally Posted by tunatartare (Post 1373429)

Oh Lordy, there are just so many things wrong with you that I wouldn't even know where to begin.

Originally Posted by macallan25 (Post 1373458)

This Week's Sign of the Apocolypse.

Originally Posted by JamesBond007 (Post 1373920)

Now here is a gentleman who knows his alcohol. But, I pose to you, how well you know your gin?

Originally Posted by JamesBond007 (Post 1373920)

Now here is a gentleman who knows his alcohol. But, I pose to you, how well you know your gin?

Originally Posted by Tom Earp (Post 1374276)

Gin, is a grain that is a distilled spirit that is comes from a grain, usually wheat, but can be from any distilled food.

Once it is distilled to grain alchohol, it can have additives and in the case of gin, juniper berry + some other additives, for flavor.

If you are a Gin Nut, where did the shape of Seagrems bottle come from?;)

Why is the sign and label show the Beefeaters from England?

Originally Posted by JamesBond007 (Post 1374498)

What's the matter Tom? No glib remark? No pithy comeback?

Originally Posted by Tom Earp (Post 1374522)

Why?:rolleyes:

Originally Posted by BetteDavisEyes (Post 1372361)

I'm willing to spend upwards of $100 on them so anything within that limit would be good.