Fire pit  = good, I'm with ya there...

 

 

 

(Not aimed at you personally) But its funny how everyone seems to be a wannabe wine drinker now. Its become trendy and cliche. 

 

Oooh, lets all go to the winery for wine tasting, oh yay that sounds fun.... yuppie wannbe's. Ooohhh...look at us, and how faux cultured we are.... :down:

 

Gimme my beer (and/ or my bourbon) and lets go see a live band or go to some dive bar like regular people without the stick up their rear!

 

And not adding fuel to the fire because I've read to the end of this thread already.  But maybe some people just acquire the taste later than others.  I had never been a wine drinker until ...maybe...ten years ago.  I always thought it was kind of foo-foo..and..oh...whatever.  Then I went to a wine tasting with my next door neighbor (I didn't want to go) and it was nothing like what I expected.  I had a freakin' blast.  And what a great place to figure out what types of wine that you like.  Free wine, free finger food, and a dozen or so free drinks of wine.  So don't knock it until you've tried it.

 

I now have a couple of favorite wineries.  You want some tasty wine and aren't an experienced wine drinker, check out Stone Villa Winery.  I'll give you some recommendations.  If you're going to 'take up drinking wine', go to a winery and get free samples.  Wine is just awesome for couples kind of get togethers around a...ready?....fire.  Nice mellow buzz and perfect for the evening.

 

So, before you decided on any pre-concieved notions about wine....try some and find some you like.

 

Signed

   A beer drinker

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I agree with Rico on the wine.   ^ 

 

I had a slight aversion to it and the associated / assumed snobbery that doesn't necessarily come with it 15 years ago  -  and now I have a dozen different go-to wines that I love for different foods or occasions.  

 

I visited a friend in Napa Valley two years ago and learned a lot.  Got to walk through the Mondavi vineyard and talk grapes with the local experts and try a load of excellent wines.  Highly recommended to anyone who likes California Cabernets.  (They have some excellent Chardonnays too - but they're not my style.)

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I too thought wine drinkers were uppity but after being around my parents who acquired a wine taste that got me into like a few wines. Now my wife and I enjoy several differnt good wines. Some even local. We aren't snobs. But hey, it tastes good, even out by our fire pit. Don't get me wrong, I still like my beer. But I enjoy a nice glass of wine.

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Sissy! (Can you tell I'm divorced?)

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"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia."
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Charles Schultz
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"The harder I work, the luckier I get."
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T-Shirt at District Wrestling Meet.

If it doesn't have a screw top, throw it out.

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If it doesn't have a screw top, throw it out.

http://www.winemag.com/June-2013/Screw-caps-Go-Upscale/

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http://www.winemag.com/June-2013/Screw-caps-Go-Upscale/

 

The paper bag is next.

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Glad to see there are some wine drinkers on the board, drink up my friends!


Of course there are snobby wine drinkers, trust me I deal with those folks pretty regularly, but there are also snobby beer drinkers, scotch drinkers, coffee drinkers and snobby anything else you want. But wine snobs aren't as numerous as most assume. Learn to chuckle and (TMD) don't blame the wine!

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Your new system is modeled directly off ours. Ours has roughly 1.5% uninsured, mostly people who choose so because of religious reasons. The problem isn't with the system, it's with the people.

oh DF man, never have you sounded so arrogant before.

 

If it doesn't work in Murica like it does in Europe the problem must be them Muricans!

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If it doesn't have a screw top, throw it out.

 

Boone's Farm

 

Mad Dog 20/20

 

Thunderbird

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Boone's Farm

 

Mad Dog 20/20

 

Thunderbird

 

The Holy Trinity

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If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
- Bob Marley


 

Oh, I forgot Night Train

 

http://www.bumwine.com/nighttrain.html

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In 1973 I drank a bottle of Lancers White wine and smoked a fat tater before the Led Zeppelin concert at the old Veteran's Memorial Coliseum. Somehow, that combination gave me the worst headache I've ever experienced. Thankfully it cleared right before John Bonham opened the show with Rock and Roll. Those drums would have made my head explode.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1Hb9ABpyts

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If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
- Bob Marley


 

In 1973 I drank a bottle of Lancers White wine and smoked a fat tater before the Led Zeppelin concert at the old Veteran's Memorial Coliseum. Somehow, that combination gave me the worst headache I've ever experienced. Thankfully it cleared right before John Bonham opened the show with Rock and Roll. Those drums would have made my head explode.

 

 

 

Let's see, in 1973 I was 12, you must be an Old geezer :teehee: :yes:

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Let's see, in 1973 I was 12, you must be an Old geezer :teehee: :yes:

Or he was REALLY bad as a kid!! :blink:

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What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

Cellar door.

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"I'll die young, but it's like kissing God."

Cellar door.

You have a thing for words... :whistling:

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What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

I was 17... Time really flies...

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"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia."
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Charles Schultz
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"The harder I work, the luckier I get."
;
T-Shirt at District Wrestling Meet.

I was -9

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I was so excited to get into work this morning that I was over an hour early.

 

Well, that and it was raining so I couldn't do my morning walk.   :mellow:

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