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How many of you here enjoy a drop of wine? I'm not a big wine drinker myself but I have been known to have the odd glass or two.
My favourite wines are sweet and bubbly ones. But I do love to sip port every now and again.
Recently while holidaying near Gladstone (an area not known for wine production) I visited a local winery and I purchased the most magnificent Liqueur Shiraz, a perfect accompaniment for cheeses. And you wouldn't believe it....it tastes a lot like chocolate.

For those of you who consider themselves connoisseurs, I found a nifty site designed to test your wine knowledge, www.wineeducation.org/quiz/QuizB/quizB.html

I scored 7. :(
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Heh. I'm 12. I ain't allowed to drink yet. Hehe, well, at least I won't get tickets for drunk driving. :)
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I don't drink a lot of wine but I like Pinot Grigio, a dry white wine. I don't like sweet wines.

I can't take your test, Infelice. It won't come up for some reason.
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I don't know much about wines, but I love reds. Give me a good Cabernet or Sangiovese (sp?) and I'm a happy girl. ;) :cheers:
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I've never cared for wine, but I have recently discovered a fondness for sangria.
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Syl, on the subject of Sangria, I'm in total agreement with you. YUM :)
Damelon wrote:I can't take your test, Infelice. It won't come up for some reason.
Re the test: I tried to take it again Damelon and it doesn't work for me either. I think it has something to do with your browser or something.

Sometimes the WWW gives me the willies. :x
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mmmmmmmmm...................................wine

I love red wine especially merlot, and don't care for white wine at all.

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Was able to take the test. Scored a 7
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You know about as much as me then Damelon. :)
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Enough to be dangerous. :)
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mmmmm...Love a nice smokey smooth merlot...like silk in your mouth. I scored 8 on the test. :D
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I like the wine in a box... and kosher wine.
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I don't know much about wine, and only have an occasional glass at a restaurant or at a wedding, but I do know that I like white more than red, except for the locally produced fruit wines such as cherry wine, which is delicious. I like white zinfadel, and bubbly things like asti spumanti and champagne. It's something that I've always wanted to know more about. Maybe I'll take the one-day class at the community college someday. :)
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im a student @ the mo so 4 me its usually cheap, white, sweet and bubbly. i did taste an amazing red from blackridge in central otago (NZ) recently tho, but i cant find it in my home town. :cry:

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variol son wrote:....cheap, white, sweet and bubbly......
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Yep, that's about my speed VS. The good stuff is wasted on me. :)
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my sister is a wine-maker and a viticulturalist .. and owns her own vineyard .. she has an impressive wine collection in her cellar .. but i am not a drinker at all .. so its all lost on me ;)
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Wine in a box... hmmmmm

I prefer to fill a large water bottle with wine, like Steve Martin in the movie "The Jerk" and I often put the lil umbrella in it too.

And none of that old wine... I want it fresh... this year’s vintage is all I’ll drink! And the nerve of some waiters, at these restaurants who keep offering me stale old wines from 10, 20 or even 30 years ago. Who do they think I am? Some blue collar working man?
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I'm extremely conservative with alcoholic beverages, as well as anything that's not either spring water, milk, or orange and/or apple juice. Heck, only time you'll find me drinking anything wine-related is when I've got a glass of red to accompany a good steak or prime rib.
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Lord Foul wrote:I'm extremely conservative with alcoholic beverages, as well as anything that's not either spring water, milk, or orange and/or apple juice. Heck, only time you'll find me drinking anything wine-related is when I've got a glass of red to accompany a good steak or prime rib.
Ermmm.....Whats the legal drinking age where you live LF???? :?
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It was 18 when I lived in GA. :) :?
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