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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 23, 2018 18:27:54 GMT
I've never seen that over here. I like cider, but find most too sweet. I've found two very dry ones here (in Québec). The other dry one here is Savannah. Can’t take sweet or fruity ciders. Not for me.
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Post by lagatta on Dec 23, 2018 18:47:07 GMT
Thanks. Will look for them if I am in the UK. I dislike sweet beverages in general. Take my coffee black and my tea unsweetened.
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 23, 2018 21:04:15 GMT
Thanks. Will look for them if I am in the UK. I dislike sweet beverages in general. Take my coffee black and my tea unsweetened. Me too. The older I get the less I like sweet things.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 23, 2018 22:27:10 GMT
bixaorellana said: I had a half glass of merlot with supper tonight. A little while later I went into the bathroom and was shocked when I looked in the mirror. My cheeks, from my eyes almost to my mouth, were bright red. What causes that?
yesterday at 12:15am patricklondon said: A reaction to some additive in the wine, maybe sulphites? I know some red wines give me terrible sneezing fits.
Thanks, Patrick. Your answer made sense, but I've been puzzling over why a variety & brand of wine I've often had before would suddenly affect me in this way. Then today it came to me: I have a bunch of dried mixed fruits & I've been snacking on them. Sulfites are used in the preserving process of some dried fruits. I guess the double whammy of the substance in both the fruit and the wine caused the red face reaction.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 21, 2019 18:38:44 GMT
I just made a caïpirinha with fresh limes, cachaça and powdered sugar (not having cane syrup on hand). I even have the official lime crushing tool which came as a gift with a bottle of cachàça once. My reason was to finish a bottle of cachaça which had been lingering with just a little left for at least a year. Unfortunately, I have another bottle of cachaça waiting to be opened.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 21, 2019 20:25:37 GMT
Your life is hard, damned hard.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 31, 2019 19:02:26 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 31, 2019 19:39:19 GMT
That was on our news this morning. I know the A14 intimately. The worst road in England.
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Post by lagatta on Feb 1, 2019 17:20:03 GMT
Yes, but treasures lie beneath the potholes!
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 1, 2019 17:46:07 GMT
Although on weeknights I generally drink the most ordinary red, yesterday I bought some Côtes du Rhône (which is not at all special but better than 'ordinary') because there was a 30% discount, and I was actually sort of relieved that I can still tell that it is of considerably higher quality. Sometimes I wonder if I am destroying my discernment by going too cheap a lot of the time.
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 1, 2019 9:03:09 GMT
I was just watching a programme on Canada, Quebec to be precise, and they went to a farm owned by a guy who had emigrated from Belgium. He was growing 6,500 tomato plants, Black Prince variety and making tomato wine! It was supposed to be delicious.
Have any of my Canadian friends on here come across it?
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 1, 2019 17:52:42 GMT
Sounds interesting although I'm not sure that it qualifies as "wine" even though I assume that it has alcoholic content. Then again, since you can make wine out of fruit that you can ferment, why not tomatoes?
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 1, 2019 17:58:15 GMT
Hmmm... I came across this article but it didn't quite convince me. But at 16° it is less a wine than a "cooked" wine like vermouth. Not something that anybody would want to drink with a meal.
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Post by lagatta on Mar 1, 2019 19:23:53 GMT
Interesting story, but not convinced. Yes, you can make wine with a lot of things that contain sugar, but many come out like prison wine. The Charlevoix region is very beautiful though.
What's with the patchy facial hair?
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 1, 2019 19:24:23 GMT
That was it. I’d definitely give it a go.
About a year ago we found Mexican wines- excellent.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 1, 2019 20:03:35 GMT
I have bought good Mexican wine in Luxembourg. Never seen it in France.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 27, 2019 17:21:57 GMT
I just opened a bottle of Sidi Youssouf Beni M'tir Moroccan red. I've never had this wine before. I hope it isn't a terrible mistake.
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 27, 2019 17:42:07 GMT
I just opened a bottle of Sidi Youssouf Beni M'tir Moroccan red. I've never had this wine before. I hope it isn't a terrible mistake. I'd buy it just for the name.
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Post by bjd on Mar 27, 2019 17:49:13 GMT
I would never buy wine produced in a country where the general culture/religion forbid alcohol. I know it was certainly French colonists who planted grapes in Morocco or Algeria, but they are long gone.
Last wine we had was from Ventoux (Côtes du Rhone), but at 15% it was really strong tasting.
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 27, 2019 17:53:19 GMT
No wonder I can't find a good Iranian red.
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Post by bjd on Mar 27, 2019 17:56:04 GMT
No wonder I can't find a good Iranian red. Blame the mullahs. I understand that old Persian poetry extolled the pleasures of music and wine.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 27, 2019 18:12:20 GMT
Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco make excellent wines, and I think it is all the more important to support their industry. The Moroccan wine that I am drinking tonight is not great but Moroccan Boulaouane, particularly the Boulaouane gris, is outstanding.
I also like Algerian Sidi Brahim, but I saw an example of how France taxes foreign wine the last time I was in Luxembourg. In France Sidi Brahim (obviously not a grand cru, but I like it) costs about 4.50. In Luxembourg it was about 2.70.
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 27, 2019 18:35:20 GMT
No wonder I can't find a good Iranian red. Blame the mullahs. I understand that old Persian poetry extolled the pleasures of music and wine. It’s where Shiraz came from....
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 27, 2019 19:05:02 GMT
At least countries like Syria and Iraq have not banned alcohol because they are not "Islamic republics" and have a non Muslim minority -- just like most of North Africa except for Libya. Even without counting "tourist needs," Egypt has a population of 10% Coptic Christians. Strangely enough, I have never seen Egyptian wine. Maybe you need French, Italian or Spanish colonists for that.
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 27, 2019 19:42:20 GMT
Do you get much Greek wine over there?
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 27, 2019 19:52:38 GMT
I never see Greek wine in France. Mostly, in terms of foreign wine we have Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Algerian, Tunisian, Moroccan, plus a tiny bit of exotic Californian and Chilean. That's why I look at the Australian, South African, Mexican and other things when I go to Luxembourg, which does not discriminate. I even buy Luxembourg wines there. They have amazingly good white wines albeit remarkably weak (10°) and therefore healthier to drink.
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 28, 2019 17:51:21 GMT
I have a Bulgarian merlot to try tonight.
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Post by whatagain on Mar 29, 2019 18:48:51 GMT
Grimbergen blond. Not in a glass. From the bottle. Au goulot as we say.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 29, 2019 18:58:07 GMT
I had a Gamay with dinner -- that is proof of good warm weather in itself.
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Post by whatagain on Mar 31, 2019 20:13:49 GMT
Had a Séguret. The kind you get cheap but good (7-8 €?) and forget in your cellar for 15 years. Now you get a real good one. Still 9 more bottles.
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