I had a $10 Pinotage last night. It had that slight "funk" nose that $75 Burgundy seems to have. In that regard, I would not have noticed the difference. I can see why this is a "value" wine.
WTF? I hope this doesn't have anything to do with a recent long and contentious thread. Hopefully, sleeping dogs will lie.
---------- "Sometimes when I reflect back on all the wine I drink I feel shame. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the vineyards and all of their hopes and dreams . If I didn't drink this wine, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, 'It is better that I drink this wine and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."
- Jack Handy
Posts: 1083 | Location: San Diego | Registered: Jan 17, 2006
Originally posted by Dom'n'Vin'sDad: I like Kirkland Champagne.
Actually, so do I.
---------- "Sometimes when I reflect back on all the wine I drink I feel shame. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the vineyards and all of their hopes and dreams . If I didn't drink this wine, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, 'It is better that I drink this wine and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."
- Jack Handy
Posts: 1083 | Location: San Diego | Registered: Jan 17, 2006
It's funny b/c I never made any connection b/w Pinotage and Pinot Noir. I just heard Pinotage = smokey, and focused on that.
I've been drinking a lot of Burgundy, so I recognized the Pinot Noir "funk" in this Pinotage bottle, I did some reading, and then learned it's a cross b/w Noir and Cinsaut. So, I could not have been too far off base !
I had a bottle of the 2007 Fleur du Cap Pinotage a couple of weeks ago and it made my bottom three wines of the year. Horrible stuff IMHO. This was my first taste of Pinotage, however.
Posts: 52 | Location: Long Beach, CA | Registered: Sep 30, 2004
Originally posted by IsItSnakeOil: No, not a joke. It appears I stumbled into a contentious Pinotage debate?
You will find a lot of pinotage haters here (me for one). I was more referring to your handle/user name.
---------- "Sometimes when I reflect back on all the wine I drink I feel shame. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the vineyards and all of their hopes and dreams . If I didn't drink this wine, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, 'It is better that I drink this wine and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."
- Jack Handy
Posts: 1083 | Location: San Diego | Registered: Jan 17, 2006
WTF? I hope this doesn't have anything to do with a recent long and contentious thread. Hopefully, sleeping dogs will lie.