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Wine Review

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OSUsushichic;761380; said:
Thump, I saw a commercial for Fisheye Box Wine last night.

Give it a try and report back to us. :p

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Does that box say, "Fresh wine anytime, no tool required?"

I don't like this at all.

How am I gonna get to play with my giant corkscrew?
 
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ArtilleryBuck;397165; said:
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[FONT=tahoma,arial,verdana,geneva,helvetica,sans-serif]Cisco[/FONT]
[FONT=tahoma,arial,verdana,geneva,helvetica,sans-serif]18% alc. by vol.[/FONT]

[FONT=tahoma,arial,verdana,geneva,helvetica,sans-serif]Cisco is bottled by the nation's second largest wine company, Canandaigua Wine Co., in Canandaigua, NY and Naples, NY - the same company as Wild Irish Rose. [/FONT]

[FONT=tahoma,arial,verdana,geneva,helvetica,sans-serif]Known as "liquid crack," for its reputation for wreaking more mental havoc than the cheapest tequila. Something in this syrupy hooch seems to have a synapse-blasting effect not unlike low-grade cocaine. The label insists that the ingredients are merely "citrus wine & grape wine with artificial flavor & artificial color," but anyone who has tried it knows better. Tales of Cisco-induced semi-psychotic fits are common. Often, people on a Cisco binge end up curled into a fetal ball, shuddering and muttering paranoid rants. Nudity and violence may well be involved too. Everyone who drinks this feels great at first, and claims, "It's not bad at all, I like it." But, you really do not want to mess around with this one, because they all sing a different tune a few minutes later. And by tune, I mean the psychotic ramblings of a raging naked bum. [/FONT]

[FONT=tahoma,arial,verdana,geneva,helvetica,sans-serif]In 1991, Cisco's tendency to cause a temporary form of inebriated insanity led the Federal Trade Commission to require its bottlers to print a warning on the label (above right). The FTC also forced them to drop their marketing slogan, "Takes You by Surprise," even though it was entirely accurate. Since those days, Cisco is harder to find outside the slums, although the FTC's demonizing of the drink only bolstered its reputation for getting people trashed. Anyone who overlooks the warning and confuses this with a casual wine cooler is going to get more than they bargained for. Cisco will make a new man out of you. And he wants some too. [/FONT]

[FONT=tahoma,arial,verdana,geneva,helvetica,sans-serif]Our research shows that Cisco is actually the second best tasting of the five great bum wines, especially if you're having one of those hankerings for cheap Vodka, Jello and Robitussin. We must also note that Cisco is the best of all 5 bum wines at putting the darkest and puffiest bags under your eyes. The nuclear-tinted color of "Cisco RED" is reminiscent of diesel fuel. Most Cisco flavors are named by the fruit flavor that they are trying to emulate, but the one picture is simply called "RED." This chemical disaster will get your head spinning in no time. A test subject reports, "Strawberry Cisco has a bouquet similar to that of Frankenberry cereal fermented in wine cooler with added sprinkle of brandy for presentation." The sticky, sickingly sweet taste with a hint of antifreeze really comes through in the repellant taste of Cisco. Avaliable in various flavors, 375 mL and 750mL sizes. Down a whole 750 mL and you had better be ready to clear your calendar as you suffer through Cisco's legendary 2 day hangover.[/FONT]
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I was so crazy fucked up on Cisco one night I put my fist through a glass door. I don't know how many I drank but it was enough to totally black-out. Stay the fuck away from that shit.
 
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tibor75;761387; said:
Etude
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I just had one called "Queen of Hearts" the other night that was good . . . and Pinot tends not to be my favorite kind of wine.

http://www.llwine.com/Default.asp?Page=123

We got a gift of this (2001 Wolf Hill pinot) from friends in Oregon that is REALLY good, but as you can see it's $28 a bottle on the closeout sale, which is about three times what we usually spend for home drinking:

http://www.eolahillswinery.com/Discount_Oregon_Wine_Specials.html
 
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I'm bottling my fall batch next weekend.

We're trying a homemade Riesling. I don't know how it will turn out. I generally only like German Rieslings, especially those from the Mosul area. Oregon or northern Cali Rieslings don't have the flavor that the German brands do, which is the crux of buying that type of wine in the first place.

I'm also bottling a Valpolicella.
 
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OSUsushichic;561761; said:
The San Fran Chronicle (duh) has a great wine section: http://sfgate.com/wine/

Also, shameless plug...

http://winetasters.blogspot.com/
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I'd missed this previously, but I checked out your blog today. Good stuff, and I've bookmarked it for future reference. My wife and I have also been to Artesa and Hess. We bought the cheap tasting at Hess, but the guy poured us everything . . . and some of it was really good. What great places. You should do the Schramsberg champagne cave tour the next time you go to Napa if haven't done it already.
 
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Jagdaddy;761568; said:
I'd missed this previously, but I checked out your blog today. Good stuff, and I've bookmarked it for future reference. My wife and I have also been to Artesa and Hess. We bought the cheap tasting at Hess, but the guy poured us everything . . . and some of it was really good. What great places. You should do the Schramsberg champagne cave tour the next time you go to Napa if haven't done it already.
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Thanks for checking out the blog!

Artesa and Hess were the highlight of our trip. Very beautiful wineries, and their wines are fabulous. We got the premium tasting at Hess, but the guy poured us much more as well. We had a great experience there. And right right now on our wine rack we have 3 bottles of Artesa merlot (one of them is the Reserve), Artesa Elements (blend), and Artesa Sauvigon Blanc Reserve. :)

We will definitely try the champagne cave when we go back!
 
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tsteele316;761565; said:
I'm bottling my fall batch next weekend.

We're trying a homemade Riesling. I don't know how it will turn out. I generally only like German Rieslings, especially those from the Mosul area. Oregon or northern Cali Rieslings don't have the flavor that the German brands do, which is the crux of buying that type of wine in the first place.

I'm also bottling a Valpolicella.
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How do you get your juice?
 
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