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I gave up drinking ...

beer yesterday and started drinking wine instead.

It pairs well with my addiction to hummus. I was working on a cab last night. Can't wait to get back at it again when I get home from work

Have you tried adding olives and cheese into the mix? Fish goes great with wine, as well. And chocolate.

Cheese is a natural, I'm more inclined to pair olives with mixed drinks (maybe white wine), chocolate just seems like bad coordination.

My girlfriend is a sommelier, so all I hear about is wine. Now I know what it must feel like when people who don't care about music have to listen to me.

I must admit, though, I've learned that wine is actually great. It's the only type of alcohol I actually enjoy drinking and tasting, rather than just throwing down my neck to get myself fucked up.

Chocolate is a terrible pairing with wine, though. Anything sweet ruins the taste of wine immediately. There's a reason dessert wine exists.

Chocolate/desert is optional, really. I usually only have it if I'm already somewhat hammered and still hungry.

I don't know what you mean by "dessert wine," but if I'm having something sweet, it doesn't go down bad with dry, red wine. I suppose if you're into sweet or white wine (which is usually sweet), then I definitely don't see adding sweets into the mix a preferable choice.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dessert_wine

I don't know what things taste like in your mouth, but dry red with anything sweet is a cardinal sin (pun unintended, but gladly retained). It immediately ruins the taste of the wine. I have to thoroughly rinse my palate if I'm following chocolate with wine, otherwise I might as well tip the glass down the sink and proceed straight to swilling battery acid.

This is not me being a wine snob, because I freely admit my palate is poorly developed, but just bitter experience. And emphasis on the "bitter".

Well, like I said - the sweets are only considered once I'm already somewhat hammered and still hungry. At that point, I'm no longer drinking the wine so much for the taste.

When I was younger, I'd drink wine mainly for the taste, but now it's often an accompaniment to a pleasant meal. I don't really drink nowadays just for the sake of drinking or tasting. That'll probably change if I start feeling better.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dessert_wine

Yeah, as I said, I don't do sweet wine. Never been my thang. I did enjoy white wine a few times, I think it was either with fish or with steak. Otherwise, I only do dry red, nowadays.

I'm mostly a wine drinker these days too, though I do like a good beer now and then. For most of the year I tend to drink white wine, because it's so fucking hot here and I just want a cold refreshing drink. More reds in the winter time though. Gimme dat Shiraz.

How in your right mind do you give up beer altogether?

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Originally posted by AlphaStarred How in your right mind do you give up beer altogether?

Is this question directed at me? I said I enjoy a beer now and then.

Yeah, I've mostly gone over to wines too. The only downside to it is that they tend to give me splitting headaches.

Totally worth it, though.

TA discovers middle age.

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Originally posted by Vector A TA discovers middle age.

Totally

I was born middle aged.

I'm drinking a beer as we speak.

I like wine too.

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Originally posted by Sushipunk Is this question directed at me? I said I enjoy a beer now and then.

No, it was directed to the OP.

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Originally posted by AlphaStarred No, it was directed to the OP.

Cool. It was right under my post with no mention of anyone else

never gets old.

I just can't like beer. Or wine. Or any fermented beverage with alcohol, really.

I mean, if I can't add sugar and milk, it'd better be vodka

i have substance abuse issues so drink wine during the working week as you can get a little buzz without waking up the following morning wanting to kill yourself. well you know, more than usual i mean.

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Originally posted by AlphaStarred No, it was directed to the OP.

Don't fret girl, I could be back on beer as early as next week. Besides who could make it through the summer without a cold beer (besides lira of course)

Coming from a family of wine fans, I've got quite the taste for it, but unfortunately more than two glasses of red will leave me feeling terrible the next morning, so I do that rarely. My girlfriend isn't overly keen on wine, so I probably only drink it at home a couple times a month - mostly drink whisky, gin, or beer. Though when I'm going out, I also mostly stick to whisky, gin, and beer, hah, unless I'm with other people who like wine and don't mind going in for a nice bottle.

Really been cutting down on my drinking overall, though, the past several months - only a couple on weekdays, unless I'm going out with friends.

I switched to wine to lose weight. It sucks, because it is 3 times the price of back home here.

What wine pairs well with Kung Pow Chicken?

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Originally posted by Lews I also mostly stick to whisky...and beer

same, always a good combo.

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Originally posted by Jon_Snow What wine pairs well with Kung Pow Chicken?

Beer.

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