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Friday 181: Half-Cut In A Wine Bar
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| SYSTEM-J |
| I'll do the honours for the first time, since none of you ers have. Currently drinking beautiful French natural wine at £9 a glass (ouch). What are you all up to? |
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| Trance-M |
Ha ha, I was waiting for someone to do it, while doing some Discogging :)
£9 a glass? Well it's alright if it's half a liter glass :)
I visited my godchild this afternoon with my son and daughter. She's still small, 3 kg now and doing fine.
Football match tomorrow morning, seeing my folks, and visiting friends on Sunday.
Next week we have holidays, but my wife has to work for two days. We'll visit the theme park Phantasialand in Germany on Tuesday.
O, and I should do the lawn... |
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| Silky Johnson |
Forgive the stupid question, but what is natural wine?
Beautiful fall weather and the apex of the the foliage changing colours. So will def get out for some nice walks if it doesn't rain.
Might head out for drinks tomorrow with my gf for the first time in 2 years. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| Basically it's wine made from grapes grown without pesticides, intensive farming methods, etc. They plant the vines and let whatever weeds, insects and whatever else live alongside them. It's better for the environment and also results in a less controlled flavour. Some of them taste really weird and unpleasant, but you get greater variety of flavour. Most "normal" wines are actually very carefully controlled products, all the methodology around them is very modern and untraditional. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| Interesting. Pretty obvious but I've never actually thought about it before. |
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| LoveHate |
avec toi je suis moi
been teaching myself french using this app called duolingo , doubt ill become fluent, but if i can watch a few vincent cassel movies ill be content....
becoming a professional football player is out of the question, but atleast i can still learn a new language !! |
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| Jon_Snow |
What you call a $9 “natural” glass of wine...
pretentious |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Basically it's wine made from grapes grown without pesticides, intensive farming methods, etc. They plant the vines and let whatever weeds, insects and whatever else live alongside them. It's better for the environment and also results in a less controlled flavour. Some of them taste really weird and unpleasant, but you get greater variety of flavour. Most "normal" wines are actually very carefully controlled products, all the methodology around them is very modern and untraditional. |
I didn't actually know about this either, and I do love my wine. Perhaps not a thing from Australian wineries (which wouldn't surprise me), or I just haven't done my research (that would surprise me even less).
Now I must try. Recommendations?
Nine quid a glass though :wtf: |
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| SYSTEM-J |
It's a worldwide thing. I expect it will be the next hipster drinking trend. I don't know what import wines you get down under, so it's hard to recommend something. I'm sure if you go to a decent wine shop and ask they will have some examples.
Some of them are weird as though. They can be really cloudy, fizzy or very "planty" in flavour. One of the big draws is how varied they can be, because there's less intervention in the process, but some are just weird in my opinion. I'd definitely recommend asking for something "not too crazy" when you start. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| I'm very curious now! Looks like there is a small selection at my local liquor store, totally gonna try some! |
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| planetaryplayer |
| i have a wine tasting certification |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
It's a worldwide thing. I expect it will be the next hipster drinking trend. I don't know what import wines you get down under, so it's hard to recommend something. I'm sure if you go to a decent wine shop and ask they will have some examples.
Some of them are weird as though. They can be really cloudy, fizzy or very "planty" in flavour. One of the big draws is how varied they can be, because there's less intervention in the process, but some are just weird in my opinion. I'd definitely recommend asking for something "not too crazy" when you start. |
Alright, cool. I'm definitely going to check this out, it sounds really interesting. |
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