All About Wines

[Neutrino]

Thks. Maybe I bring some back when I visit Seville next mth, if can persuade my friends to help carry.

Renting car fr Lisbon, drive to Seville & return in Lisbon. Not a fan of Portugese port wine.

 

You've prolly planned your itinery already but two tips for Lisbon:

 

-the Number 28 tram is a great ride and takes you within a short walk of St George's castle with great views

 

 

-free walking tours are well worth it even though you should give a tip at the end.

 

Seville has the most impressive cathedral I've seen and a walk to the top of the tower gives great views.

Seville does smell a bit like Lombok.

 

But Portugal is a great place for a holiday.

 

Oh yeah BBQd sardines are my favourite but the missus always goes for the sea bass which is a different shape, texture and flavour to the sea bass we get here.

 

Vinho Verdi is a great drink with fish and not too strong, 11% iirc.

Edited May 14, 2019 by Neutrino

[TameDriver]

You've prolly planned your itinery already but two tips for Lisbon:

 

-the Number 28 tram is a great ride and takes you within a short walk of St George's castle with great views

 

 

-free walking tours are well worth it even though you should give a tip at the end.

 

Seville has the most impressive cathedral I've seen and a walk to the top of the tower gives great views.

Seville does smell a bit like Lombok.

 

But Portugal is a great place for a holiday.

 

Oh yeah BBQd sardines are my favourite but the missus always goes for the sea bass which is a different shape, texture and flavour to the sea bass we get here.

 

Vinho Verdi is a great drink with fish and not too strong, 11% iirc.

Appreciate ur helpful tips. Thanks.

Haven't gotten down to planning of nitty gritty details yet.

[Neutrino]

Appreciate ur helpful tips. Thanks.

Haven't gotten down to planning of nitty gritty details yet.

 

I meant to include this link

https://lisbonlisboaportugal.com/lisbon-transport/lisbon-tram-28.html

 

which gives a lot of info.

 

We stayed in an AirBnB apartment on Praça Martim Moniz which looked directly at the Castelo St George and from which you could see the start point of Tram 28, so it was easy for us to judge the sometimes long queue for the tram and make our way to it when there was no queue.

 

Also in the street just behind our apartment we found Solar 31 da Calçada which was a great sea food restaurant, very stylish but very easy going.  It was here my missus ate the Sea Bass.  Unluckily we only found it on our last night otherwise we'd have eaten there more often.

[TameDriver]

I meant to include this link

https://lisbonlisboaportugal.com/lisbon-transport/lisbon-tram-28.html

 

which gives a lot of info.

 

We stayed in an AirBnB apartment on Praça Martim Moniz which looked directly at the Castelo St George and from which you could see the start point of Tram 28, so it was easy for us to judge the sometimes long queue for the tram and make our way to it when there was no queue.

 

Also in the street just behind our apartment we found Solar 31 da Calçada which was a great sea food restaurant, very stylish but very easy going. It was here my missus ate the Sea Bass. Unluckily we only found it on our last night otherwise we'd have eaten there more often.

Wah, I must make it a point to dine at the seafood restaurant.

I can afford to drink to my heart's content this trip becos I'm not able to drive due to an Aircast Boot on my Rt foot.

Edited May 14, 2019 by TameDriver

[Jamesc]

A lucky customer at a steakhouse was mistakenly given a £4,500 bottle of wine in a costly mix-up.

 

 

 

 

An unwitting member of staff delivered the pricey bottle to the table after the customer ordered a bottle worth £260.

 

However, the diner was none the wiser and happily drank the much pricier bottle, reports Mirror Online .

 

On Twitter, the restaurant said "mistakes happen" and hoped the customer enjoyed their evening.

 

The bottle they had originally ordered was the Chateau Pichon Longueville Contesse de Lalande 2001, which is also a Bordeaux.

 

Instead they were served a Chateau le Pin Pomerol 2001 which is available online for figures of around £2,000 but can cost double that when served at a restaurant.

 

 

Restaurant Hawksmoor in Manchester tweeted about the mix up this morning (May 16) but told the member of staff who gave it away to keep their chin up.

They wrote: "To the customer who accidentally got given a bottle of Chateau le Pin Pomerol 2001, which is £4500 on our menu, last night - hope you enjoyed your evening!

 

"To the member of staff who accidentally gave it away, chin up! One-off mistakes happen and we love you anyway.

 

[Angcheek]

To: Admin, you may delete if you find the post irrelevant.

 

Hello everyone! Just to share. Mid-week call to check on your re-stock for wines. Enjoy $20 savings on our top 10 best selling wines at https://werone.shop/collections/wine, use code: SAVE20 upon check-out.

 

I saw ur page . You have many things in there . what is your main target ? 

 

Most of the brand also very new . maybe only to me . 

[Angcheek]

Hello! If you meant the website, the main target group was the mummies, supplementing with fashion and lifestyle products. If you meant about the page, these 10 best selling wines are only available at certain restaurants and exclusively to purchase them online at werone.shop for now. :) Do give this brand Red Wine Botas de Barro Rioja 2016 a try, it's really good! 

 

oh i see ... mummies . no wonder so new to me . I havent give birth b4 .     

 

I see what the rest guru here say abt the wine .....    im still a infant 

[Atonchia]

I saw ur page . You have many things in there . what is your main target ?

 

Most of the brand also very new . maybe only to me .

All like quite boutique brands.

Case of 6 average at $200 plus to $250 so around $35 to $40 plus range.

 

Quite hard to know the quality unless really try them. Or know the region and winery style very well.

[Angcheek]

All like quite boutique brands.

Case of 6 average at $200 plus to $250 so around $35 to $40 plus range.

 

Quite hard to know the quality unless really try them. Or know the region and winery style very well.

 

oh just noticed his post gone ..........    

[Atonchia]

If it's not a Red Wine or White wine.

What other colour can be wine be?

 

Pink wine or ROSE WINE.

Not Rose but "Ro Zey"

 

 

From Wikipedia:

 

A rosé (from French rosé; also known as rosado in Portuguese and Spanish-speaking countries and rosato in Italy) is a type of wine that incorporates some of the color from the grape skins, but not enough to qualify it as a red wine. It may be the oldest known type of wine, as it is the most straightforward to make with the skin contact method. The pink color can range from a pale "onion-skin" orange to a vivid near-purple, depending on the varietals used and winemaking techniques. There are three major ways to produce rosé wine: skin contact, saignée, and blending. Rosé wines can be made still, semi-sparkling or sparkling and with a wide range of sweetness levels from highly dry Provençal rosé to sweet White Zinfandels and blushes. Rosé wines are made from a wide variety of grapes and can be found all around the globe

 

 

 

From Winefolly:

 

Rosé happens when the skins of red grapes touch wine for only a short time. Where some red wines ferment for weeks at a time on red grape skins, rosé wines are stained red for just a few hours. The winemaker has complete control over the color of the wine, and removes the red grape skins (the source of the red pigment) when the wine reaches the perfect color. As you can imagine, nearly any red wine grape (from Cabernet Sauvignon to Syrah) can be used to make rosé wine, however there are several common styles and grapes that are preferred for rosé.

 

 

The primary flavors of rosé wine are red fruit, flowers, citrus, and melon, with a pleasant crunchy green flavor on the finish similar to celery or rhubarb. Of course, depending on the type of grape the rosé wine is made with will greatly vary the flavor. For example, a deeply-colored Italian Aglianico rosé–rosé is called “Rosato” in Italy,– will offer up cherry and orange zest flavors, and a pale-colored Grenache rosé from Provence in France will taste of honeydew melon, lemon and celery.

 

 

  How is Rosé Wine Made

There are 3 primary ways to make rosé wine and the most common way is illustrated in the graphic below.

 

Maceration Method

The maceration method is when red wine grapes are let to rest, or macerate, in the juice for a period of time and afterward the entire batch of juice is finished into a rosé wine. The maceration method is the probably the most common type of rosé we see available and is used in regions like Provence and Languedoc-Roussillon, France where rosé is as important as red or white wine.

 

 

Saignée or “Bled” Method

The Saignée (“San-yay”) method is when during the first few hours of making a red wine, some of the juice is bled off and put into a new vat to make rosé. This method is very common in wine regions that make fine red wines such as Napa and Sonoma. The purpose of bleeding off the juice not only produces a lovely rosé but it also concentrates the red wines’ intensity. Saignée wines are pretty rare, due to the production method and often will make up only about 10% or less, of a winery’s production.

 

 

 

Blending Method

The blending method is when a little bit of red wine is added to a vat of white wine to make rosé. It doesn’t take much red wine to dye a white wine pink, so usually these wines will have up to 5% or so, of a red wine added. This method is very uncommon with still rosé wines but happens much more in sparkling wine regions such as Champagne. An example of a very fine wine made with this technique is Ruinart’s rosé Champagne, which is primarily Chardonnay with a smidgen of red Pinot Noir blended in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ct3833]

I am not advertising for them but in case anyone is keen.  

 

https://straitswine.com/collections/100-off?sort_by=created-ascending

[Ct3833]

2018 Bordeaux is a good year for grapes, this is one rare year after 2016, before that was 2009. anyone start collecting ? Any thoughts and knowledge would be appreciated.

[Atonchia]

2018 Bordeaux is a good year for grapes, this is one rare year after 2016, before that was 2009. anyone start collecting ? Any thoughts and knowledge would be appreciated.

 

Ok, now you've made a very intriguing statement.

 

 

 

I always wanted to know.

How does one define a good year?

How does one define a bad or average year?

[Ct3833]

Ok, now you've made a very intriguing statement.

 

 

 

I always wanted to know.

How does one define a good year?

How does one define a bad or average year?

Hi, so take for example Bordeaux, it is know that good years are 1995, 2005, 2009/10, 2016.

2018 rating starting to get rolled out, it is a year that the market begin to give very good comments. You can search for wine spectator marking, wines that are produced from those years are in the high end 90s rating, no other years could go this high. And of course, price of wine around these years can be very expensive. Again for example, try searching for 1995 wine from Bordeaux and compare with other years you will be able to tell.

[Mustank]

https://youtu.be/0RrtY2lpf40

 

This beer not bad

[Freeder]

Classic in the making... customer say one

Edited July 8, 2019 by Freeder

[Lala81]

Classic in the making... customer say one

[Angcheek]

Classic in the making... customer say one