A Good Deal on Wine
Tuesday, 24. July 2007, 05:09:46
Don't get us wrong. We are not alcoholic!! Are we?! Oh, dear.
My husband and I have had great companions - bottles of wine these several days. I've never been good at wine tasting. Sorry, there are no fancy words or professional review from me on these three bottles. What I am trying to say is I got a great deal on purchasing them at one Longs Drug store near by; each bottle only cost $6.99. Three of Beringer's (Founders' Estate) are very tasty as far as I can tell. I regret for not buying several more bottles. Too bad, they are not on sale anymore.
The lighter red wine - Pinot Noir is my favorite one. Lovely smell and freshness. I am not sure if synthetic corks on Beringer's are environmental friendly comparing to the traditional wood cork. Some people think synthetic ones can avoid ruining the taste of wine, which makes sense to me; those tinny pieces of corks floating in our wine glasses would be nasty. Please drop me a line if you know more about synthetic corks. I am just going to enjoy our wine now. A toast to everyone!
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lsaplai # 25. July 2007, 00:31
As for synthetic corks, as for the re-birth of screw-tops, I personally believe (haven't done any research to back-up my hypothesis) that it's more an economical factor: I suspect cock-oak is becoming rare and it's more and more expensive to produce real cork. As the worldwide production of wine has increased in the past couple of decades, it makes sense to me to use alternative material for locking the ordinary stuff into the bottle. Only the best wines deserve the real stuff!
Joymeng # 25. July 2007, 00:41
hitesha # 25. July 2007, 07:30
But my recent visit to a vineyard here in India did enlightenme a bit further on the corks.
To replicate the oak-corks, the people here use a Malaysian Timber which is more easily available, lighter than the authentic cork.. but does not crumble into pieces when you try to get it open..
The wisest choice to use on ageing wines still remains the oak-cork.. especially wines which date back 10 years or more..
I oculd go on forever about wines...
Cheers!
Joymeng # 25. July 2007, 18:31
Thank you for visiting and wine related tips. Now, I know more about different types of corks and will put new knowledge into my consideration for next wine purchase. Glad to know you love wine; I like drinking wine and Scotch but am extremely lazy to remember all different names, grape types and origins of production, which could get me hang over without even a sip. Ha...