Kosmo Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 The low dollar will make european wines more expansive on the US market. Good time to stock on your favorites. It's also a good time for europeans to shop in the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 The low dollar will make european wines more expansive on the US market. Good time to stock on your favorites. [They have been much too expensive for years.]It's also a good time for europeans to shop in the US. [They are already here en masse.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Manicus Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 The low dollar will make european wines more expansive on the US market. Good time to stock on your favorites.It's also a good time for europeans to shop in the US. I was going to pick up a case of Bud Light on the way home tonight. Does that count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Bud Lite? You barbarian! Old Milwaukee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Manicus Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Bud Lite? You barbarian! Old Milwaukee! I believe the proper name is "Old Swill" That and Black Label were my budget beers of choice back in college. Brrrrrrr ... ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docoflove1974 Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Actually, while many French wines have been (IMO) overpriced, many Spanish and Italian wines have been reasonably priced over the years. For Americans, the best buys right now are South American and Aussie wines...great on the palate, great on the pocketbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Manicus Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Aussie wines...great on the palate, great on the pocketbook. My wife loves Little Penguin Wine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 (edited) Bud Lite? You barbarian! Old Milwaukee! I believe the proper name is "Old Swill" That and Black Label were my budget beers of choice back in college. Brrrrrrr ... ! My Good Man! Some years ago, Old Milwaukee was put up against a gaggle of beers, including such titles as Heineken, by Consumer Reports. Hate to rain on your parade, but O.M. won gulps down. You went to college?, or was it Reform School? Your most obedient servant, Edited December 6, 2007 by Gaius Octavius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Manicus Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 My Good Man! Some years ago, Old Milwaukee was put up against a gaggle of beers, including such titles as Heineken, by Consumer Reports. Hate to rain on your parade, but O.M. won gulps down. You went to college?, or was it Reform School? Your most obedient servant, No doubt they sampled it last and given the mass quantities already consumed during the rest of the taste tests, they were guilty of VUI ... Voting Under the Influence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvadius Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 It is worthwhile buying New World wines only if you are not allergic to the additives they tend to put in them to speed up the process. As we prefer a wine of distinction and smooth to the palate without that risk then we will continue to buy quality wines from France , Italy and Germany with the occasional break out for one of the new English or New World wines that we know are made in the same way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docoflove1974 Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 It is worthwhile buying New World wines only if you are not allergic to the additives they tend to put in them to speed up the process. As we prefer a wine of distinction and smooth to the palate without that risk then we will continue to buy quality wines from France , Italy and Germany with the occasional break out for one of the new English or New World wines that we know are made in the same way I wasn't aware of 'additive' being put in many wines. Could you elaborate a bit more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 (edited) Sulfides. Remember the Algerian and Kali4kneeya scandals of some time back? Edited December 6, 2007 by Gaius Octavius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvadius Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Sulfides. Remember the Algerian and Kali4kneeya scandals of some time back? That is the problem with most of the New World wines and why we generally won't touch them. Luckily it is usually possible to smell the vile stuff as soon as the bottle is opened but that doesn't help if you only realise after you have bought the bottle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docoflove1974 Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Oh. To be honest, I have never paid attention to sulfides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 (edited) Sulfides. Remember the Algerian and Kali4kneeya scandals of some time back? That is the problem with most of the New World wines and why we generally won't touch them. Luckily it is usually possible to smell the vile stuff as soon as the bottle is opened but that doesn't help if you only realise after you have bought the bottle. As to the Algerian wine, it had been dumped into a very well respected French wine for decades. Somehow, the French government caught up with it. The Kali squeezings were shown to be half and half and not the proper variety they were supposed to be. Austrian wines are supposed to be full of sulfides. After WWII, in Italy, people sold 'chianti' from their Vespas. No grape squeezings in it at all! I am waiting for some good old Brookfordshiresexingham home squeezings to reappear. Edited December 6, 2007 by Gaius Octavius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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