What's in your glass tonight?

[benarnold]

A 2009 cranberry mead, very light and quaffable.

[NorthernWiner]

2007 Louis M. Martini Cabernet. I am impressed. A cheap (£8) but wonderful wine.

I've been reading how 2007 was a banner year for California wines - even the inexpensive ones - and this one seems to prove the point.

[ms67]

I've been reading how 2007 was a banner year for California wines - even the inexpensive ones - and this one seems to prove the point.

pm'd you for a cali wine tip please

in my glass, pineapple wine number 1, loving having an easy drinking, good tasting, fast brewing & maturing, cheap and easy to make wine.

[spritzer]

Merlot tonight
Sorry.. I cant remember who made it.
Actually, I made it.... but cant remember, which brand, if you know what I mean
I just know, I am drinking it
Its been a long working week for me
All done now

[lockwood1956]

I'm drinking the 04 fruit cocktail for a 2nd night in a row, very smooth stuff, (I was worried it may have gone past it's best....but it hasn't)

[wurzel]

2008 beetroot wine.....it is not smooth, it is not subtle, but by God it is strong!

Half a bottle and it feels like I have been hit with a sledgehammer.

Not that I have been hit with a sledgehammer, you understand but this stuff should have a health warning

[Duffbeer]

Fresh gooseberry from Sept 09, a tad sharp & acidic, think it needs blending, hmmm down the cellar to look for something else I think.

[lockwood1956]

For those of you unsure as to what happens next.....

Karl will bring another wine up from the cellar, blend it with the gooseberry, make a drinkable wine, and then drink both bottles

[lockwood1956]

Just kidding..

but it is a great opportunity to experiment when you open a bottle you arent keen on........NEVER throw it out, even if you re-cork it and bung it in the fridge to experiment with later, it's amazing how a few "tweaks" can recover a lost wine

[lockwood1956]

Tonight I'm drinking a Commercial Pinot Grigio (Linotti....half price at Tescos...£4 )

feels a bit like a gooseberry wine, really quite sharp, and not degassed

[ukric]

I'm drinking the 04 fruit cocktail for a 2nd night in a row, very smooth stuff, (I was worried it may have gone past it's best....but it hasn't)

You weren't drinking at 8am were you?

[Duffbeer]

For those of you unsure as to what happens next.....

Karl will bring another wine up from the cellar, blend it with the gooseberry, make a drinkable wine, and then drink both bottles

Correct indeed Sir, the blending is fun, though I don't need an exuse for the second bottle I think the Gooseberry is probably OK, but I had a Greggs pastie earlier & it's playing havoc with the old stomach acid/heartburn, a teaspoon of precipitated chalk should do the trick...

Though it tastes awful

[lockwood1956]

Though it tastes awful

the wine?
the Pasty?
or the Chalk?

[NorthernWiner]

Mmmmm.... pasties. Best hangover food there is.


It's not officially "tonight" yet here, but a work colleague traded me a couple of bottles of Ridge Zinfandel for two of my homemades (sucker! ). One of them will definitely be in my glass tonight.

[Rich]

the wine?
the Pasty?
or the Chalk?

A chalky pasty wine? no wonder it'll need blending. Maybe a peppery tomato sauce wine would go well with it.


Just some Bernard dark lager in my glass tonight.