Thread: 1985 Corvo Duca Enrico Rosso

Bi!! wrote:
> VA with no redeeming features...down the drain...yuck. What I do in
> the name of wine astounds me sometimes.

That latter statement could very well be the winegeek's credo (or
epitaph), Bill. Well said!

Mark Lipton

On Jan 12, 11:16*pm, Mark Lipton <not...@eudrup.ude> wrote:
> Bi!! wrote:
> > VA with no redeeming features...down the drain...yuck. *What I do in
> > the name of wine astounds me sometimes.
>
> That latter statement could very well be the winegeek's credo (or
> epitaph), Bill. *Well said!
>
> Mark Lipton

LOL! If you think of all the "off the wall" things that you've done
for a glass of wine over the years they really add up to a sizeable
portfolio of lunacy. I've driven hundreds of miles out of the way to
visit some"mythical" wine maker only to find plonk or a nutcase. I've
walked dozens and dozens and dozens of vineyards in searing heat or
driving rain, scaled small mountains or walked miles through poison
ivy to see a vineyard that a vintner insists will make a difference in
my understanding of their wines only to see...grapevines and dirt or
mud. I have sat through incredibly boring flights of uninteresing,
pedestrian table wines to get a taste of some promised magic elixer
only to find that the elixer is sold out. I have a cupboard full of
the obligatory "free" glasses after paying a $20 tasting fee at a Napa
winery to taste through their line-up only to find that they are not
pouring the one wine you really wanted to try because the price puts
it at a point where you won't buy until you taste. And, I quit
counting the hundreds and hundreds of glasses of extraordinarily
average fermented grape juice to find that one magic moment that makes
it all worth it.

On Jan 13, 8:48*am, "Bi!!" <rvwr...@aol.com> wrote:
> On Jan 12, 11:16*pm, Mark Lipton <not...@eudrup.ude> wrote:
>
> > Bi!! wrote:
> > > VA with no redeeming features...down the drain...yuck. *What I do in
> > > the name of wine astounds me sometimes.
>
> > That latter statement could very well be the winegeek's credo (or
> > epitaph), Bill. *Well said!
>
> > Mark Lipton
>
> LOL! *If you think of all the "off the wall" things that you've done
> for a glass of wine over the years they really add up to a sizeable
> portfolio of lunacy. *I've driven hundreds of miles out of the way to
> visit some"mythical" wine maker only to find plonk or a nutcase. *I've
> walked dozens and dozens and dozens of vineyards in searing heat or
> driving rain, scaled small mountains or walked miles through poison
> ivy to see a vineyard that a vintner insists will make a difference in
> my understanding of their wines only to see...grapevines and dirt or
> mud. *I have sat through incredibly boring flights of uninteresing,
> pedestrian table wines to get a taste of some promised magic elixer
> only to find that the elixer is sold out. *I have a cupboard full of
> the obligatory "free" glasses after paying a $20 tasting fee at a Napa
> winery to taste through their line-up only to find that they are not
> pouring the one wine you really wanted to try because the price puts
> it at a point where you won't buy until you taste. *And, I quit
> counting the hundreds and hundreds of glasses of extraordinarily
> average fermented grape juice to find that one magic moment that makes
> it all worth it.

Wow, that's the truth. I have never thought of the ridiculous lengths
and dead end roads I have gone down to taste a wine someone told me
was great only to find out it wasn't even close and, in some instances
was some of the worst things I have ever put in my mouth. On the other
hand, my wife and two other friends and I got drunk with David Bruce
with several of his library wines because we called and got him on the
telephone personally on a whim.