The Official Wine Thread

[Omega Male]

Interesting deep dive into wine counterfeiting.

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[Omega Male]

This one seems genuine.

 

[ericgereghty]

Miss you F***ers. Back on my bullshit once I get back from vacation…much tequila to be had in the interim.

 

[NJE66]

This one seems genuine.

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Best non-vintage rosé out there if you ask me my man. As good as it gets

Vintage 2010 here

 

[Piobaire]

Some recent.

 

[jbarwick]

Been on vacation for a bit but have been drinking. Here is tonight

 

[jcman311]

Been on vacation for a bit but have been drinking. Here is tonight

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Thats one of my FIL go-tos in summer.

 

[jbarwick]

Thats one of my FIL go-tos in summer.

Was a Total Wine purchase and surprisingly really good for the <$20 BtL price

 

[cocostella]

Loving all the Viognier and champs. This here bottle is absolutely delicious. About to put the flank steak on the grill…

 

[NJE66]

Viognier deserve more love, definitely.

Barolo for monday

 

[edmorel]

Interesting deep dive into wine counterfeiting.

Counterfeit Wine, Spirits, and Cheese | Recorded Future

Is what you're consuming genuine? Explore the evolving trillion-dollar criminal landscape of Counterfeit Wine, Spirits, and Cheese products – that pass as real.

www.recordedfuture.com

Cheese seems like such an odd thing to counterfeit.

"guys, I have a great new scam for us, counterfeit cheese!"

" , ah ok, what do we do?"

"We gather up some cows/sheep, milk them, pasteurize the milk, then cool the milk, then we add starter and non-starter bacteria and ripen, next add renet and form curd, then we cut curd and heat, drain the whey, texture the curd, brine, form the cheese into blocks, store/age it and finally, package/wax it and we are golden!"

" jeez, sounds like a lot of work, what are we wholesaling this for, $5-$10k a kilo?

"$7 bucks!"

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[erictheobscure]

Back to the wine wasteland of PA after five weeks in L.A. It unexpectedly turned into a summer of drinking wines from Vini, Viti, Vinci—a negociant French oldhipster winemaker’s label. Don’t think most people in this thread are into the natural (yeah yeah meaningless) wine thing, but this stuff was delicious to us.

 

[edmorel]

Back to the wine wasteland of PA after five weeks in L.A. It unexpectedly turned into a summer of drinking wines from Vini, Viti, Vinci—a negociant French oldhipster winemaker’s label. Don’t think most people in this thread are into the natural (yeah yeah meaningless) wine thing, but this stuff was delicious to us.

I’ve gotten into natural sparklers like Pet Nat’s. It’s all I’ve been drinking this summer.

 

[erictheobscure]

I’ve gotten into natural sparklers like Pet Nat’s. It’s all I’ve been drinking this summer.

Went to a hipster wine store to buy some sparkling stuff for a dinner at a friend's place. And apparently, the natural wine scene has progressed to grape + fruit combos? I really thought the clerk was trying to sell me some swill but I bought some grape + peach sparkling wine and it was... pretty good? Didn't taste like peach and was surprisingly acidic as well as dry.

 

[Piobaire]

Wow, Justin Smith (Saxum) really bumped some prices. Grabbed six each of Paderewski Vineyard, The Hexe, Rocket Block, and Heartstone.