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    What's your favourite wine?

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    • goosehdG
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      …also bad wine always tastes better when it’s the second bottle. Not going to speak about the 3rd…🤣

      “our policy of no discussions regarding politics, religion, asparagus, and other controversial issues.” - Andrew

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      • endoE
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        Wise words, my friend. 🥂

        si tacuisses

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        • endoE
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          @goosehd said in What's your favourite wine?:

          …when it’s the second bottle.

          here we are …

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          si tacuisses

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          • endoE
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            nice one, while the swordfish sauce simmers

            si tacuisses

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            • Tago MagoT
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              @endo I think we will use our trip to Südtirol in July to fill up on some wine

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              • FOXYF
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                on the controversial topic of white asparagus - please pair with Roero Arneis grape, like from Vietti for example...

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                • endoE
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                  I don't know what's supposed to be controversial about it, but I'll try it.

                  si tacuisses

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                  • goosehdG
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                    @endo …back to white versus green asparagus from the TVAT tour…

                    Something we as mods fully get behind compared to other controversies that pop up on occasion.

                    Edit: forgot the bit about my region’s white asparagus is superior to your region’s white asparagus.

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                    • endoE
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                      @goosehd You don't know what you're talking about, man. Come visit us during Spargelzeit and then you can join the conversation. 😈

                      si tacuisses

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                      • goosehdG
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                        @endo those kinds of words start many fights that can only be settled with drinks and laughter whilst eating good food. I may take you up on that to settle this debate…❤️

                        “our policy of no discussions regarding politics, religion, asparagus, and other controversial issues.” - Andrew

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                        • endoE
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                          @goosehd and we'll skip the asparagus and get straight to the wine, okay? 😊

                          si tacuisses

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                            @endo 😘

                            “our policy of no discussions regarding politics, religion, asparagus, and other controversial issues.” - Andrew

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                            • ROmanR
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                              @goosehd said in What's your favourite wine?:

                              @Chap your Laguiole put a smile on my face.

                              Here’s mine, Laura’s, and her dad’s:

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                              …and corkscrew

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                              I thought @Anesthetist started a thread on interesting bottle openers, I couldn't find it.

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                              • foxy01F
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                                @FOXY said in What's your favourite wine?:

                                on the controversial topic of white asparagus - please pair with Roero Arneis grape, like from Vietti for example...

                                Tibaldi is another good choice…

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                                • foxy01F
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                                  Speaking if (recent) favourite wine bottles we had - went to Greece on vacation around 2014, visited a little wine shop in Athens, had boxes shipped to Berlin, forgot about it and let the bottles rot in the cellar.

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                                  Amazing entertainment in the company of friends (and food) in Scotland…

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                                  • GilesG
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                                    @ROman said in What's your favourite wine?:

                                    I thought @Anesthetist started a thread on interesting bottle openers, I couldn't find it.

                                    https://forum.ironheart.co.uk/topic/18377/bottle-openers-church-keys-and-cap-lifters?_=1779087134509

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                                    • ChrisCC
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                                      @foxy01 Accidentally aged wine is such a serendipitous joy - I got given a couple of bottles of cheap red blend that my gran had never got round to drinking since 2004, and drinking them in 2026 was amazing, really rich almost sherry like flavours from what would have probably been a very mediocre wine back in 2004.

                                      Seems like you had a good time though! What was in the slow cooker?

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                                      • ROmanR
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                                        @foxy01 The grape in the Alfa wine is supposed to be great.

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                                        • FOXYF
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                                          @ChrisC said in What's your favourite wine?:

                                          @foxy01 Accidentally aged wine is such a serendipitous joy - I got given a couple of bottles of cheap red blend that my gran had never got round to drinking since 2004, and drinking them in 2026 was amazing, really rich almost sherry like flavours from what would have probably been a very mediocre wine back in 2004.

                                          Seems like you had a good time though! What was in the slow cooker?

                                          Apologies - still have to sort out my login!

                                          Had very mixed results with cheaper wines & vineyards. there is something to the processing that won't always allow significant improvements...
                                          Had a fun experience when I had to convince my American wife that +10Y for a good Riesling is nothing.

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                                          turned out to be a revelation that one at the time - Clemens Busch drunk in 2018.

                                          This one turned to sherry vinegar by 2023...

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                                          definitely works better with reds - whites and natural wines/orange wines are tricky, to say the least.

                                          got a friend here on the island who is into Chateau Musar, so I brought my stash over - looking forward to cracking open that 1999 white sometime later this year with friends.

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                                          • ChrisCC
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                                            @FOXY Never had an aged Riesling myself but I do really like a nice mineraly Riesling so I am pretty jealous of that one 😃

                                            Less jealous of the sherry vinegar...😅

                                            I can imagine some of those '99s will be excellent, so hope you enjoy 🙂

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