[ale] OT (way out there): switching from beer to wine....

[Adrin]

I hear smoking helps cover the taste also.   I don't smoke though.

Adrin


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Benjamin Scherrey [mailto:scherrey at proteus-tech.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 2:56 PM
> To: ale at ale.org; John Wells
> Subject: Re: [ale] OT (way out there): switching from beer to wine....
> 
> 
> John -
> 
> 	Although I think many will take it as sacrilege that you'd discuss 
> abandoning beer (which 
> is full of vitimans and minerals btw and safer than water) for wine but I 
> happen to like wine very 
> much and can only tolerate a few beers. The focus from the health people seems 
> to be on red 
> wines which the most famous seems to be the cabernet. This is also one of the 
> harshest and more 
> difficult to drink until you either develop a taste for it or pay for some 
> really expensive wine - I do 
> neither.
> 
> 	When I'm introducing people to wines I like to recommend Shiraz, Pino, 
> and Merlot to get 
> an idea of what their tastes are. I really like Shiraz. Unfortunately there 
> aren't a lot of domestic 
> Shiraz or Pino but Australia and South Africa have some very good examples and 
> are surprisingly 
> affordable. Drinkable just under $10 and get pretty good between $12 and $16. 
> If you want to get 
> into the french wines then you will have to spend a lot more time learning - 
> therefore a lot more time 
> drinking! Their designations are based on regions and other factors and take 
> more time to learn. 
> Also - we have far fewer options in Georgia because of our laws that impose a 
> monopoly on wine 
> imports into the state to a few major distributors so the french wines 
> available to us tend to be more 
> expensive. When in france - some very good wine can be less expensive than 
> drinking Coca-Cola!
> 
> 	If you are in the Atlanta area, I recommend going to the Ansley Wine 
> Merchants. They 
> have a great variety and are very knowledgable and helpful when trying to 
> discover something new 
> to your tastes... and they have a pretty good beer selection too - JIC.
> 
> 	good luck & enjoy!
> 
> 		Ben Scherrey
> 
> PS: When ordering wine at a restaurant - prices are typically double what you 
> would pay at a local 
> store. This is not a complaint, but rather, a piece of knowledge useful when 
> you find something you 
> really like eating out - you have a good idea what you can buy it for later on. 
> Wait staff will be 
> happy to write down the details of the wine for you to find it later.
> 
> 11/12/2002 2:20:35 PM, "John Wells" <jb at sourceillustrated.com> wrote:
> 
> >Stories like this
> >(http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/conditions/11/11/wine.dementia.reut/index.html)
> > make me think hard about giving up beer and switching to wine.  After
> >all, a man can't take any chances when it comes to his thinking cap.
> >
> ><AA FLAME BAIT>Yes, I enjoy beer on a weekly basis</AA FLAME BAIT> with
> >varying frequency, but have also enjoyed wine in the past and would
> >consider trying the admittedly difficult departure from my good friend
> >beer.
> >
> >However, I'm no wine expert by any means, and really don't know how to
> >identify a wine that provides at least some quality for costs that
> >approach beer's affordabilty.  I enjoy both white and red wines and would
> >like to find a reasonably affordable, palatable, non-gut-rotting vintage
> >in each.
> >
> >Any wine connoisseurs on the list?  Can you point me in the right direction?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >John
> >
> >
> >
> >
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