5 EASY ways to check a wine from the bottle.....

[John_Morris]

@Viscardo Santoro

-Cavity of the bottom of the bottle; no, it’s not a “urban mith”, it’s true. More deep, better wine. Have you ever noticed how deep is it in excellent wines?

In fact, punts typically aren’t that deep on many to Bordeaux, Burgundy, Rioja, Barolo. So this generalization is just flat wrong.

Moreover, very deep punts tend to go hand in hand with very heavy use of new oak. In wines from off-beat regions, when I see a deep punt, I know it means the wine is utterly spoofified and will taste like it could be from anywhere.

[John_Morris]

@Marco Maiocco

@Viscardo Santoro

-Color; deep (in case of red); it depends by the color of bottle of course. Anyway, more deep, better one.

What do you think?

What about nebbiolo?

Or pinot. Dark pinot is suspicious.

[jcoley3]

@M McCombs

Doesn’t Cristal come in a puntless bottle?

@John Morris

Or pinot. Dark pinot is suspicious.

He’s talking about “unknown” wines. Those are “known.” Known > Punt.

[John_Morris]

@jcoley3

@M McCombs

Doesn’t Cristal come in a puntless bottle?

@John Morris

Or pinot. Dark pinot is suspicious.

He’s talking about “unknown” wines. Those are “known.” Known > Punt.

Right you are. Then my observation about punt ==> oak and spoofification is definitely on point. Deep punt tells you more about the marketing strategy than about the quality.

If the question extends to known categories but unknown producers, than my point about color is equally relevant.

[jcoley3]

@ybarselah

more long is better

Yes.

[ybarselah]

@jcoley3

@ybarselah

more long is better

Yes.

only 1 way to check, too.

[Nolan_E]

@Viscardo Santoro

Hmmm…dear Bruce, YOU ask to other people if YOU’ll like the wine…hmmmm…hmm…

Your 5 checkpoints are better than asking someone who has tasted the wine?

The only way to KNOW if you like a wine is to taste it, with or without a stupid list.

[PeterJ]

If it’s my “preferred wine shop” I’ll ask for a description of the wine and hope someone there has tasted it. If that’s not going to happen most of the time it’s NOT going to be my PREFERRED shop.

[Dennis_Kanagie]

The List Man strikes again!!!

@Sebastian C.

Are you for real?

Hey now, don’t you dare question The List Man.

@Nate Simon

I want a wine with a deep punt and a loooooooooong closure.

@Kyle Schlachter

I want a wine with a smooth liquidation
I want a wine with good dividends

It’s changing it’s name from Alejandro to Cameron.
I’m taking it home in my Chrysler Le Baron.

[Rajiv_Ayyangar]

You could scan it with a certain handy wine app

[Viscardo_Santoro]

@Rajiv Ayyangar

You could scan it with a certain handy wine app

Yes Rajiv, honestly, I think that this is one of the best reply!

Thanks!

[Richard_Albert]

Sebastian and Suzanne, nice friendly responses to a newcomer, the WB rep is more in question now.
Nasty and unnecessary responses, keep that stuff to yourselves.
Your reactions beg the question, when did you stop kicking your dogs?

[Sebastian_C]

@Richard Albert

Sebastian and Suzanne, nice friendly responses to a newcomer, the WB rep is more in question now.
Nasty and unnecessary responses, keep that stuff to yourselves.
Your reactions beg the question, when did you stop kicking your dogs?

Richard,

I did not get his post. Really thought he was trying to troll the board with his couple of “list” threads. if you think my “are you for real” response was nasty then you are in for a ride. In regards to your loaded question I have to just say welcome another lawyer to the forum.

[Chris_Blum]

@Kyle Schlachter

I want a wine with a smooth liquidation
I want a wine with good dividends

Obscure, but

[Andrew_Morris]

@Chris Blum

@Kyle Schlachter

I want a wine with a smooth liquidation
I want a wine with good dividends

Obscure, but

And uses a machete to cut through red tape.

[Craig_G]

I just want a girl with the right allocations.

[Dennis_Kanagie]

I wonder if Cake would be amused or not that some strange winos are doing a Weird Al Yankovic to their song.