Real men don't use Coravin

[Robert_Pavlovich]

@Chris Seiber

Using the frat boy, Marlboro Man, football player or other common formulas for identifying a “real man,” would any wine geek be one in the first place, with or without a Coravin?

Couldn’t agree more. Gotta love (to laugh at) the “tough guy” wino sentiment.

[Ken_V]

@George Chadwick

They just don’t.

Ooh it might be corked. Ooh I want to see how it’s progressing but I don’t want to open it. Ooh I read once that once you open a bottle it gets really bad on the second day even if you put it in the fridge.

Give me a freakin break.

I love this post! I nominate George to replace the dearly departed Bob Wood as President of the Wine Berserkers Curmudgeon Club. And . . .

[George_Chadwick]

@D.Callahan

@George Chadwick

@Richard Shin

Not sure if serious…

Not serious. Original post serious for me personally. And I wouldn’t like a host pouring me a Coravinned glass of wine. Saving the rest of the bottle for better guests?

So if your host coravined a glass from a prestigious wine you would feel slighted? How about if he or she coravined from a vertical of a prestigious wines or a specific year across several producers? Does your objection relate to the amount of wine offered? Maybe I wouldn’t appreciate a single glass of a common everyday drinker but I think I would appreciate any of the above mentioned scenarios.

Yeah if it were 1990 Petrus or DRC RC I’d abandon my principles in a heartbeat. But at least I’d feel shame.

[Chris_Seiber]

When your host offers you some cheese, are you offended that he still has more of the cheese in his refrigerator? If he gives you a bowl of ice cream, are you offended that there is still more of the ice cream left in the freezer?

The host’s generosity or lack there of is what it is, but it’s certainly not a function of whether the wine being served is in 750ml increments or not.

[JKim]

I love this thread, especially this post:

@Brad Walden

Real men huff the argon capsules and then bong the whole bottle down.

[CFu]

real men don’t care if they don’t to drink the whole bottle other people pour for them.

[Jeff_Cassetta]

Real men use the Coravin to subsidize with additional wines to the bottle, or two, that he’s already planning on knocking down.

Take Saturday night for instance. My wife and I had the '96 Ceretto Brunate and Marchesi di Grésy Barbaresco Martinenga Camp Gros to accompany our grilled lamb chops and to enjoy over the evening. But first, while I was making dinner and waiting for the reds to open, I had a glass
of 2000 Gaja Langhe Alteni di Brassica, which I was curious on how it was holding up. Then to end the evening, and accompany my cigar, we opened and finished the last 1/2 of the '91 Quinta Do Noval, which I had already CV’d a couple of glasses earlier in the week.

[AAgrawal]

Hey Jeff,
Since it seems like you’re using the Coravin a lot, how long do the containers last you? How many glasses do you feel like you can actually get out of one?

[Sc0tt_F_tzgerald]

Chuck Norris doesn’t Coravin!

[Rick.T]

That’s because Chuck Norris drinks Barefoot Moscato.

[Bill_Klapp_deactivated]

You are right, George. Why, just last night, I popped the cork on a 1949 Vogue Musigny VV, took a swig, poured the rest on the ground, and then spit out the swig that I took. I am a real man! Yeah!

[CFu]

@Bill Klapp

You are right, George. Why, just last night, I popped the cork on a 1949 Vogue Musigny VV, took a swig, poured the rest on the ground, and then spit out the swig that I took. I am a real man! Yeah!

MEN!!!

[paul_hanna]

@Chris Seiber

When your host offers you some cheese, are you offended that he still has more of the cheese in his refrigerator? If he gives you a bowl of ice cream, are you offended that there is still more of the ice cream left in the freezer?

The host’s generosity or lack there of is what it is, but it’s certainly not a function of whether the wine being served is in 750ml increments or not.

Chris,

Stop being so sensible!

[paul_hanna]

@JKim

I love this thread, especially this post:

@Brad Walden

Real men huff the argon capsules and then bong the whole bottle down.

Yeah,

Classic!

ROFL, LMAO etc…

[paul_hanna]

@Bill Klapp

You are right, George. Why, just last night, I popped the cork on a 1949 Vogue Musigny VV, took a swig, poured the rest on the ground, and then spit out the swig that I took. I am a real man! Yeah!

Wouldn’t have even bothered personally, unless it was at least a Magnum…

[Neal.Mollen]

Real men laugh out loud at this thread.

[George_Chadwick]

@Bill Klapp

You are right, George. Why, just last night, I popped the cork on a 1949 Vogue Musigny VV, took a swig, poured the rest on the ground, and then spit out the swig that I took. I am a real man! Yeah!

But did you belch?

[Bill_Klapp_deactivated]

Yes, but not from the wine, which I spit out. The belch was from the four chili slaw dogs that I ate immediately before opening the Vogue…

[Chris_Seiber]

No wonder you spit out the wine. It’s DRC, not Vogue, that one drinks with chili.

TN: 04 La Tache with chili

[George_Chadwick]

@Bill Klapp

Yes, but not from the wine, which I spit out. The belch was from the four chili slaw dogs that I ate immediately before opening the Vogue…

Dude.