TN: Geekiest Wine ever- Carbonic Pinotage- Costa del Swart "Fauxjolais" 2020

[Chris_Seiber]

What in the Helsinki is going on in this thread???

[Chris_Seiber]

@IlkkaL

@Chris_Seiber

This is why I never order the “house red” at a restaurant in Finland – carbonic 11% alcohol pinotage is totally mainstream there.

Unfortunately I have been served carbonic maceration Pinotage in the now defunct Chef & Sommelier restaurant in Helsinki the one time I made the mistake of taking the sommelier’s wine pairings so you really are not far off. Everyone at the table hated that wine though.

Were you able to Finnish your glass?

[IlkkaL]

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@IlkkaL

@Chris_Seiber

This is why I never order the “house red” at a restaurant in Finland – carbonic 11% alcohol pinotage is totally mainstream there.
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Unfortunately I have been served carbonic maceration Pinotage in the now defunct Chef & Sommelier restaurant in Helsinki the one time I made the mistake of taking the sommelier’s wine pairings so you really are not far off. Everyone at the table hated that wine though.

Were you able to Finnish your glass?

Hell’s yeah, if we Finns are known for something it’s always Finnishing our glass. We’re not paying the massive wine excise tax for nothing!

[Otto_Forsberg]

@IlkkaL

We’re not paying the massive wine excise tax for nothing!

If something costs you an arm and a leg, it must be good, right?

[IlkkaL]

@Otto_Forsberg

@IlkkaL

We’re not paying the massive wine excise tax for nothing!

If something costs you an arm and a leg, it must be good, right?

Not necessarily but at least you have to make it count regardless!