How much are you into wine?

Hi people,
Just wanted to pick your brains a little... Sorry for "using" you like this
So, 3 questions:
1. How much/often do you drink wine?
2. How would you score your knowledge about wine? Do you know your stuff, or do you just drink whatever is in the glass, and all you know is red, white and rose.
3. If you would have a customer from a distant country or a distant state, would you like/appreciate getting a bottle of their local wine as a gift, no strings attached?
Cheers!

You know, you offer a lot of great advice around here, so it's ok to pick our brains for your seemingly off topic business ventures. ;-)
To answer the questions:

1. About a glass per day.
2. I buy wine based on the label. I don't know one wine from another but I have favorites blends or grapes.
3. Getting wine from anywhere would be fun but it can't be shipped to private addresses in this state. Someone would have to bring it with them. (Which several of our guests have done.)

Morticia said:

You know, you offer a lot of great advice around here, so it's ok to pick our brains for your seemingly off topic business ventures. ;-)
To answer the questions:

1. About a glass per day.
2. I buy wine based on the label. I don't know one wine from another but I have favorites blends or grapes.
3. Getting wine from anywhere would be fun but it can't be shipped to private addresses in this state. Someone would have to bring it with them. (Which several of our guests have done.)

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Thank you! Not really a "business venture", just a curious thing that came to my mind this morning
1. Nice!
2. By label you mean "winemaker" or just the label's design and content?
3. Yes, I'm talking about the customer actually bringing it with them, not a delivery by mail.

A glass or two per week, maybe a bit less.
Know NW plus California regions and some varietals only. I am comfortable buying it and being reasonably sure it will be drinkable.
Customers are free to bring their own with no corkage fee.
I would n e v e r turn down a gift bottle of wine

dumitru said:

Morticia said:

You know, you offer a lot of great advice around here, so it's ok to pick our brains for your seemingly off topic business ventures. ;-)
To answer the questions:

1. About a glass per day.
2. I buy wine based on the label. I don't know one wine from another but I have favorites blends or grapes.
3. Getting wine from anywhere would be fun but it can't be shipped to private addresses in this state. Someone would have to bring it with them. (Which several of our guests have done.)

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Thank you! Not really a "business venture", just a curious thing that came to my mind this morning
1. Nice!
2. By label you mean "winemaker" or just the label's design and content?
3. Yes, I'm talking about the customer actually bringing it with them, not a delivery by mail.
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Ah, sorry, not winemaker, just fun labels. Art work, design, fun names. (Just bought a bottle called 'writer's block' with an illustration of Shakespeare on it.)
Fond of one called il bastardo as well.
Most of the time these are the less pretentious offspring of really decent winemakers having fun.

1. Very rarely
2. We are very close to a very important wine region. I've learned about the different varieties and some of the wineries, but couldn't tell you one from the other if I just did a taste testing.
3.Any gift given out of kindness is always appreciated!
BTW, you have earned your right to pick our brains

1. We bought a bottle of wine for our anniversary - 3 months later we realized we forgot to open it.
2. Have "done" wine tastings for fundraisers in town. I "bought" a wine expert in a silent auction at Tourism Conference 2 different years (wine from a distributor chosen by the expert came with it) and each raised almost $1000. I personally am actually more knowledgeable about computers than wine - does that answer that question replied numbnutz. I am an Open Bar, white please. Cash bar - water please
3. Several have and we are grateful and drink it appreciatively.

see in the UK this is one of the advantages of the EU and being just across the pond from france - people do what is called the Booze cruise and bring a car load back - very poppular with weddings as there is virtually no Value added tax on wine in france which automatically brings the price down about 20% for the same thing

1. How much/often do you drink wine?
Generally 2 glasses/day. Red only. I never miss a day. It is for medical purposes ;-)
2. How would you score your knowledge about wine? Do you know your stuff, or do you just drink whatever is in the glass, and all you know is red, white and rose.
I'm not a wine nut, but I've tried most of the wines available at the nearest wine stores, so I have my favorites (dry reds). I built a wine cellar in my basement several years ago, bought wine kits off the internet (they send juice of various preferred wine grapes, yeast, and other items needed to make it) and I made about 1500 bottles over a period of 5 years. Mostly reds which were OK, some whites which were excellent, and some sparkling wines that were excellent.
I stopped making it when I got the cellar full, and am now slowly drinking it all. I do occasionally share some of it.
3. If you would have a customer from a distant country or a distant state, would you like/appreciate getting a bottle of their local wine as a gift, no strings attached?
Of course I would like it! If fact, both times Innkeep has visited here, she has brought gifts of wines made in her home state. Wonderful!

Me? I'm a social drinker. Only when everyone else is and it usually Mt Dew! My favorite drink is water. So I know nothing about the stuff.

1. not much of a wine drinker
2. really no knowledge of wine (red with red meat, white with fish, right?)
3. would certainly appreciate any gift, but we already have some wine that people have given us that we haven't yet got around to opening yet...

Thank you all for the comments, your replies are even "better" than I expected
On a completely unrelated note: back in December at a blind wine tasting here in Moldova we had a wine from the US. This was the only time we had and tried american wine. It was from the "14 Hands Winery", "Hot to Trot Red Blend Columbia Valley 2012".
It easily took #1 in the blind tasting of red blends. It has a beautiful label with horses on it, very cool!

A topic close to my heart. We lived a half hour away from the Niagara wine region and took advantage of it regularly. And whenever I go back for a visit, my old posses of girls do a wine tour of our favourites plus a new one or two.
1. At least one glass a day. Reds in winter, and mostly chilled what's in the warmer season.
2. I've been to more wine tastings than I can remember. I've learned to appreciate good wines. But I'm not a wine snob. You don't need to spend a lot for an enjoyable bottle.
3. Although I have my favourites, I love trying different wines. They make berry wines here on the island which I've learned to enjoy but I love it when a guest brings me something. We serve crab suppers here year round and encourage our guests to Bring Their Own and many times, they'll share a glass. Love it!

I will admit that I drink more wine when I'm visiting Innmates than I do at home. With a nice winery locally I've learned a little more about wine, but usually drink only on special occasions. Receiving a bottle of wine from afar qualifies as a special occasion!

A glass or two of wine makes a meal special and we indulge a couple of days a week when sharing good food with friends. I enjoy both reds and whites depending on the season and the menu, but I do not consider myself knowledgeable about the finer details of the wines we drink.
I did have occasion recently to be offered a truly wonderful red wine without knowing ahead of time just how special it was. Wow! It was immediately obvious that this was more than the usual $10-$20 bottle. When I went to the liquor store to inquire about buying a bottle of the wine as a gift, was shown the locked case of temperature controlled bottles, and told the price was over $150 I was kind of proud to know that I had been able to tell the difference! This was wine worthy of a stand-alone date...just me and the bottle. It's a good thing I can't afford it.
Arks, have you found a way to use your wine budget as a medical write off on your taxes?

dumitru said:

Thank you all for the comments, your replies are even "better" than I expected
On a completely unrelated note: back in December at a blind wine tasting here in Moldova we had a wine from the US. This was the only time we had and tried american wine. It was from the "14 Hands Winery", "Hot to Trot Red Blend Columbia Valley 2012".
It easily took #1 in the blind tasting of red blends. It has a beautiful label with horses on it, very cool!.

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14 Hands. Yes, I like that winery!

dumitru said:

Morticia said:

You know, you offer a lot of great advice around here, so it's ok to pick our brains for your seemingly off topic business ventures. ;-)
To answer the questions:

1. About a glass per day.
2. I buy wine based on the label. I don't know one wine from another but I have favorites blends or grapes.
3. Getting wine from anywhere would be fun but it can't be shipped to private addresses in this state. Someone would have to bring it with them. (Which several of our guests have done.)

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Thank you! Not really a "business venture", just a curious thing that came to my mind this morning
1. Nice!
2. By label you mean "winemaker" or just the label's design and content?
3. Yes, I'm talking about the customer actually bringing it with them, not a delivery by mail.
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daily. wine and coffee are two of my favorite things.
I know what I like but I'm not an expert.
We had an innkeeper stay with us whose inn included a winery. He left us a bottle. It was the best wine we'd every had. We looked up the place to order a case and gasped at the price.
We stock wine to share in case a guest is left without (as our town does not permit wine sales.) We much appreciate any gift, especially one from the guest's region.

Silverspoon said:

A glass or two of wine makes a meal special and we indulge a couple of days a week when sharing good food with friends. I enjoy both reds and whites depending on the season and the menu, but I do not consider myself knowledgeable about the finer details of the wines we drink.
I did have occasion recently to be offered a truly wonderful red wine without knowing ahead of time just how special it was. Wow! It was immediately obvious that this was more than the usual $10-$20 bottle. When I went to the liquor store to inquire about buying a bottle of the wine as a gift, was shown the locked case of temperature controlled bottles, and told the price was over $150 I was kind of proud to know that I had been able to tell the difference! This was wine worthy of a stand-alone date...just me and the bottle. It's a good thing I can't afford it.
Arks, have you found a way to use your wine budget as a medical write off on your taxes?

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Silverspoon said:

Arks, have you found a way to use your wine budget as a medical write off on your taxes?

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I'm afraid if they find out I have 1000 bottles in the basement, they'll want to tax it!

dumitru said:

Thank you all for the comments, your replies are even "better" than I expected
On a completely unrelated note: back in December at a blind wine tasting here in Moldova we had a wine from the US. This was the only time we had and tried american wine. It was from the "14 Hands Winery", "Hot to Trot Red Blend Columbia Valley 2012".
It easily took #1 in the blind tasting of red blends. It has a beautiful label with horses on it, very cool!.

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When my now Finland son lived in California, they had a friend with a wine shop and took some classes about wine. He said the Two Buck Chuck was a surprisingly good wine. (I think it costs a bit more than two bucks now though.)

Morticia said:

dumitru said:

Thank you all for the comments, your replies are even "better" than I expected
On a completely unrelated note: back in December at a blind wine tasting here in Moldova we had a wine from the US. This was the only time we had and tried american wine. It was from the "14 Hands Winery", "Hot to Trot Red Blend Columbia Valley 2012".
It easily took #1 in the blind tasting of red blends. It has a beautiful label with horses on it, very cool!.

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14 Hands. Yes, I like that winery!
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So doI! Just tasty.