On Sunday, February 15, 2015 at 6:05:21 PM UTC+1, santiago wrote:
> How can a 12E wine that tastes like 5E Salento Primitivo be a good thing.

It didnt taste like one, it smelled like one.

It is a good thing I got it on sale, and didnt waste 20E on it.

> When you reach a certain point in your wine drinking story... it is more
> about the alcohol you put through your liver or the pleasure you get than
> about the price of a 12E bottle of wine.

That's why I started not drinking wine when I'm out for dinners with others or banquets that I dont like. It can be awkward at a banquet when you sit next to the person who selected the wines, though. Happened to me haha.

> Overly Jammy Zinfandel without the spice (...) vanilla custard... looks
> like a wine I would not like to drink. Even at 1E it would be a bad
> purchase.

I just put it in the fridge as a cooking wine, so its not all wasted.