On 4/13/2015 2:48 PM, John Kuthe wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 13:39:46 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 13:08:29 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>>> Now you can taste a sample of wine with no alcohol.
>>> http://tinyurl.com/pumm353
>>>
>>> Beringer created a shelf-mounted merchandising fixture called the
>>> Taste Station.
>>>
>>> The self-serve display dispenses flavor strips wrapped individually in
>>> flexible packaging. Each Taste Station holds a stack of the flat,
>>> rectangular foil pouches and dispenses them one at a time. Beringer
>>> currently is testing the concept in Kroger stores in 20 states.
>>
>> I see people taking 5 or 10 of those at a time just because they're
>> novel. They can't be cheap to produce either. At least $.06/ea. And
>> are they really accurate representations of the wine?
>>
>> -sw
>
> I'm sure they are NOT an accurate representation of the taste of the
> wine. And Beringer's does make SOME very good wines, and a lot of not
> so great ones.
>
> John Kuthe...
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I've seen kits to learn wine tasting that had little vials with the
various terms wine "experts" use like "petrol", "barnyard" etc. but they
were more expensive than I wanted. I'll have to look out for those
strips but there aren't any nearby Krogers. Incidentally, Beringer,
while not at the top, makes some decent winrs.
--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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