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      02-15-2023, 04:50 PM   #837
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I had the wine below at a restaurant last night. It was delicious. Googled it today and the reviews are okay. That begs the question: how come some wine just taste so good at restaurants or wineries even though online reviews are so so? Things are very subjective, but I’m curious to learn whether there are other reasons.

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I had the wine below at a restaurant last night. It was delicious. Googled it today and the reviews are okay. That begs the question: how come some wine just taste so good at restaurants or wineries even though online reviews are so so? Things are very subjective, but I’m curious to learn whether there are other reasons.

https://www.wine.com/product/prieler...#promoBarModal
I think it's can be even more complicated than person-to-person reviews. I remember sharing a bottle of 2008 Caymus Special Selection I had saved for years with some friends at a steakhouse where we had a great time. At the time I thought it was one of the best bottles of wine I ever had. I hunted to find more and overpaid for 2 more bottles. When I opened those, they were good, but nothing like the first bottle. There can be variations between bottles especially if bought separately from different places, and people's tastes clearly vary. But I really think our enjoyment of a particular bottle is significantly influenced by where we drink it, who we share it with, what we eat with it and our mood. In other words, sometimes it's just in our heads.
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At dinner now while the Caymus decants. Sharing this “the immigrant” from Donati. I’m going to give it a solid meh…
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      02-16-2023, 06:48 AM   #841
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At dinner now while the Caymus decants. Sharing this “the immigrant” from Donati. I’m going to give it a solid meh…
Wait...What? You're drinking wine while your wine decants. LOL! My hero!
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      02-16-2023, 06:56 AM   #842
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Wait...What? You're drinking wine while your wine decants. LOL! My hero!
Ha! I hadn’t thought about it like that, but yep!
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Quite possibly the smoothest wine I've ever had. Almost too smooth. I typically like blends but I'm on the fence about this one. It was good enough that I'd want to drink it again, just not sure I'd want to pay for it again.

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This has had a couple hours of good air, and it is fantastic.
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Catching up for a few days here. I have the Soaring Wines Petite Sirah opened for later. This was one that we purchased at a wine festival a couple weeks ago.
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I'll toss in what we're doing here this evening. It's a Domaine Drouhin Pinot Noir from Oregon that will go with a piece of (farmed) Kvarøy Arctic salmon baked with tarragon and garlic.



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A nice Chianti tonight… no liver though.
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Been doing a glass of red for my heart for about 15 years now; still don't like it. I've had Bogle, Ménage a Trois, and a few others I don't remember the names. I've had cabs, chianti, syrah and red blends, I still don't like it. To quote a Big Bang Theory character, oh goody, grape juice that burns.
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Other ways to get the benefits if you really don’t like wine…
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Been doing a glass of red for my heart for about 15 years now; still don't like it. I've had Bogle, Ménage a Trois, and a few others I don't remember the names. I've had cabs, chianti, syrah and red blends, I still don't like it. To quote a Big Bang Theory character, oh goody, grape juice that burns.
I'm just the opposite. I like wine. It's pretty much the only alcohol I drink, usually only on Friday nights, like tonight. But I have high blood pressure, controlled with meds, and lately after a night of a few glasses, I wake up in the middle of the night and my heart is banging like crazy.

So, not drinking tonight, and may just quit altogether. Have tried different meds, even one that's designed to be taken during a high BP episode, nothing stops that banging in my chest and head. It's scary and only happens when I drink. I'm a senior and it may just be that I can't drink anymore.
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Cracked this open and decanting it while waiting for people to arrive for dinner. This should be consumed now according to friend whose family owns the vineyard.
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Doing a 2012 Delectus Bear Crossing (Knights Valley - Sonoma) Cab tonight with home made pizza and after the G&T...glorious.
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Please enlighten me. I have to be very careful (type 2) about sugars. For some odd reason, the glass of red doesn't affect my number.
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The benefit (from red wine) supposedly comes from resveratrol in the grapes and that can be had through other foods (grapes, cherries etc) but the research is far from clear that resveratrol has any real benefit.

Some studies point to the alcohol and obviously that can be in other drinks beside red wine.

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Nice! I have a Delectus French Wedding (?) that I’m aging. Got it as bday gift few years back when we went with a big group to Napa. It’s a great place!
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