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For our wine lovers
Topic Started: Dec 5 2011, 04:46 PM (263 Views)
Mikhailoh
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SF Chronicle's wine writer picks for the top 100 of 2011. LONG article but lots of good stuff to look for.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/12/04/CMN21M0TMN.DTL
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Let me know when you have the wine tasting party, Mik. :)
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Interesting, thanks Mik.
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If I host it, they will come?
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I didn't see Cisco mentioned.

http://bumwine.com/cisco.html

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Cisco
18% alc. by vol.

Cisco is bottled by the nation's second largest wine company, Canandaigua Wine Co., in Canandaigua, NY and Naples, NY - the same company as Wild Irish Rose.

Known as "liquid crack," for its reputation for wreaking more mental havoc than the cheapest tequila. Something in this syrupy hooch seems to have a synapse-blasting effect not unlike low-grade cocaine. The label insists that the ingredients are merely "citrus wine & grape wine with artificial flavor & artificial color," but anyone who has tried it knows better. Tales of Cisco-induced semi-psychotic fits are common. Often, people on a Cisco binge end up curled into a fetal ball, shuddering and muttering paranoid rants. Nudity and violence may well be involved too. Everyone who drinks this feels great at first, and claims, "It's not bad at all, I like it." But, you really do not want to mess around with this one, because they all sing a different tune a few minutes later. And by tune, I mean the psychotic ramblings of a raging naked bum.

In 1991, Cisco's tendency to cause a temporary form of inebriated insanity led the Federal Trade Commission to require its bottlers to print a warning on the label (above right). The FTC also forced them to drop their marketing slogan, "Takes You by Surprise," even though it was entirely accurate. Read the FTC's full investigation on their own web page at this link. Since those days, Cisco is harder to find outside the slums, although the FTC's demonizing of the drink only bolstered its reputation for getting people trashed. Anyone who overlooks the warning and confuses this with a casual wine cooler is going to get more than they bargained for. Cisco will make a new man out of you. And he wants some too.

Our research shows that Cisco is actually the second best tasting of the five great bum wines, especially if you're having one of those hankerings for cheap Vodka, Jello and Robitussin. We must also note that Cisco is the best of all 5 bum wines at putting the darkest and puffiest bags under your eyes. The nuclear-tinted color of "Cisco RED" is reminiscent of diesel fuel. Most Cisco flavors are named by the fruit flavor that they are trying to emulate, but the one picture is simply called "RED." This chemical disaster will get your head spinning in no time. A test subject reports, "Strawberry Cisco has a bouquet similar to that of Frankenberry cereal fermented in wine cooler with added sprinkle of brandy for presentation." The sticky, sickingly sweet taste with a hint of antifreeze really comes through in the repellant taste of Cisco. Avaliable in various flavors, 375 mL and 750mL sizes. Down a whole 750 mL and you had better be ready to clear your calendar as you suffer through Cisco's legendary 2 day hangover.
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John D'Oh
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Speaking of wine, I just joined the Wall Street Journal wine club for my Christmas present. One case of assorted reds on the way!
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Nice! Hopefully no Cisco.
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John D'Oh
Dec 5 2011, 07:23 PM
Speaking of wine, I just joined the Wall Street Journal wine club for my Christmas present. One case of assorted reds on the way!
the john d'oh version of occupy wall street

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John D'Oh
Dec 5 2011, 07:23 PM
Speaking of wine, I just joined the Wall Street Journal wine club for my Christmas present. One case of assorted reds on the way!
I've often considered joining and I'd be interesting in hearing your thoughts on the quality of the wine.


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Dec 5 2011, 08:24 PM
John D'Oh
Dec 5 2011, 07:23 PM
Speaking of wine, I just joined the Wall Street Journal wine club for my Christmas present. One case of assorted reds on the way!
the john d'oh version of occupy wall street

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Dec 5 2011, 07:17 PM
If I host it, they will come?
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HOLY CARP!!!
ill even bring a brunello
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John D'Oh
Dec 5 2011, 07:23 PM
Speaking of wine, I just joined the Wall Street Journal wine club for my Christmas present. One case of assorted reds on the way!
Just looked it up. It's quite a good deal for the first case.
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John D'Oh
Dec 5 2011, 07:23 PM
Speaking of wine, I just joined the Wall Street Journal wine club for my Christmas present. One case of assorted reds on the way!
John et al. I was given the same thing last year. The wines were all good. The gifts were nice. But the damn shipping costs were too high. I thought. I found that my local discount wine store is the better deal. I may get as many e mail's from them as 5 a week. They are yery persistant.
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Nice list. Thanks for posting.
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Dec 6 2011, 01:55 AM
John D'Oh
Dec 5 2011, 07:23 PM
Speaking of wine, I just joined the Wall Street Journal wine club for my Christmas present. One case of assorted reds on the way!
John et al. I was given the same thing last year. The wines were all good. The gifts were nice. But the damn shipping costs were too high. I thought. I found that my local discount wine store is the better deal. I may get as many e mail's from them as 5 a week. They are yery persistant.
Yeah, that's what I figured it would be like - still, as long as they don't come round to my house, I can ignore e-mail.

One reason I joined was to have someone pick me some good wines, since I tend to always get the same stuff when I shop. The lists given in magazines are all well and good, but I can never remember (or find) them when I go to the liquor store.
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