Re:Is Wine Fake?
by e10jc on Monday November 21, 2022 @04:52PM
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I've had a lot of red wine in my life; like, probably too much. The only bottle with a memorable taste came from a wine tour in Napa Valley where they said half the field was destroyed in a fire, so they were getting rid of the rest for cheap. The wine was super smoky... and absolutely delicious. I wonder why that never became a thing.
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Re:Is Wine Fake?
by milderworkacc on Monday November 21, 2022 @05:29PM
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We had a lot of smoke tainted “experimental” wines out from Australian vineyards as 2019 and 2020 releases - some were really interesting, others simply dreadful (with winemakers just glad you were happy to take a punt and get rid of it for them).
Not sure repeating the bushfires that created those releases is a long term strategy though…
Re:Is Wine Fake?
by doubled112 on Monday November 21, 2022 @05:03PM
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Probably difficult and expensive to consistently burn the field down.
Re:Is Wine Fake?
by preinheimer on Monday November 21, 2022 @05:08PM
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Maybe happening more often with the wildfires these days
That's what we have PG&E for: Peaty Grapes and Ethanol.
You may find you like peaty single malt scotches.
I once asked for a very smoky whisky and was bought out something completely clear.
There's a bunch of pale straw colored Islays (Ardbeg comes to mind). "Completely clear" would throw me off a bit, but very light? Sure.
It was very smoky and tasted like whiskey. It was probably straw colored, it was dim yellow lighting in there.
Re:Is Wine Fake?
by kasey_junk on Monday November 21, 2022 @10:41PM
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You can get white dog to be very Smokey by actually smoking it. If it was low enough proof the lack of age wouldn’t be super obvious.