Comments on: Leigh's Tips For Wine Newbies

By: Big Dub

Big Dub — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:26:53 +0000

These are my favorite! Please keep the discourse going. I am even willing to start a chant to add to motivation. "Move the can, Fran!"

By the way, my palate prefers Boone's Farm and Thunderbird. Does that make my taste buds factually incorrect? If so, I love the way fallacies taste. Strawberry Hill, YUMMY!

By: Widge

Widge — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 06:20:27 +0000

And you do realize that showing up, climbing on a high horse, responding to an opinion article by throwing around a bunch of your own opinions (which are obviously superior because they're yours) with very little in the way of actual facts (*you* would hardly refer...; assuming that everything tastes the same to everybody else) and ending with asking if the author had ever actually tried what she was talking about...that's a really bitchy way to start a conversation, right? The way I see it, I was just trying to keep my sense of humor while responding to a very unpleasant person.

Now maybe that wasn't your intention to come across like that, but that's what you succeeded in doing.

So, if you'd like to change the tone, be my guest. Otherwise, we can just trade comments on this page, add to the amount of unique content on it and thus increase its search rankings all day long. Whatever you want to do, I am game.

By: Frances inn

Frances inn — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 04:09:27 +0000

You do realize that this article is factually incorrect and you're responding really unprofessionally, right?

By: Widge

Widge — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 02:05:17 +0000

Frances: Sweet. Thanks for the pull quote.

"You guys are geniuses!"
--Frances

By: Frances

Frances — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 01:57:58 +0000

That's a cute joke. You guys are geniuses!

By: Widge

Widge — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 01:53:53 +0000

Frances: I didn't even know Hallmark made petrol. Nice, I'll check that out.

By: Frances

Frances — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 01:03:21 +0000

This article is full of absolutely awful misconceptions about wine, not to mention some seriously incorrect statements. Tons of wine geeks, sommeliers, and wine drinkers love Riesling - the idea that most are sweet is false. While most chap grocery store Rieslings are cheap, higher quality Riesling is beautiful for food pairing because of its acidity, balance of sweet & dryness, and low alcohol content. Also, with its hallmark petrol and mineral notes, I would hardly refer to Riesling as a "girl's thing."
Also - Malbec if you want something that's not too strong? Have you EVER had Malbec?