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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 08:44 PM
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Why didn't anyone tell me that sherry wine is crap
:D Yes I was messed up enough today to try some, it was so agh.
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 08:45 PM
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1. I beg to differ!
Sherry is EXCELLENT!

:)
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 08:45 PM
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2. Isnt it cooking wine?
I had it on its own and I thought it was crap.
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 08:47 PM
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4. Was it from an unopened bottle?
It doesn't keep well. I like it. I aquired a taste for Pedro Domecq when I was in Spain.
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 08:48 PM
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That's cooking sherry.
Regular sherry doesn't have salt in it.
:)
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 08:48 PM
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8. Yes the cooking sherry was crap
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 08:47 PM
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3. God, you're such a…such a KLEEB!
You didn't drink that awful stuff, too, did ya? I was out of beer. It wasn't pretty.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 08:48 PM
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7. I had a sip on a dare from my brother
It was disgusting.
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 08:53 PM
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9. It starts to grow on you after half a bottle or so
Keep drinking
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 08:53 PM
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11. but I drank it a few hours ago
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 08:56 PM
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13. General Rule: Don't cook with wine you wouldn't drink.
Anything labeled "cooking wine" is not fit for human consumption.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 08:57 PM
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14. it was good with the meal the old man made
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Blue Diadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 08:48 PM
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5. Most wine is crap..
Except for that stuff at the Winery on Put-In-Bay. (Island in Lake Erie). I always get a nasty headache from that crap..yuck.
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tjdee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 08:48 PM
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6. Don't try port, that's even worse!
Some very cool DUers were telling me about port... but man.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 08:53 PM
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10. "sipping the sherry"--in lots of books--its the "poor man's " wine-or
women.
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amazona Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 08:53 PM
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12. oh it is awful isn't it?
Edited on Sun Jan-09-05 08:55 PM by amazona
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks so! Even the expensive stuff is crap.

On edit -- Is the expensive stuff port? Yuck. And if you really want to lay out some bucks for nasty, try that icewine (spelling?)

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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 08:58 PM
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15. There is more than one sherry
They range from cloyingly sweet to extremely dry. Stick to the Spanish sherries called Jerez. There's crema, fino, amontillado, seco, oloroso etc.

Just remember which ones you don't like so you can avoid them in the future. My wife and I like the fino. The others are either too sweet or too dry for us.

http://www.thewinedoctor.com/spain/hidalgo.shtml
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FizzFuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 09:01 PM
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16. tsk tsk!
I like it. And it's nice for cooking.

I can't understand people who don't like sherry wine (and port, mmmmm!), coffee, or chocolate!! It just is inconceivable!!
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CornField Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 09:03 PM
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17. For future reference...
Add "Maddog 20/20" to that list.
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