Good wine 1st or 2nd?

[Usarka]

Serious poll this. Just have a couple of friends over for dinner and a debate ensued before the first bottle was opened.

If you have a v. nice bottle of wine and a drinkable but average bottle, which do you drink first?


The good one - you haven't tainted your palate and you're sober enough to appreciate the sublte tastes (my vote btw)

OR


The average one - the wine gets better over the evening, not worse. :drinkup:

[MisterD]

Serious poll this. Just have a couple of friends over for dinner and a debate ensued before the first bottle was opened.

If you have a v. nice bottle of wine and a drinkable but average bottle, which do you drink first?


The good one - you haven't tainted your palate and you're sober enough to appreciate the sublte tastes (my vote btw)

OR


The average one - the wine gets better over the evening, not worse. :drinkup:

Buy two decanters or claret jugs, keep the good wine for yourself and serve the average one to your guests of course!

[tigertim20]

Well Id have the good one while your palate still appreciates it. I also understood that alcahol sort of temporarily kills your taste buds (dont quote me on that maybe a myth) anyway I know I always start with quality when Im drinking boubon or whiskey, then have the crap later.

[Naki Rat]

Use the order that a winery will give you tastings as a guide - Sauvignon blanc, chardonnay, aromatics (riesling, gewürztraminer), pinot noir, merlot, cabernet sauvignon, shiraz.

The earlier on this list you drink first, the later second, etc. This is so the following wine will have the depth of taste to compete against the earlier. For example if you started with a shiraz and followed with a pinot the pinot would be lost in the aftertaste of the earlier wine.

If you have two wines of the same variety I'd probably go for the better one first to get maximum enjoyment out of it.

[Lilly2w]

Bottle 3 or 4 could be pink chardon and you'll think it's fooken lovely, had that at a wedding once, bloody classy.

[peasea]

Drink bourbon and you won't care about wine.

[davebullet]

I get too much wining at home. As long as it isn't you alone drinking the first bottle, have the better one second to appreciate the improvement over the first.

[peasea]

I get too much wining at home. As long as it isn't you alone drinking the first bottle, have the better one second to appreciate the improvement over the first.

Seriously? I'd say go the good bottle first, with the good food, then stop being a tight-wad and open another GOOD bottle or they ain't your friends!!!!:wari:

[Usarka]

Seriously? I'd say go the good bottle first, with the good food, then stop being a tight-wad and open another GOOD bottle or they ain't your friends!!!!:wari:

The cheap fuckin tight-wads brought over a one-card special.

If I'd read MisterD's advice I would've done the decanting trick.

[peasea]

The cheap fuckin tight-wads brought over a one-card special.

If I'd read MisterD's advice I would've done the decanting trick.

Bugger. The benefits of hindsight eh?

[Hitcher]

Unless you're consuming them with the sole intention of getting pissed, seeking refreshment or quenching a thirst, alcoholic beverages can also be an olfactory experience.

However the more/stronger the spirit consumed, the more it has a deleterious effect on the senses of taste and smell.

On that basis, always quaff the good stuff first.

If you want to get liquored, go for the cheapest spirit you can afford and douse it with cheap splits and ice. Drinking anything else is a complete waste of money. If you're thirsty, drink beer. There's no greater crime than philistines abusing the top shelf or a decent wine cellar.

[Tink]

Heh from one that likes ... a good drop... red before white to have a good night, white before red to have a sore head... if its cheap shit... they bring then I have to say... wait till there pissed.... and save the rest.:rockon:

[peasea]

Unless you're consuming them with the sole intention of getting pissed, seeking refreshment or quenching a thirst, alcoholic beverages can also be an olfactory experience.

However the more/stronger the spirit consumed, the more it has a deleterious effect on the senses of taste and smell.

On that basis, always quaff the good stuff first.

If you want to get liquored, go for the cheapest spirit you can afford and douse it with cheap splits and ice. Drinking anything else is a complete waste of money. If you're thirsty, drink beer. There's no greater crime than philistines abusing the top shelf or a decent wine cellar.

The cheapest spirit I can afford would probably be god and I abuse the top shelf all the time, are you calling me a Pallestinian?

[toebug]

MMMmmmmmm red wine:drool:

Drink the good stuff first.

[Maha]

Wine is for women folk!!!

[Big Dave]

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[LBD]

If you have a v. nice bottle of wine and a drinkable but average bottle, which do you drink first?


The good one - you haven't tainted your palate and you're sober enough to appreciate the sublte tastes (my vote btw)

OR


The average one - the wine gets better over the evening, not worse. :drinkup:


I notice you dont include in the poll, the $6.95 supermarket specials you have hidden from public view....

Open both in advance if you are going to drink both, sample both the decide

Open the expected lower quality first, if it is too bad, trash it and open the better one next....

And if it was good enough for JC to produce the better wine half way through the wedding celibration...then saving the better wine for later is good enough for me....

[Beemer]

The cheap fuckin tight-wads brought over a one-card special.

If I'd read MisterD's advice I would've done the decanting trick.

I have friends who don't drink wine (they bring their own alcohol with them as we don't drink the spirits they drink) so if they are given a bottle of wine they bring it for us. That would be nice if the wine they brought was nice, but once it was about 15 years old and had not improved by keeping, and another time it was a screwtop red that had already been opened, god knows when!

I always have good wine when friends are coming over, but there are a few friends who bring a really cheap bottle of wine so I think "stuff them" and open what they bring! If they don't like it, they should start bringing something nicer! One 'friend' brought a really nice bottle but we ended up drinking two of mine first - so he took his bottle back home with him! I would never have the cheek to do that unless it was a byo barbecue or something!

[Mikkel]

How about good wine 1st & 2nd? Life is too short for poor wine.

[slofox]

Open both at once. Give everybody two glasses. Pour a sample of each for each guest and ask them to "compare and contrast"...

But if you really only want to open one at a time do the best first. For the reasons you have already identified.

If you need better wine, get in touch with me. I can ship it any where in NZ...:whistle:

[toebug]

Wine is for women folk!!!

And for getting smashed!!!:niceone:

[Pwalo]

You give your guests wine?

[Burtha]

How close are your friends?
ie; if they are just mates and are just for quaffing, then quaffing wine should surfice.
If they are best mates, then start on the good stuff, then drink theirs (as they would have bought something with them) then quaff!

:woohoo:

[jaymzw]

Only problem i could ever have that would even be close to this would be should i buy 8% Woodys or not...:done::Punk:

[Usarka]

If you need better wine, get in touch with me. I can ship it any where in NZ...:whistle:

Arrrgghhh now you tell me, just sent some this morning...... :doh:

[Str8 Jacket]

Wine is for women folk!!!

You meant whining, didnt you? :mellow:

[Big Dave]

Biscuits,

Co-pilot on car phone just now:

'Man - you wouldn't believe this supermarket car park. No spaces at all'

'Get the hell out of there - forget food - just call in at the bottle shop on the way home. Bring boooze. I DEMAND TO HAVE SOME BOOZE.'

Chics just don't get Withnail.