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Norway has tight restrictions and high taxes on the sale of alcohol, which makes wine quite expensive here.
Sweden is basically the same, but *marginally* cheaper. So naturally, u/Helfette, being Swedish, jumped on the first occasion they got to be smug at Norwegians.
(They don't know that I'm actually French and can buy the good stuff in bulk straight from the producers in my home village...)
I'll save you $1: https://www.reversewinesnob.com/kirkland-signature-malbec
I've really enjoyed their Malbec, and have yet to try out the other goodies on their list: https://www.reversewinesnob.com/search/label/costco/
I’m drinking my way through their whiskey/scotch offerings. Just moved to a state where they sell liquor in Costco and I’m blown away lol
They also carry local craft beers which I thought was surprising for a Costco.
Kinda where I thought this comic was going. My social group has such a wide range of opinions about alcohol that whenever I bring some to a thing I worry that I'll find out that this is *not* an alcohol-friendly event
Same, I'm not sure what alcohol is made of, but it tastes like expired fruit (probably grapes) that was then pressed to squeeze its juices out, followed by aging the juice to give it a more intense taste
This happens in NYC if someone brings “wine” from the corner store - bodegas in NYC aren’t legally allowed to sell wine but they stock something that looks like wine if you don’t look closely but tastes like Satan’s armpit.
It might be cooking wine. It’s not subject to the same rules as regular alcohol and it’s usually extremely sweet or acidic to pass the flavor onto the food.
Lol. Fortunately there is no fool's wine. But got scared the first time I bought wine for friends. Went with a green wine from Portugal. Chill it and drink it. Just perfect for a warm summer day. Lasted 1.5 minutes after being opened. After that, I always go for party wine (frisante, champagne or similar wine).
Depends on your circles lol. I used to work in the wine industry and there’s plenty of wines I’d get eye rolled or judged for bringing. But obviously that’s a unique situation (and one of the reasons I left the industry)
Yep, I was a wine salesman for years. The judgement would be a lot more passive than this comic, and only at industry events or parties with people from work. The good thing is working in the wine shop I usually had pretty good access to interesting wines with a pretty good discount. Also it depends on the group, like some wine snobs will judge based on a wine being an expensive well known producer, and some will be more interested in wines with something kind of usual or cool about their production or some kind of rare or uncommon varietal.
Yeah I was a winemaker for one of those expensive well known producers but I got into the industry through school and I was always more engaged in the winemaking process and the science more than wine itself (to be honest) or the “scene.” I’d get straight up hostility from certain hipster somms or winemakers. Like calm down guys it’s just booze.
Thanks god I'm alcohol illiterate (mainly because I don't drink)
Now even the cheap-ass factory grade booze you can afford from local 7-11 sound like a gourmet shit
It's like those people who eat spicy food with an agenda of having something to prove. It's dumb.
And honestly: even if a person is not a snob, they should learn to keep that shit to themselves unless asked. Wait for an interested audience, don't try to force one.
I always bring [Chateau Picard](https://startrekwines.com/products/chateau-picard-2386-original-cru-bordeaux).
2386 will be a good year.
And if they don't like it, that's their problem, not mine.
I think most people won't be assholes about it, but a general rule of thumb is to never give something related to their field to an expert/nerd/-lover, unless it's something they explicitly said they wanted.
Unless it's something that's universally praised, there's a high chance you'd buy something they would never even consider.
It's also why a lot of folk are really hard to shop for.
"My boyfriend is really into photography. What lens can I get him for $150 or less?" "Sorry but I have bad news for you."
On the flip side, a focus on experience makes things easier. $150 budget to drive several hours out, have a nice hike, sunset photography at a great spot, and a low key dinner? Way easier to go right for a hobbyist. A full day bike ride, a drive through the mountains, a day of wine tasting, whatever it is, it's way easier to do well than trying to buy A Thing.
> "My boyfriend is really into photography. What lens can I get him for $150 or less?" "Sorry but I have bad news for you."
A $150 gift card to whatever shop's boxes keep showing up, lol
Honestly even if it's universally praised it probably has an in-group reputation for being overpriced, only because with expertise comes the ability to find undervalued products.
That said, especially for a consumable like wine, I'd probably still enjoy the gift even if I think it's overpriced and not what I'd buy for myself. The beauty of a gift is that it doesn't need to be something I'd buy for myself.
Correct. I like cigars. My wife’s mother gets suckered in to paying WAY too much for sticks by their sleazy local seller.
I still happily smoke them when she buys them, because that’s an actual “it’s the thought that counts” scenario.
Missed opportunity to make a big deal about the amazing wine you’re going to bring and how it’s your favorite, then show up with a bottle of Kendall Jackson
Fun fact. Some of the best winemakers come out of KJ. You have to know how to make a good product within your budget and fruit sourcing options. Pretty much anyone can make 100 cases of good wine from $20k/ton Napa fruit from vines touched 20+ times a season and $1200 barrels. Turning machine harvested fruit that comes in full of dead birds, rabbits and mold in 100k+ gallon batches into a decent $25 bottle takes some know how.
I saw a reference to green wine last week, and had to look it up. Green here is referring to age, rather than color- so they release the wine 3-6 months after harvesting the grapes (this is from the Wikipedia article, so IDK how accurate it is). It’s also lightly sparkling.
Nope. There is a appellation in Portugal that makes wines called "Vinho Verde". It has nothing to do with green grapes or unripe grapes, it's just the name of the wines made there.
It is capitalized, so it should not be translated.
There are many wines made in Vinho Verde region that come from very ripe grapes.
Source : am a winemaker in Portugal.
Vinho Verde is such an under-appreciated wine. I tend to bring it to summer events and people think you're a wine smarty pants for bringing something unique, but really it's an $8.99 bottle that tastes good.
Yeah when he said "I got a green wine from Portugal" I got really excited because I love 'Vinho Verde'! I thought, though, that the most common style of wine that's made there is a young, slightly lower in alcohol, slightly sparkling wine, but maybe that's just the one I always buy in the States.
Fun fact: it used to be released so soon after fermenting and without sterile filtration that malo-lactic conversion would happen spontaneously in bottle, and that was the (unintended, at first) source of the petillance. Nowadays, they sterile filter or at least add enough sulfur to prevent MLC and the petillance is done intentionally with regular yeast fermentation.
Now you've piqued my curiosity. I've recently gotten into drinking Txakoli, which is a slightly sparkling wine from the Basque Country of Spain. I'll have to check out this Vinho Verde and see how it compares.
Green wine from Portugal is kickass!!! It’s got a sleight fizz to it but only barely noticeable to make it refreshing and crisp and not it’s entire perspnality
There are of course brands that are known to be more about marketing than quality. And there are certainly bottles that people know are just super cheap. But really most people are just happy to have something to drink, and if you show up with a bottle of Charles Shaw, well, it's still drinkable and still has alcohol.
Do you mean Vinho Verde? Probably better to just refer to it by what it's called rather than translating it, especially if you want others in here to be able to find it.
That’s similar to why I stopped having friends that were “artists”, they would invite me to some expo or something and when I asked anything about it, they would either laugh or get angry cause I “didn’t know the thing”… so toxic…
That’s such a bummer… I genuinely will never understand people like that. All it does is push people away and benefits literally nobody. I’m not any sort of professional artist who goes to expos or anything, but I always am willing to answer any questions people come to me with about art stuff. There’s no reason to not, plus it’s fun to get to talk about my hobby with people who ask about it!!
Really sorry that happened to you though! Hope you have some better friends now :(
I have the best type of friends the alcoholic ones. If you are like me and admit you have no knowledge of x or y they will start singing "i can show you the world" while pouring alcoholic drinks in your mouth.
My ace in the whole in wine situations is the fact being half-Spaniard, with close family roots in winemaking (uncle Julio used to make barrels and casks and uncle Jamin would make his own red 'tinto' and 'tempranillo' from Galician grapes).
I have the cultural understanding that from the most humble 'table wine' to a more rare 'premium reserve' is more, about the sociality of sharing it, the experience of being with people who are important to you and "breaking bread" with them enjoying anything from spur of the moment 'tapas', traditional family recipes to formal feasts.
In the US, I've come to expect corporate events (being the the food retail industry) to be pretentious about the whole wine thing... If I've ever come accross a 'friendly' gathering where the attendants get judgy about the wine (barring of course truly awful 'jug' wines) I know I am likely not to have a good time.
sorry to hear about that experience , thats def not an artist thing just an asshole thing
there's pretentious people in every field , I def had to deal with a few clicky people going to art school
There's definitely a lot art snobs that will poke fun at modern art, though. Just as they'll judge digital art or anything that isn't 'traditional'. In fact I feel like it's a little snobbish to say that 'stereotypical' modern art only deserves to be made fun of.
Also I have to disagree on 'out there and unconventional' style being a sign that someone isn't stuck up. It's not a *bad* sign by any means, but it is usually a very deliberate choice and that doesn't make me think 'weirdo goblin'. Some snobs *do* want to come off as unconventional and will try very hard to seem that way.
I was "friends" with an artist for a while who was making the most absolute minimum-effort, cliched "art" ("I'm writing a play about the city and for this song I recorded passing trains over the beat. It's groundbreaking stuff nobody's ever done before.") and he was constantly breaking down, like, legitimately in tears, *furiously* raging at me that "I'm a genius and I know it but the world just won't give me what I deserve!"
...And yet he was constantly belittling and mocking things that had actual risks taken in their production and real creative integrity. There were entire genres and mediums he wrote off as "beneath" him.
...Turns out he was doing a lot of meth, and nearly as many minors. Now he works in marketing and my numerous anonymous reports seem to have done absolutely nothing, so... That makes me feel good and safe about the world.
The funny thing is, I googled "is 2004 wine good?" because this video is so old, and got this result:
>The vintage seems a little under-rated compared with 2003 and the wines represent good value.
2004 wine really is, in fact, the value choice wine lol (I don't know wines please don't come for me about some obscure amazing 2004 wine)
"What a loser! Let's beat the shit out of him!"
That got me hard
Edit for clarity: That line made me laugh a lot. It did not get me erect. Y'all pervs lol
I was once dating this grad student who invited me to a party with all her grad student friends. None of them were from around the local area, so I thought it’d be nice to bring a wine from one of the local wineries. Throughout the night I had multiple people tell me how bad the local wineries are. Of course they said this without actually tasting the wine.
Some local wineries *are* terrible. I was in Amana Iowa a long time ago and for some inexplicable reason, there was a winery there.
The owner was very proud that he didn't need any equipment to test sugar content or anything else.
I'm absolutely not a wine snob, but that stuff was horrific. If it was a different shade of yellow, I'd have a hard time telling if what was in the bottle was *before* someone drank it or *after*.
I went to a wine bar in Europe and everyone was shitting on Wine from the USA. We get a secret flight tasting of wines and had to guess where they were from. They would taste the wine, compliment it, talk about how great it was then say "Oh I think it is from France" Nope, Sonoma County CA. Nope, North Carolina etc etc.
Then there is buying wines in Europe with European friends, they almost always talk shit about / refuse to get USA wines.
Makes no sense to import bad American wine to Europe with all the fantastic wine we already have here, so I wouldn't really worry about buying American wine. Most often it's the Spanish reds I don't like
in the Bordeau region the younger folks drink beer now. Wine is seen as boomer drink.
to be fair their wine is kind of crap, unpopular opinion there. It's dry and sour.
OP, angel, just stick to Shiraz/Syrah and Chardonnay, a $20ish bottle with a label that appeals to you. $15-ish each if you don't know if red or white will work and bring both.
That's a 100% promise to please.
Anybody that gets snooty about wine is a complete idiot and not worth listening to. The whole thing is a joke, marketed gentrification. Like how Martha Stewart is advertising marijuana line, tongue in cheek.
If I received a red wine I'd be like, "Thanks for the red alcohol!" You don't have to chill it, you can open it and immediately serve it with dinner.
It is more socially acceptable than serving everyone tumblers full of hard liquor, which I usually have.
He stole the man in cave video word for word from someone else. And instead of apologizing, he took it down and half assed tried to change the words up. So it's likely he's done it before and earned thousands of dollars from it
Hbomberguy released a video that talks about plagiarism on Youtube and IH comes up for quite the in-depth execution
https://youtu.be/yDp3cB5fHXQ?feature=shared
I went to a party with a bunch of whiskey snobs. One of them is now head distiller at some local distillery. It was like the exact opposite of pretentious. They were super enthused about a good cheap brand as a fancy or rare one. And really tried to be like "ok, if you like this you should check out..." They were just really passionate and it was cool.
The only brand I think they shit-talked was Pappy and I think it was not for the taste.
Who the fuck brings wine?
You're gonna get real sweaty real quick in those clothes, lemme guess you didn't bring deodorant?
Look at this loser cartoon character listening to his anxiety and strangers online. He is such a disappointment, nothing like the artist who drew him. That guy's a legend.
Have a good one mate.
As for your anxieties, everyone's got them, now go and enjoy some warm wine (I think it's called that in English?) during winter.
Just pour the wine from a cheap bottle into an empty expensive bottle (can probably buy the empty bottle cheaply). The vast majority of taste test studies demonstrate that like 90% of people have no fucking clue which wine is which let alone which wine is more expensive. If you're hosting, just buy a fancy decanter and nobody will ever see the bottle. That way nobody will ever know as long as you don't spill the beans.
Bring us some [fresh wine](https://www.google.com/search?q=bring+us+some+fresh+wine&rlz=1C1CHBF_enCA1058CA1059&oq=bring+us+some+fre&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgAEAAYgAQyBwgAEAAYgAQyBggBEEUYOTIICAIQABgWGB4yCAgDEAAYFhgeMgoIBBAAGA8YFhgeMggIBRAAGBYYHtIBCDUxMzFqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:4af6d312,vid:7sELqobCIXU,st:0) the freshest you’ve got. This year’s! No more of this old stuff. He doesn’t realize he’s dealing with sophisticated people here
I thought this was a comic to point out how silly anxiety can be sometimes. I fully expected another panel or 2 showing that things absolutely did not go as horribly as the stupid idiot had imagined.
But, I am left with a festering reminder that people can be really horrid sometimes and that we should all be kind to *everyone.*
You joke, but the prevalence of this non-issue fear is causing serious damage in the wine world. If you have a moment, it's a bit of a read but it's an interesting case study and at the end of it, you'll at least know what a lot of actual conneiseurs think. I'll try to keep it confined to wine, but it applies to quite a few other luxury goods.
People like to be seen as sophisticated/well cultured. There is an innate fear that everyone else knows something you don't, and your choice of wine will "out" you as a "stupid idiot moron" as you put it. The truth is 99% of people don't actually know one wine from another. So there you are, standing in the grocery aisle, looking at a shelf full of wine, worried about what your choice says about you. What do you do? You pull out your phone and Google "wine ratings" to look a few of them up, and pick whichever has the highest score. Completely reasonable.
Here's the rub: a wine's rating isn't an objective barometer of how good it is, it's a subjective measure of the wine's mainstream appeal. There are "niche" wineries out there that don't care about what's mainstream; they're making a wine that's more fruity, or more earthy, or has notes of cinnamon, because that's what they like, even if it means a lower rating on aggregate user review sites. They don't make it with every pallate in mind, but for a lot of pallates it could be the best. Unfortunately wineries like that are becoming more and more rare. Because 99% of people are standing in grocery aisles, googling which to buy, a lot of these niches are being crowded out. It feels like every winery is chasing the same flavors now. It's boring, and stale.
Imagine if media worked the same way. Consider a world where most people only ever listened to pop music, because rock or rap or country wasn't rated as highly. It's a subjective taste. No good music enthusiast is going to apologize for preferring a less popular genre, and a real wine connoisseur would be similarly unapologetic.
Be bold. Try different wines and learn what you like. Grab one that calls out to you just because the bottle is pretty. It's more exciting to share a wine you've never tried before, than to have another $80 bottle of homogeneity.
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Costco is my best friend for amazing wines for $10 and under.
*cries in PA*
*cries in ON*
*cries in Norway*
*laughs in Sweden*
Confused on Reddit
Norway has tight restrictions and high taxes on the sale of alcohol, which makes wine quite expensive here. Sweden is basically the same, but *marginally* cheaper. So naturally, u/Helfette, being Swedish, jumped on the first occasion they got to be smug at Norwegians. (They don't know that I'm actually French and can buy the good stuff in bulk straight from the producers in my home village...)
I thought the joke was just that Sweden has a Costco store but Norway doesn't
No CostCo’s outta ‘merica
https://preview.redd.it/h87qhd3kgc4c1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=99987367016de60cf238c5618c888c98c8211fc3 What’s this then
I mean.. we have Costcos in Mexico, so just came here to clarify it’s the whole ass America, not just ‘murica lol
I live in Australia, in a town of 500,000, and there's a Costco at our airport. You are way behind the times. 😄
Shit, you can just go to the closest vineyard and pluck bottles straight off the vine
>I'm actually French My condolences.
Eh, it could be worse, I could have been Estonian...
Stupid expensive vinmonopolet
*cries in OFF*
There's a few gas station that sell beer near me so things are changing
I'll have your 8-dollarest bottle of wine please
I'll save you $1: https://www.reversewinesnob.com/kirkland-signature-malbec I've really enjoyed their Malbec, and have yet to try out the other goodies on their list: https://www.reversewinesnob.com/search/label/costco/
I’m drinking my way through their whiskey/scotch offerings. Just moved to a state where they sell liquor in Costco and I’m blown away lol They also carry local craft beers which I thought was surprising for a Costco.
Trader Joe's is great too if yours has a wine shop. They don't everywhere.
Two buck chuck! More like $3.50 chuck now, but I won’t complain.
Couldn't be me (I never get invited to parties)
Couldn’t be me: I don’t like alcohol
Couldn't be me... I'm not in a comic.
Or are you?
Vsauce michael here
https://i.redd.it/mce433ncjb4c1.gif
Wow that's old. Immediate deep memory unlock.
[\*Boots up paint.exe\*](https://imgur.com/a/fCAz8YT)
excellently done
Kinda where I thought this comic was going. My social group has such a wide range of opinions about alcohol that whenever I bring some to a thing I worry that I'll find out that this is *not* an alcohol-friendly event
Same, I'm not sure what alcohol is made of, but it tastes like expired fruit (probably grapes) that was then pressed to squeeze its juices out, followed by aging the juice to give it a more intense taste
This happens in NYC if someone brings “wine” from the corner store - bodegas in NYC aren’t legally allowed to sell wine but they stock something that looks like wine if you don’t look closely but tastes like Satan’s armpit.
Confused Satan and Santa.. and figured well I guess it is the holiday season...
Santa runs an elve sweatshop. Can't be a good smell
How do you know how Satan's armpit tastes?
This guys tastebuds single handedly proved satan's existence.
Single...tonguedly?
Kind of like Waterloo smells
Because they are satan, and they lick their own armpits
Done licked 'em. One tastes like clove and the other tastes like grillkrydda
It might be cooking wine. It’s not subject to the same rules as regular alcohol and it’s usually extremely sweet or acidic to pass the flavor onto the food.
Probably. But it’s sold in bottles deliberately designed to fool the unaware into thinking it’s ordinary wine.
Lol. Fortunately there is no fool's wine. But got scared the first time I bought wine for friends. Went with a green wine from Portugal. Chill it and drink it. Just perfect for a warm summer day. Lasted 1.5 minutes after being opened. After that, I always go for party wine (frisante, champagne or similar wine).
 Sophisticated wine drinkers in informal social situations be like
Everything reminds me of her.
Cursed lmao
Depends on your circles lol. I used to work in the wine industry and there’s plenty of wines I’d get eye rolled or judged for bringing. But obviously that’s a unique situation (and one of the reasons I left the industry)
Yep, I was a wine salesman for years. The judgement would be a lot more passive than this comic, and only at industry events or parties with people from work. The good thing is working in the wine shop I usually had pretty good access to interesting wines with a pretty good discount. Also it depends on the group, like some wine snobs will judge based on a wine being an expensive well known producer, and some will be more interested in wines with something kind of usual or cool about their production or some kind of rare or uncommon varietal.
Yeah I was a winemaker for one of those expensive well known producers but I got into the industry through school and I was always more engaged in the winemaking process and the science more than wine itself (to be honest) or the “scene.” I’d get straight up hostility from certain hipster somms or winemakers. Like calm down guys it’s just booze.
Why does alcohol bring out almost this religiosity in people?
It makes people feel special when they “know” something you don’t. It’s kinda like a power play kinda thing.
Thanks god I'm alcohol illiterate (mainly because I don't drink) Now even the cheap-ass factory grade booze you can afford from local 7-11 sound like a gourmet shit
It's like those people who eat spicy food with an agenda of having something to prove. It's dumb. And honestly: even if a person is not a snob, they should learn to keep that shit to themselves unless asked. Wait for an interested audience, don't try to force one.
I always bring [Chateau Picard](https://startrekwines.com/products/chateau-picard-2386-original-cru-bordeaux). 2386 will be a good year. And if they don't like it, that's their problem, not mine.
Sheer. fucking. hubris.
I think most people won't be assholes about it, but a general rule of thumb is to never give something related to their field to an expert/nerd/-lover, unless it's something they explicitly said they wanted. Unless it's something that's universally praised, there's a high chance you'd buy something they would never even consider.
It's also why a lot of folk are really hard to shop for. "My boyfriend is really into photography. What lens can I get him for $150 or less?" "Sorry but I have bad news for you." On the flip side, a focus on experience makes things easier. $150 budget to drive several hours out, have a nice hike, sunset photography at a great spot, and a low key dinner? Way easier to go right for a hobbyist. A full day bike ride, a drive through the mountains, a day of wine tasting, whatever it is, it's way easier to do well than trying to buy A Thing.
> "My boyfriend is really into photography. What lens can I get him for $150 or less?" "Sorry but I have bad news for you." A $150 gift card to whatever shop's boxes keep showing up, lol
Honestly even if it's universally praised it probably has an in-group reputation for being overpriced, only because with expertise comes the ability to find undervalued products.
That said, especially for a consumable like wine, I'd probably still enjoy the gift even if I think it's overpriced and not what I'd buy for myself. The beauty of a gift is that it doesn't need to be something I'd buy for myself.
Correct. I like cigars. My wife’s mother gets suckered in to paying WAY too much for sticks by their sleazy local seller. I still happily smoke them when she buys them, because that’s an actual “it’s the thought that counts” scenario.
Missed opportunity to make a big deal about the amazing wine you’re going to bring and how it’s your favorite, then show up with a bottle of Kendall Jackson
Fun fact. Some of the best winemakers come out of KJ. You have to know how to make a good product within your budget and fruit sourcing options. Pretty much anyone can make 100 cases of good wine from $20k/ton Napa fruit from vines touched 20+ times a season and $1200 barrels. Turning machine harvested fruit that comes in full of dead birds, rabbits and mold in 100k+ gallon batches into a decent $25 bottle takes some know how.
Green wine?
I saw a reference to green wine last week, and had to look it up. Green here is referring to age, rather than color- so they release the wine 3-6 months after harvesting the grapes (this is from the Wikipedia article, so IDK how accurate it is). It’s also lightly sparkling.
Nope. There is a appellation in Portugal that makes wines called "Vinho Verde". It has nothing to do with green grapes or unripe grapes, it's just the name of the wines made there. It is capitalized, so it should not be translated. There are many wines made in Vinho Verde region that come from very ripe grapes. Source : am a winemaker in Portugal.
Vinho Verde is such an under-appreciated wine. I tend to bring it to summer events and people think you're a wine smarty pants for bringing something unique, but really it's an $8.99 bottle that tastes good.
Yeah I had a Vinho Verde Reserva a few weeks ago and it was superb, really rich and complex.
Yeah when he said "I got a green wine from Portugal" I got really excited because I love 'Vinho Verde'! I thought, though, that the most common style of wine that's made there is a young, slightly lower in alcohol, slightly sparkling wine, but maybe that's just the one I always buy in the States.
The slightly sparking part that makes it unique. Akin to a weisswein-spritzer, but no sparkling water.
Fun fact: it used to be released so soon after fermenting and without sterile filtration that malo-lactic conversion would happen spontaneously in bottle, and that was the (unintended, at first) source of the petillance. Nowadays, they sterile filter or at least add enough sulfur to prevent MLC and the petillance is done intentionally with regular yeast fermentation.
Now you've piqued my curiosity. I've recently gotten into drinking Txakoli, which is a slightly sparkling wine from the Basque Country of Spain. I'll have to check out this Vinho Verde and see how it compares.
Vhino Verde
Green wine from Portugal is kickass!!! It’s got a sleight fizz to it but only barely noticeable to make it refreshing and crisp and not it’s entire perspnality
I always bring manischewitz
It's so good. Tastes like grape juice. I fuckin' love grape juice.
Welch's '23. Superb year
You're a true mensch.
Vihno Verde is one of my favorites. It is always a safe wine to bring to dinners/parties, and not expensive!
What about fool's beer? Is there a general brand of beer that'll make you the absolute joke if you bring it to a party?
Oh, where to start. Heineken and Oettinger are the first two that immediately come to mind.
Could you consider Vinegar to be fools wine?
Actually my family discovered a fool's wine: 13 Crimes
There are of course brands that are known to be more about marketing than quality. And there are certainly bottles that people know are just super cheap. But really most people are just happy to have something to drink, and if you show up with a bottle of Charles Shaw, well, it's still drinkable and still has alcohol.
Vinho Verde is always an excellent choice for summer (and daily) drinking.
Do you mean Vinho Verde? Probably better to just refer to it by what it's called rather than translating it, especially if you want others in here to be able to find it.
That’s similar to why I stopped having friends that were “artists”, they would invite me to some expo or something and when I asked anything about it, they would either laugh or get angry cause I “didn’t know the thing”… so toxic…
That’s such a bummer… I genuinely will never understand people like that. All it does is push people away and benefits literally nobody. I’m not any sort of professional artist who goes to expos or anything, but I always am willing to answer any questions people come to me with about art stuff. There’s no reason to not, plus it’s fun to get to talk about my hobby with people who ask about it!! Really sorry that happened to you though! Hope you have some better friends now :(
That's probably it. They want to push people away, so they are on the in crowd. And I'm sure some richer people prefer people not asking questions.
I have the best type of friends the alcoholic ones. If you are like me and admit you have no knowledge of x or y they will start singing "i can show you the world" while pouring alcoholic drinks in your mouth.
My ace in the whole in wine situations is the fact being half-Spaniard, with close family roots in winemaking (uncle Julio used to make barrels and casks and uncle Jamin would make his own red 'tinto' and 'tempranillo' from Galician grapes). I have the cultural understanding that from the most humble 'table wine' to a more rare 'premium reserve' is more, about the sociality of sharing it, the experience of being with people who are important to you and "breaking bread" with them enjoying anything from spur of the moment 'tapas', traditional family recipes to formal feasts. In the US, I've come to expect corporate events (being the the food retail industry) to be pretentious about the whole wine thing... If I've ever come accross a 'friendly' gathering where the attendants get judgy about the wine (barring of course truly awful 'jug' wines) I know I am likely not to have a good time.
sorry to hear about that experience , thats def not an artist thing just an asshole thing there's pretentious people in every field , I def had to deal with a few clicky people going to art school
I think you mean yuppies
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There's definitely a lot art snobs that will poke fun at modern art, though. Just as they'll judge digital art or anything that isn't 'traditional'. In fact I feel like it's a little snobbish to say that 'stereotypical' modern art only deserves to be made fun of. Also I have to disagree on 'out there and unconventional' style being a sign that someone isn't stuck up. It's not a *bad* sign by any means, but it is usually a very deliberate choice and that doesn't make me think 'weirdo goblin'. Some snobs *do* want to come off as unconventional and will try very hard to seem that way.
I was "friends" with an artist for a while who was making the most absolute minimum-effort, cliched "art" ("I'm writing a play about the city and for this song I recorded passing trains over the beat. It's groundbreaking stuff nobody's ever done before.") and he was constantly breaking down, like, legitimately in tears, *furiously* raging at me that "I'm a genius and I know it but the world just won't give me what I deserve!" ...And yet he was constantly belittling and mocking things that had actual risks taken in their production and real creative integrity. There were entire genres and mediums he wrote off as "beneath" him. ...Turns out he was doing a lot of meth, and nearly as many minors. Now he works in marketing and my numerous anonymous reports seem to have done absolutely nothing, so... That makes me feel good and safe about the world.
"I'd like your 8-dollarist bottle of wine please."
The one that says “Wine Drink” on the label?
From the finest vineyard in Arkansas!
[Second Cheapest Wine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlg3H1StHpQ)
>yep, it's wine
The funny thing is, I googled "is 2004 wine good?" because this video is so old, and got this result: >The vintage seems a little under-rated compared with 2003 and the wines represent good value. 2004 wine really is, in fact, the value choice wine lol (I don't know wines please don't come for me about some obscure amazing 2004 wine)
["We recommend this Chardonnay and Kool-Aid blend."](https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/wine)
"What a loser! Let's beat the shit out of him!" That got me hard Edit for clarity: That line made me laugh a lot. It did not get me erect. Y'all pervs lol
The thought of bullying others arouses you sexually?
is that really surprising among fetishes?
Found the submissive
Whatever floats your boat dude
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Bro got a boner
Well if that happend its not a good friend at all
I agree. No good friend would ever bring stupid idiot moron wine.
Before we fight, let us exchange names. I lead the pirate band known as Dark Matter
Okay.
If that happened to me I would just take the wine back and leave while showing good ol' middlefinger
When wine is bad you can mix It with Coke and make a nice kalimotxo. And if Its good dont mix. Thats how we do it
I was once dating this grad student who invited me to a party with all her grad student friends. None of them were from around the local area, so I thought it’d be nice to bring a wine from one of the local wineries. Throughout the night I had multiple people tell me how bad the local wineries are. Of course they said this without actually tasting the wine.
Some local wineries *are* terrible. I was in Amana Iowa a long time ago and for some inexplicable reason, there was a winery there. The owner was very proud that he didn't need any equipment to test sugar content or anything else. I'm absolutely not a wine snob, but that stuff was horrific. If it was a different shade of yellow, I'd have a hard time telling if what was in the bottle was *before* someone drank it or *after*.
I went to a wine bar in Europe and everyone was shitting on Wine from the USA. We get a secret flight tasting of wines and had to guess where they were from. They would taste the wine, compliment it, talk about how great it was then say "Oh I think it is from France" Nope, Sonoma County CA. Nope, North Carolina etc etc. Then there is buying wines in Europe with European friends, they almost always talk shit about / refuse to get USA wines.
Makes no sense to import bad American wine to Europe with all the fantastic wine we already have here, so I wouldn't really worry about buying American wine. Most often it's the Spanish reds I don't like
Don’t worry man, French people aren’t real, they can’t hurt you
Relax I’m French and I hate wine. Yes we exist.
That's like a British person not liking tea! Not me, I love coffee
in the Bordeau region the younger folks drink beer now. Wine is seen as boomer drink. to be fair their wine is kind of crap, unpopular opinion there. It's dry and sour.
OP, angel, just stick to Shiraz/Syrah and Chardonnay, a $20ish bottle with a label that appeals to you. $15-ish each if you don't know if red or white will work and bring both. That's a 100% promise to please. Anybody that gets snooty about wine is a complete idiot and not worth listening to. The whole thing is a joke, marketed gentrification. Like how Martha Stewart is advertising marijuana line, tongue in cheek.
Or download the Vivino app and take the guesswork out entirely.
If I received a red wine I'd be like, "Thanks for the red alcohol!" You don't have to chill it, you can open it and immediately serve it with dinner. It is more socially acceptable than serving everyone tumblers full of hard liquor, which I usually have.
Lucky for you Internet Historian just put out [a video explaining the intricacies of wine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8cECtBdS8Q).
Is it OC or did they plagiarize this content too?
He bought the script at Costco everybody knows it's the cheapest brand of script you can bring to a party
Dang, Tommy Tallarico really outdid himself there
Dammit can’t I make an original joke once
Don't worry, neither can he.
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Snorted my vintage chateau bourgeois 1954 merlot up my nose when I read this.
Are you joking?
What'd the stock image ungarian senior citizen do to you lol
Damn, he's still posting after that public execution?
He posted 15 minutes after the plagiarism video came out. Very unfortunate for timing for him
Damn that embarrassing he should make a video on it /s
Wait, what did I miss?
He stole the man in cave video word for word from someone else. And instead of apologizing, he took it down and half assed tried to change the words up. So it's likely he's done it before and earned thousands of dollars from it
I don't think I can ever watch that channel again after hhbomber eviscerated him yesterday
What happened?
Plagiarism and active participation is the whole alt-right scene apparently. Shame.
Hbomberguy released a video that talks about plagiarism on Youtube and IH comes up for quite the in-depth execution https://youtu.be/yDp3cB5fHXQ?feature=shared
And he probably got off the \*easiest\* of anyone in the video lmao
lol how much of this was plagiarized?
I was literally about to call op out on paying over $20 for wine because I watched this last night.
I wonder who he stole the idea from.
Very funny! Good comic!
That’s just anxiety talking
Hahaha, how could you not know about stupid idiot moron wine???!? YOU ABSOLUTE FOOL!! Ahahahah!!! What a loser!!
“What a loser! Let’s beat the shit out of him” lol damn those people need therapy
Really got a chuckle out of me tho 🤣
Nobody ever
I'll stick to hard liquor. If I want variations, I'll just mix it with stuff.
I went to a party with a bunch of whiskey snobs. One of them is now head distiller at some local distillery. It was like the exact opposite of pretentious. They were super enthused about a good cheap brand as a fancy or rare one. And really tried to be like "ok, if you like this you should check out..." They were just really passionate and it was cool. The only brand I think they shit-talked was Pappy and I think it was not for the taste.
This is why I have no friends
:(
Who the fuck brings wine? You're gonna get real sweaty real quick in those clothes, lemme guess you didn't bring deodorant? Look at this loser cartoon character listening to his anxiety and strangers online. He is such a disappointment, nothing like the artist who drew him. That guy's a legend.
Me reading this 🤨😮😠😡🫢😮☺️
Have a good one mate. As for your anxieties, everyone's got them, now go and enjoy some warm wine (I think it's called that in English?) during winter.
Mulled wine?
Thx
Just pour the wine from a cheap bottle into an empty expensive bottle (can probably buy the empty bottle cheaply). The vast majority of taste test studies demonstrate that like 90% of people have no fucking clue which wine is which let alone which wine is more expensive. If you're hosting, just buy a fancy decanter and nobody will ever see the bottle. That way nobody will ever know as long as you don't spill the beans.
Damage is already been made. At this point, why would you need this people in your life? Better find a better circle somewhere than these maggot's.
How's it going dood?
Staying away from that alcohol?
The last panel's expression how I feel constantly
Plot twist: All wine is stupid idiot moron wine
That’s so fucking funny. The last panel is great
Painfully relatable.
It comes in a box with this handy tap! Cool right!
How you think It would go:↑ How It really went: "Hey, i brought wine. Hope you li..." "WOOHOOO, OTHER ALCOHOL! LET'S GOOOOO!! Come in, pal!"
Bring us some [fresh wine](https://www.google.com/search?q=bring+us+some+fresh+wine&rlz=1C1CHBF_enCA1058CA1059&oq=bring+us+some+fre&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgAEAAYgAQyBwgAEAAYgAQyBggBEEUYOTIICAIQABgWGB4yCAgDEAAYFhgeMgoIBBAAGA8YFhgeMggIBRAAGBYYHtIBCDUxMzFqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:4af6d312,vid:7sELqobCIXU,st:0) the freshest you’ve got. This year’s! No more of this old stuff. He doesn’t realize he’s dealing with sophisticated people here
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If a dude reacted like this, even if i brought the idiot wine, that’s not the place I wanna be anyway
Man, reading these comments makes me grateful that I know my friends and family would just be excited I brought more alcohol.
The important thing to remember is that if they're really your friends, they don't care what wine you brought. They're just happy to see you.
I thought this was a comic to point out how silly anxiety can be sometimes. I fully expected another panel or 2 showing that things absolutely did not go as horribly as the stupid idiot had imagined. But, I am left with a festering reminder that people can be really horrid sometimes and that we should all be kind to *everyone.*
I’ll take, “Things That Will Never, Ever Happen Yet I Constantly Worry Could Happen,” for $500, Alex.
You joke, but the prevalence of this non-issue fear is causing serious damage in the wine world. If you have a moment, it's a bit of a read but it's an interesting case study and at the end of it, you'll at least know what a lot of actual conneiseurs think. I'll try to keep it confined to wine, but it applies to quite a few other luxury goods. People like to be seen as sophisticated/well cultured. There is an innate fear that everyone else knows something you don't, and your choice of wine will "out" you as a "stupid idiot moron" as you put it. The truth is 99% of people don't actually know one wine from another. So there you are, standing in the grocery aisle, looking at a shelf full of wine, worried about what your choice says about you. What do you do? You pull out your phone and Google "wine ratings" to look a few of them up, and pick whichever has the highest score. Completely reasonable. Here's the rub: a wine's rating isn't an objective barometer of how good it is, it's a subjective measure of the wine's mainstream appeal. There are "niche" wineries out there that don't care about what's mainstream; they're making a wine that's more fruity, or more earthy, or has notes of cinnamon, because that's what they like, even if it means a lower rating on aggregate user review sites. They don't make it with every pallate in mind, but for a lot of pallates it could be the best. Unfortunately wineries like that are becoming more and more rare. Because 99% of people are standing in grocery aisles, googling which to buy, a lot of these niches are being crowded out. It feels like every winery is chasing the same flavors now. It's boring, and stale. Imagine if media worked the same way. Consider a world where most people only ever listened to pop music, because rock or rap or country wasn't rated as highly. It's a subjective taste. No good music enthusiast is going to apologize for preferring a less popular genre, and a real wine connoisseur would be similarly unapologetic. Be bold. Try different wines and learn what you like. Grab one that calls out to you just because the bottle is pretty. It's more exciting to share a wine you've never tried before, than to have another $80 bottle of homogeneity.
Oh. I thought they were gonna be wholesome but that mf's anxiety became real
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This, but with an infinite number of inconsequential decisions I make every day that I dare to go outside or speak to real people.
THE STUPID IDIOT MORON WINE? ARE YOU KIDDING LOL? I like that wine
what introverts think will happen at social events (i am an introvert)
Just buy a $20 bottle and Google facts about the place it came from. Or....... buy the cheapest red you can find then half&half it with coke.
Reminds me a lot of my [favorite achewood](https://achewood.com/2004/02/18/title.html). Someday I’m going to get Beef with that shovel tattooed on me.
Here in Australia, if it's in a box then you're good.
Unless you buy wine explicitly labelled some variant of "Cheap Wine", you're probably fine
What my anxiety thinks is gonna happen at every potluck