Public service announcement for the other wine drinkers...

[CosmicCowboy]

from the Washington Post:

LOS ANGELES — The 83 bottles of wine cited in a lawsuit this week as having dangerously high levels of arsenic came from 28 California wineries and were bottled under 31 different brand labels. Some of the labels included several different types of wine, such as merlot, chardonnay, burgundy, rose, etc.

Those labels and the types of wine cited in the complaint:

— Acronym (GR8RW Red Blend).

— Almaden (Heritage White Zinfandel, Heritage Moscato, Heritage Chardonnay, Mountain Burgundy, Mountain Rhine, Mountain Chablis).

— Arrow Creek (Coastal Series Cabernet Sauvignon).

— Bandit (Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon).

— Bay Bridge (Chardonnay).

— Beringer (White Merlot, White Zinfandel, Red Moscato, Refreshingly Sweet Moscato).

— Charles Shaw (White Zinfandel).

— Colores Del Sol (Malbec).

— Glen Ellen by Concannon (Glen Ellen Reserve Pinot Grigio, Glen Ellen Reserve Merlot).

— Concannon (Selected Vineyards Pinot Noir).

— Cook’s (Spumante).

— Corbett Canyon (Pinot Grigio, Cabernet Sauvignon).

— Cupcake (Malbec).

— Fetzer (Moscato, Pinot Grigio).

— Fisheye (Pinot Grigio).

— Flipflop (Pinot Grigio, Moscato, Cabernet Sauvignon).

— Foxhorn (White Zinfandel).

— Franzia (Vintner Select White Grenache, Vintner Select White Zinfandel, Vintner Select White Merlot, Vintner Select Burgundy).

— Hawkstone (Cabernet Sauvignon).

— HRM Rex Goliath (Moscato).

— Korbel (Sweet Rose Sparkling Wine, Extra Dry Sparkling Wine).

— Menage A Trois (Pinot Grigo, Moscato, White Blend, Chardonnay, Rose, Cabernet Sauvignon, California Red Wine).

— Mogen David (Concord, Blackberry Wine).

— Oak Leaf (White Zinfandel).

— Pomelo (Sauvignon Blanc).

— R Collection By Raymond (Chardonnay).

— Richards Wild Irish Rose (Red Wine).

— Seaglass (Sauvignon Blanc).

— Simply Naked (Moscato).

— Smoking Loon (Viognier).

— Sutter Home (Sauvignon Blanc, Gerwurztraminer, Pink Moscato, Pinot Grigio, Moscato, Chenin Blanc, Sweet Red, Riesling, White Merlot, Merlot, White Zinfandel).

[TheSanityAnnex]

Don't drink any of those, but thanks for heads up

[CosmicCowboy]

I had the cupcake malbec at a party once.

[Winehole23]

check the snopes on this one.

there's a conflict of interest, retested wines did not confirm publicized results and even the goddam EU found Cali wines safe.

[CosmicCowboy]

check the snopes on this one.

there's a conflict of interest, retested wines did not confirm publicized results and even the goddam EU found Cali wines safe.

No shit?

from a reasonably credible source, too.

[Blake]

The ones I recognize are cheap wines

[CosmicCowboy]

The ones I recognize are cheap wines

Most I recognized are $10 a bottle or less.

[Winehole23]

The ones I recognize are cheap winesit's the American vin ordinaire. not for experienced palates, but it ain't actually that bad comparatively.

[Winehole23]

in the age of modern controls and, uh, chemistry, all the cheap wine improved a lot on both sides of the pond in the last 20-30 years.

[pgardn]

Red wine turns my tongue purple. No it's not quite purple, it's like an ink stain.
This pisses me off. And I like dry red wine. So I drink white when I want some wine.

I like this wine from Chile, Nimbus. It's arid dry with a hint of blow dryer.
Poignant, yet not over bearing. Supposed to let the adverbs roll of the tongue when one has no palate ima told.
Or recall specific incidents associated with that wine: I got hammered with_______ , cracked the wife over the head, and set her out to sea.

[RandomGuy]

As long as there isn't arsenic in the beer...

Wonder where scott got to?