Comments on: The Worst Wine Ever http://www.delongwine.com/news/2006/08/09/the-worst-wine-ever/ An American Winegeek in London Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:48:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Baje rock http://www.delongwine.com/news/2006/08/09/the-worst-wine-ever/#comment-27293 Baje rock Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:08:04 +0000 http://www.delongwine.com/news/2006/08/09/the-worst-wine-ever/#comment-27293 Well, I have had some pretty bad wines! Some have come from Hungary! These wines are hit or miss but at least out there they are a few dollars a bottle or (Forints). The worst wine I've ever had was in a very expensive mexican restaurant in Jalisco. The wine was Mexican and cost $45 USD. It has been the only bottle I have ever returned at a restaurant. I have returned them to stores before, because it's not my fault the wine is spoiled. Mexican wine is salty.......don't drink it! I like to tell my favorite wine but if I did there wouldn't be any for me!!! The best Italian wines aren't imported the Italians like to keep them for themselves. Well, I have had some pretty bad wines! Some have come from Hungary! These wines are hit or miss but at least out there they are a few dollars a bottle or (Forints). The worst wine I’ve ever had was in a very expensive mexican restaurant in Jalisco. The wine was Mexican and cost $45 USD. It has been the only bottle I have ever returned at a restaurant. I have returned them to stores before, because it’s not my fault the wine is spoiled. Mexican wine is salty…….don’t drink it! I like to tell my favorite wine but if I did there wouldn’t be any for me!!! The best Italian wines aren’t imported the Italians like to keep them for themselves.

]]> By: Steve De Long http://www.delongwine.com/news/2006/08/09/the-worst-wine-ever/#comment-2157 Steve De Long Sat, 07 Oct 2006 08:16:47 +0000 http://www.delongwine.com/news/2006/08/09/the-worst-wine-ever/#comment-2157 Hi Whit, Great stuff -- at half price how can you go wrong? Very wrong! Hi Whit, Great stuff — at half price how can you go wrong? Very wrong!

]]> By: Whit Stevens http://www.delongwine.com/news/2006/08/09/the-worst-wine-ever/#comment-2130 Whit Stevens Tue, 03 Oct 2006 21:52:49 +0000 http://www.delongwine.com/news/2006/08/09/the-worst-wine-ever/#comment-2130 The 2002 Renwood Grandmère Zinfandel is the worst wine I've ever had. Imagine blueberry and rasberry syrup mixed with rubbing alcohol... that should give you a pretty good idea of what it tastes like. At least I got it for half price. The 2002 Renwood Grandmère Zinfandel is the worst wine I’ve ever had. Imagine blueberry and rasberry syrup mixed with rubbing alcohol… that should give you a pretty good idea of what it tastes like. At least I got it for half price.

]]> By: Steve De Long http://www.delongwine.com/news/2006/08/09/the-worst-wine-ever/#comment-1762 Steve De Long Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:48:51 +0000 http://www.delongwine.com/news/2006/08/09/the-worst-wine-ever/#comment-1762 Hi Pedro, Good to hear from you! It always amazes me when really marginal wine growing areas make wine. Don't they know down in San Juan that there's a global wine glut?! Hi Pedro,

Good to hear from you! It always amazes me when really marginal wine growing areas make wine. Don’t they know down in San Juan that there’s a global wine glut?!

]]> By: Pedro http://www.delongwine.com/news/2006/08/09/the-worst-wine-ever/#comment-1719 Pedro Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:17:06 +0000 http://www.delongwine.com/news/2006/08/09/the-worst-wine-ever/#comment-1719 Well I thought that a bottle of Brusco dei Barbi was simply terrible, but drinkable. Then I recently tried a Cabernet Sauvignon from San Juan, Puerto Rico that was horrific and "undrinkable." The island has to stick to making rum not wine. Salud! Pedro Well I thought that a bottle of Brusco dei Barbi was simply terrible, but drinkable. Then I recently tried a Cabernet Sauvignon from San Juan, Puerto Rico that was horrific and “undrinkable.” The island has to stick to making rum not wine.

Salud!
Pedro

]]> By: Steve De Long http://www.delongwine.com/news/2006/08/09/the-worst-wine-ever/#comment-1608 Steve De Long Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:05:50 +0000 http://www.delongwine.com/news/2006/08/09/the-worst-wine-ever/#comment-1608 Hey anonymous, don't mess with Texas! Good advice, however, with 4,793 Wine Spec. ratings in the "not recommended" region of 50-74, which certainly begs the philosophical question: what is the difference between a 50 and a 51? 23 wines populate the 50 points mark and are either corked or ancient bottles that passed on years ago. Two others were apparently the result of bad winemaking: Cantina del Taburno Score: 50 Wine: Greco Taburno 2000 Price: $15 Country: Italy Region: Campania Issue: Web Only (2002) Repulsive. Totally flawed. Tasted twice, with consistent notes. 2,830 cases made. (JS) Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Score: 50 Wine: La Tâche 1983 Price: $NA Country: France Region: Burgundy Issue: Sep 30, 1999 Simply awful. Smells and tastes of burnt rubber, sulfur and rot--it has serious flaws. Dry, lean and disgusting. DRC should be ashamed for having released this wine.--La Tâche vertical. (PM) In terms of the Spec, I think we can safely say that the 1983 DRC La Tâche represents the worst value for money in the "awful and repulsive" category. Hey anonymous, don’t mess with Texas! Good advice, however, with 4,793 Wine Spec. ratings in the “not recommended” region of 50-74, which certainly begs the philosophical question: what is the difference between a 50 and a 51? 23 wines populate the 50 points mark and are either corked or ancient bottles that passed on years ago. Two others were apparently the result of bad winemaking:

Cantina del Taburno
Score: 50
Wine: Greco Taburno 2000

Price: $15
Country: Italy
Region: Campania
Issue: Web Only (2002)

Repulsive. Totally flawed. Tasted twice, with consistent notes. 2,830 cases made. (JS)

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
Score: 50
Wine: La Tâche 1983

Price: $NA
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Issue: Sep 30, 1999

Simply awful. Smells and tastes of burnt rubber, sulfur and rot–it has serious flaws. Dry, lean and disgusting. DRC should be ashamed for having released this wine.–La Tâche vertical. (PM)

In terms of the Spec, I think we can safely say that the 1983 DRC La Tâche represents the worst value for money in the “awful and repulsive” category.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.delongwine.com/news/2006/08/09/the-worst-wine-ever/#comment-1601 anonymous Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:11:14 +0000 http://www.delongwine.com/news/2006/08/09/the-worst-wine-ever/#comment-1601 When the Wine Spectator database was free a couple years back (I don't have a subscription now so I don't know how it works anymore) you could search by points. If you searched for 50-60 points you'd get some hilarious reviews of awful wines (usually from places like Texas) with comments like "notes of skunk and silage." That would be a place to start... When the Wine Spectator database was free a couple years back (I don’t have a subscription now so I don’t know how it works anymore) you could search by points. If you searched for 50-60 points you’d get some hilarious reviews of awful wines (usually from places like Texas) with comments like “notes of skunk and silage.” That would be a place to start…

]]> By: Steve De Long http://www.delongwine.com/news/2006/08/09/the-worst-wine-ever/#comment-1563 Steve De Long Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:04:51 +0000 http://www.delongwine.com/news/2006/08/09/the-worst-wine-ever/#comment-1563 Thanks for the warning, Arnie! The asking price for the '77 Lafite seems to be around $200 bucks a bottle, which is a fortune for a horrible vintage and guaranteed undrinkable wine. Someone might want it for a 30th birthday present next year but yes, not a good value by any stretch of the imagination. Thanks for the warning, Arnie!

The asking price for the ‘77 Lafite seems to be around $200 bucks a bottle, which is a fortune for a horrible vintage and guaranteed undrinkable wine. Someone might want it for a 30th birthday present next year but yes, not a good value by any stretch of the imagination.

]]> By: Arnie Eisen http://www.delongwine.com/news/2006/08/09/the-worst-wine-ever/#comment-1556 Arnie Eisen Tue, 15 Aug 2006 02:20:30 +0000 http://www.delongwine.com/news/2006/08/09/the-worst-wine-ever/#comment-1556 Worst wine? Aside from "one man's meat is" etc.it depends on who is doing the evaluation and what is the purpose of the question. A friend asked me about the quality (and the value) of her(?) husbands cellar.He never considered it hers but now he's terminal and she has to make the decisons about disposal (of the wine) or its consumption.He thought he had a liquid gold mine having been prey for years to salesmen at X's store in Scarsdale,NY. They filled his head with dreams of a financial bonanza but when the collection was offered for auction its real value became apparent.I asked some friends for comments as she thought I was trying to grab the family jewels at a fire sale. Together with some research we gave her our collective wisdom. With thanks she wanted to give me a present for my efforts and was shocked when I declined the offer: a case of Lafitte-Rothchild 1977.$ value?? Tasting/Consump- tion value? YOU TELL ME. Drink wine,not labels Advising friends re their wine cellar is hazardous.. Worst wine? Aside from “one man’s meat is” etc.it depends on who is doing the evaluation and what is the purpose of the question. A friend asked me about the quality (and the value) of her(?) husbands cellar.He never considered it hers but now he’s terminal and she has to make the decisons about disposal (of the wine) or its consumption.He thought he had a liquid gold mine having been prey for years to salesmen at X’s store in Scarsdale,NY. They filled his head with dreams of a financial bonanza but when the collection was offered for auction its real value became apparent.I asked some friends for comments as she thought I was trying to grab the family jewels at a fire sale. Together with some research we gave her our collective wisdom. With thanks she wanted to give me a present for my efforts and was shocked when I declined the offer: a case of Lafitte-Rothchild 1977.$ value?? Tasting/Consump- tion value? YOU TELL ME. Drink wine,not labels Advising friends re their wine cellar is hazardous..

]]> By: Steve De Long http://www.delongwine.com/news/2006/08/09/the-worst-wine-ever/#comment-1507 Steve De Long Fri, 11 Aug 2006 09:26:23 +0000 http://www.delongwine.com/news/2006/08/09/the-worst-wine-ever/#comment-1507 Gaj, thanks for the kind words even if it is comment spam. Please tell Gary that I wasn't the guy who returned the bottles purchased in the bargain bin. Marcus and Doris, Thanks for the comments and votes. I'm not a big fan of [yellowtail], however, there is vinous dreck on the list that are would put it to shame. Richard, I think you've touched on a very good point. In the end, with all the ornery fun the Worst Wine Ever Poll promises it's really not that interesting. Given the way I assembled the poll, it was difficult to eliminate wines that were spoiled and not the fault of the winemaker. I did nix a few entries that were were obviously spoiled like a Baumard Sauvennieres and a list of wines that were made to be consumed young but were over 10 years old when opened. In terms of price comparisons, I know of a few wineries that provide recipes for sangria using their $10+ wines but don't know if they even belong in the same plonk/value matrix as a $2.29 bottle of Thunderbird (2.29 at Goody Goody Liquor in Dallas the best price found on winesearcher.com). Horrible at $12 vs toxic at $2? Gaj, thanks for the kind words even if it is comment spam. Please tell Gary that I wasn’t the guy who returned the bottles purchased in the bargain bin.

Marcus and Doris, Thanks for the comments and votes. I’m not a big fan of [yellowtail], however, there is vinous dreck on the list that are would put it to shame.

Richard, I think you’ve touched on a very good point. In the end, with all the ornery fun the Worst Wine Ever Poll promises it’s really not that interesting. Given the way I assembled the poll, it was difficult to eliminate wines that were spoiled and not the fault of the winemaker. I did nix a few entries that were were obviously spoiled like a Baumard Sauvennieres and a list of wines that were made to be consumed young but were over 10 years old when opened. In terms of price comparisons, I know of a few wineries that provide recipes for sangria using their $10+ wines but don’t know if they even belong in the same plonk/value matrix as a $2.29 bottle of Thunderbird (2.29 at Goody Goody Liquor in Dallas the best price found on winesearcher.com). Horrible at $12 vs toxic at $2?

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