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The worst wine I've ever had

post #1 of 17
4/2/08 at 4:32pm
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Pizza Vino, California, uh 2005 vintage even. My wife bought it on a lark because she liked what it said on the label.

But... too bad it's undrinkeable. Even at $4 a bottle. :D It's like sour gasoline.
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post #2 of 17
4/3/08 at 8:31am
I feel the same way about that "Red Truck" wine....

I said with a name that bad, the wine can't be much worse..

it is.
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post #3 of 17
4/4/08 at 2:12pm
A friend told me I was a wine snob and that I had to do a blind tasting with him and some of our other friends. Each person brought 3 bottles, and I discovered that, no, I am not a wine snob, cheap bad wine tastes like cheap bad wine regardless of whether I can see the label or not. I later found out that he had made me drink some jug wine from Carlos Rossi. It was by far the worst wine I have ever had (well, 2nd worst: several month old Manischewitz from my grandmothers refrigerator was the worst). :(:(:(
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post #4 of 17
4/16/08 at 4:55pm
Agreed firerose, 100%! I think for myself the worst I've ever had was this fisheye cabernet sauvignon, I think 2003, BUT I would preface by saying that other's that drank it with me actually found it to be good.
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post #5 of 17
4/16/08 at 11:13pm
it just ges to support the old saying of "you get what you pay for". At for dollars a bottle what did yu expect? Fisheye is kind of hit and miss, I've had good and bad.
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post #6 of 17
4/17/08 at 6:47am
I hear ya, although to be fair there are decent wines under 10$.

I drink blackstone merlot weekly and its 9.99 a bottle....

bogle petite syrah used to be like 10.99 until it was featured in food&wine


that red truck stuff though.....ooooffha.
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post #7 of 17
4/17/08 at 1:39pm
here's a heads up for you wine drinkers too. There's a not very well known deerflied wine that is sold in small quantities. It's called Red Rex, a cabernet Blend, it sells for about $23 in New York. It's a superb wine, best bang for buck, not cheap but not expensive. If you're feeling curious I recomend picking one up.
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post #8 of 17
4/22/08 at 9:46pm
Delicato White Zinfandel gets my vote. I don't know what vintage it was. It was really bad, but at least I only spent a few bucks on it. Tasted like vinegar.
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post #9 of 17
4/23/08 at 10:41am
IF you hated that, try a tabel chianti.....it's like grape paste
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post #10 of 17
5/12/08 at 12:05pm

Vinegar Wine

I'm in no way a wine connoisseur, but the absolute worst wine I had was while I was in Madagascar. Apparently they make several varieties of wine there.

It's bad, really bad. You might as well just chug a bottle of vinegar.
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post #11 of 17
7/19/08 at 6:41pm
vinegar: Horse's Creek, on sale at Walmart for $2.94 per 750 ml.

throw up in a bottle.
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post #12 of 17
10/21/08 at 9:39am
Out of curiosity, are any of you sure the wine itself wasn't bad?
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post #13 of 17
11/30/08 at 7:37pm
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Hmm... oh yeah the wine was bad all right! :D

Nope it wasn't corked if that's what you are asking.

And sorry for the late reply.
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post #14 of 17
11/30/08 at 7:48pm
Kuan, did you just retire?
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post #15 of 17
12/2/08 at 1:12am
One of the worst I've had was some homemade stuff at one party. It tasted sort of like a cat peed in some Welch's grape juice. At our Beach Party back in February, though, I had some homemade wine one guest brought that was way better than expected. I was impressed.

Someday I may get around to tasting what could be the worst wine I've ever had. Back in 1979 when my first wife and I got married a friend gave us a bottle of homemade wine. It is still sitting on the shelf. Maybe in 2009, 30 years later, I'll pop the cork and see what we've got.

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post #16 of 17
12/12/08 at 3:59pm
Fish Eye. Gross.
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post #17 of 17
12/13/08 at 8:46am
kinda in the same caliber as Barefoot. who the heck puts a "foot" on a bottle of wine?
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