So I bought my first bottle of wine...

sleepingbeauty825

I've HAD it before, but I've never bought my own. I had no clue what I was doing in the liquor store. Pinot Grigio, Pinot Nior? There are soooo many kinds! I got White Zinfandel (but it's pink!?) and I'm having my H crack it open right now.

But, dang! I have no wine glasses. So I'm rolling super classy with wine in a regular glass.

ETA: Dang!! I guess I don't get wine. We don't have a cork screw! Unless we do what my H suggested and break it open on the counter pirate-style.

diana.filipi

Bless your heart.  That bites b*lls.  Get yourself a wine opener tomorrow!  I would be temper tantrum pissy LoL

goldenleaves

sleepingbeauty825:

I've HAD it before, but I've never bought my own. I had no clue what I was doing in the liquor store. Pinot Grigio, Pinot Nior? There are soooo many kinds! I got White Zinfandel (but it's pink!?) and I'm having my H crack it open right now.

But, dang! I have no wine glasses. So I'm rolling super classy with wine in a regular glass.

ETA: Dang!! I guess I don't get wine. We don't have a cork screw! Unless we do what my H suggested and break it open on the counter pirate-style.

LOL!!

I had to make DH go get a cork screw the first time we bought wine in our new house. Apparently ours didn't make the move.

MrsRebecca

Oooh, get a sword and lop the top off!

I would now like to recommend one of my fave cheap wines: Smoking Loon merlot.

I am also a big fan of the two buck chuck if you happen to have Trader Joe's.

I am not a wine snob but I am married to one so it makes choosing a bottle of wine very interesting.

jenfurleigh

sleepingbeauty825:

I've HAD it before, but I've never bought my own. I had no clue what I was doing in the liquor store. Pinot Grigio, Pinot Nior? There are soooo many kinds! I got White Zinfandel (but it's pink!?) and I'm having my H crack it open right now.

 

But, dang! I have no wine glasses. So I'm rolling super classy with wine in a regular glass.

 

ETA: Dang!! I guess I don't get wine. We don't have a cork screw! Unless we do what my H suggested and break it open on the counter pirate-style.

Aw, dang, that sucks! I remember a few years ago on new years eve, we bought a bottle of wine and got it home, and realized we did not have a cork screw (we forgot ours had broken before).  My husband and his brother were determined to get that thing open though! My husband grabbed a screw driver and started chipping away at it! By the time it was "open" there were little pieces of cork floating around in the bottle! Yeah, we still drank it! It was New Year's Eve! (though I did pick the cork pieces out of mine..)  Got a screw driver??

CheriLooWho

My fave type of wine is gewurztraminer!  

Have you tried pushing the cork in? 

NastyAnnie

I made my own corkscrew once.

I just took a regular screw, screwed it in, then Bun pulled the end and I held the bottle.

...It was janxy, but we got our wine

sleepingbeauty825

MrsRebecca:

Oooh, get a sword and lop the top off!

I would now like to recommend one of my fave cheap wines: Smoking Loon merlot.

I am also a big fan of the two buck chuck if you happen to have Trader Joe's.

I am not a wine snob but I am married to one so it makes choosing a bottle of wine very interesting.

Ah, thanks for the suggestion! I was thinking of you while I was perusing the many aisles of wine. Haha, I was like "MrsRebecca would know what to get."

MrsRebecca

sleepingbeauty825:

MrsRebecca:

Oooh, get a sword and lop the top off!

I would now like to recommend one of my fave cheap wines: Smoking Loon merlot.

I am also a big fan of the two buck chuck if you happen to have Trader Joe's.

I am not a wine snob but I am married to one so it makes choosing a bottle of wine very interesting.

Ah, thanks for the suggestion! I was thinking of you while I was perusing the many aisles of wine. Haha, I was like "MrsRebecca would know what to get."

Nah, I just make a note to remember what DH buys. Sssssh, don't tell my friends. They think I know my shiz.

sleepingbeauty825

Wow you ladies are creative!! Hahaha! I've given up on wine tonight, so maybe I'll try your "janxy" tricks tomorrow evening!

jnthurston

2 Buck Chuck from Trader Joes is the best wine ever!

sleepingbeauty825

MrsRebecca:

sleepingbeauty825:

MrsRebecca:

Oooh, get a sword and lop the top off!

I would now like to recommend one of my fave cheap wines: Smoking Loon merlot.

I am also a big fan of the two buck chuck if you happen to have Trader Joe's.

I am not a wine snob but I am married to one so it makes choosing a bottle of wine very interesting.

Ah, thanks for the suggestion! I was thinking of you while I was perusing the many aisles of wine. Haha, I was like "MrsRebecca would know what to get."

Nah, I just make a note to remember what DH buys. Sssssh, don't tell my friends. They think I know my shiz.

LOL, cracks me up every time!

sleepingbeauty825

jnthurston:

2 Buck Chuck from Trader Joes is the best wine ever!

Man! There isn't a Trader Joe's here! Anyway, if there were I'm pretty sure it would not sell wine. You can only buy wine in liquor stores here.

jkylie

awe man!!  i can't imagine. i would make DH go get a corckscrew!!!

Ditto mrs. rebecca's cheap suggestion. I also like to recommend any of the fetzers (chardonnay and gewurztraminer are my favs)

I could give you a whole list of cheap wines but i wont!!

welp, guess i better go open a bottle. id like a glass now!

gogoamy

fun! pinot noir is my fav! 

jenny1980

You can get it open by breaking off part of the cork and poking the other half into the bottle with a knife.

We have corkscrews in each car if that tells you anything about how much wine we drink.

 

kcisthebombdotcom

Go for riesling next time! I ever named my cat after that wine. Sooo good.

Torani

When I was in college, my dad was visiting and got all huffy that I didn't own a corkscrew (um, dad? I was only 20!) and broke two of my cheapo steak knives trying to get the bottle open! The next day he gave me money for new knives! Now I always have corkscrews so that he leaves my knives alone!