Wine & Cookies

loopy82

I feel like sitting around drinking wine and eating cookies all day.

heyimbren

I just tried red wine for the first time last week. I wasn't that fond of it.

purplepeopleeater11

Sounds like a pretty awesome day to me.

Ana_2985

That sounds fantastic.  Maybe I do that after I go to Michaels.  Except wine and cake. I bought a pre-made pound cake and put whipped vanilla icing on it and it's glorious.

purplepeopleeater11

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[QUOTE]I just tried red wine for the first time last week. I wasn't that fond of it.
Posted by heyimbren[/QUOTE]

There are lots of different kinds of reds, a lot of them are drier than white but you can find some pretty sweet reds. Blushes are pretty good too!

The best way to find what you like is go to a tasting bar, thats how I discovered that I just flat out like wine.  <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-wink.gif" border="0" alt="Wink" title="Wink" />

Ember01

What kind of wine and cookies?

I would go with a riesling and milano cookies.

loopy82

Bren - IMO red wine takes a little bit getting used to. I like Barefoot Sweet Red. In general shiraz is good to.

For white wines I usually drink moscato and reisling.

MMM.... cake. Yum. I have a few cake mixes in the pantry.

loopy82

Ember - I have a large bottle of Barefoot Moscato in the fridge and I made some cookies on Wednesday. They are oatmeal, coconut, macadamia nut, white chocolate chip cookies.

Hazel_B

That sounds really good right now.

Bren - give it time there are many varieties of reds, plus reds within wineries and varieties can be completely different. Don't give up too quick!

heyimbren

To be fair, it was on the train so it was cheap red wine from Spain. I think it was probably just too dry for me, like you guys suggested.
I did recently discover a love of sangria though. Yummmm. I figure there's hope for the wino in me yet.

loopy82

Yum. Good sangria is delicious. I haven't had that in a long time. Makes me want mexican food.

Ember01

Homemade cookies are always good! Those sound pretty amazing.

CASK85

I think that wine takes getting used to. I used to not like it so much, but now I'm a total wine snob and refuse to drink anything that isn't at least semi-dry. 

Elle1036

I have finally developed a taste and appreciation for red wine.  It took a few years, and I stil prefer sweet white (reisling is my favorite) most of the time.

Speaking of sangria, have any of you guys tried the boxed wines from Target?  Before you laugh, they're actually pretty amazing for being boxed and cheap.  They have both red and white sangria boxes, too.  I LOVE them.

loves2shop4shoes

I mean... that sounds totally legit to me.

calindi

I make my own sangria.  I lived in Spain, and got the recipe from my favorite bar that I visited all the time (I used to get free sangria in exchange for English lessons, since the owner and waitstaff didn't speak English and so they didn't get much tourist business).

It's that time of the month, I just had a particularly grueling meeting about an upcoming event (you know the type where everything that hasn't been done is brought up and hashed out but absolutely no mention of all the many and significant accomplishments?  Yeah... that type of meeting).

I WANT WINE!  I WANT MILANO COOKIES!  I WANT OREOS!  I WANT NUTTER BUTTERS!  I WANT STARBUCKS MOCHA ICE CREAM!  I WANT AN ENTIRE ICE CREAM CAKE!

And a fork.  That's all.  Is that too much to ask for?!

marleylikeair

Darn you all to heck, loopy. Now all I can think about is cookies.

PaigeMcC

All I want is wine.  Dammit...

oceana919

I. Hate. You. Now all I want is wine and cookies. Dammit. lol

noelle24

Ditto oceana.  I really want wine (preferably my favorite viognier) and cookies (preferably chocolate chip fresh out of the oven, or my cream cheese sugar cookies).  

Boo.

heyimbren

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[QUOTE]Ditto oceana.  I really want wine (preferably my favorite viognier) and cookies (preferably chocolate chip fresh out of the oven, or <strong>my cream cheese sugar cookies</strong>).   Boo.
Posted by noelle24[/QUOTE]

Please tell me you have a recipe you're willing to share for these.

noelle24

I do, but it's on my other computer.  I'll try to dig it up and post later.

Edit: Found it.  Made a new post, because cookies *always* deserve more posts.

loopy82

Sorry girls. I haven't even consumed either sit and I am just sitting at home. I guess it is getting to be that time though. At least its the afternoon now.

No Cate, It's not too much to ask for. Quite reasonable if you ask me.

Beads921

OMG now I can't wait for sweet white wine with shortbread cookies. It's seriously the best thing about Christmas! I want it right NOW!

lmwilber

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[QUOTE]I have finally developed a taste and appreciation for red wine.  It took a few years, and I stil prefer sweet white (reisling is my favorite) most of the time. Speaking of sangria, have any of you guys tried the boxed wines from Target?  Before you laugh, they're actually pretty amazing for being boxed and cheap.  They have both red and white sangria boxes, too.  I LOVE them.
Posted by Elle1036[/QUOTE]

I love the boxed wine from Target! I love having the target wine at parties, I serve it in crafts, and even my snootiest of wine friend rave about the wine :)

I used to bar tend at some pretty high end places, so I learned all about 'good' (ie expensive) wine, and it turns out that the best kept secret is....wine does not have to cost a lot to be good. If you like it, then drink it. I have had some great wine that was $$$$ and some great wine that was dirt cheap. I tend to buy cheaper wines that I have never heard of, its a great way to try new things, and be on top of trends.

Also, if any of you ladies have a Trader Joes near by, their Vino Verde is TO DIE FOR, and under $4 a bottle.

desertsun

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[QUOTE]I have finally developed a taste and appreciation for red wine.  It took a few years, and I stil prefer sweet white (reisling is my favorite) most of the time. Speaking of sangria, have any of you guys tried the boxed wines from Target?  Before you laugh, they're actually pretty amazing for being boxed and cheap.  They have both red and white sangria boxes, too.  I LOVE them.
Posted by Elle1036[/QUOTE]

I like to think of them as adult juice boxes. :)

loopy82

Targets in MN can't sell wine. I wish I knew of this Target wine you speak of. I love Target. All we get here is 3.2 beer. Boo.