I need to know if this wine is any good

"No, I don't thank you for the fish at all" (notindetroit) 08/07/2016 at 19:34 • Filed to: wine, bad wine decisions, don't buy wine at a garage sale

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A while ago I asked Oppo’s resident alcohol expert !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (sorry if I butchered your name) if this wine I bought at a garage sale is any good. Well looks like I’ll have to ask that question again because I just opened up the Glen Ellen white zinfandel for the first time and yeah it’s not looking good.

For starters it’s certainly got some...colorization going on. I didn’t know if maybe it might still be good or not, but it’s definitely not pink-ish anymore (which I guess should’ve been my first clue). Here’s the pic from the original thread:

And here’s a pic I just took, in the sunlight to hopefully make it look better (any artistic consideration is purely accidental):

Here’s a pic of the stuff in a glass (yeah we got rid of our wine glasses recently)

Also upon being opened up it smelled...yeah, bad.

And yeah, I found this floating inside it. I don’t even know what it is, I’m hoping you can clue me in.

Yeah I have a feeling that alone probably justifies tossing the whole bottle. Ah well. I also registered at a wine forum to see what they have to say but it looks like it’s going to take a while for my registration to get through and I’d like to find out ASAP, forgone conclusion or not.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 08/07/2016 at 19:42

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Shouldn’t be anything in the bottle, something got stuck in there, vine maybe. Seems difficult to believe it could make it’s way through the process. I would say bad for sure, you can’t have that stuff in there during the process, it creates bacteria.

Invinciblejets > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 08/07/2016 at 19:49

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Ehh I know beer but not wine. I'd just dump it.

$kaycog > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 08/07/2016 at 19:54

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White Zin is my favorite wine. The wine in above pics looks very skunky. And that black thing is nasty. Dump it.

OPPOsaurus WRX > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 08/07/2016 at 20:21

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haha theres only one way to really find out.

ttyymmnn > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 08/07/2016 at 20:26

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Wine should not be cloudy. It also should not smell bad. I would not drink it.

WhereAreMyPants > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 08/07/2016 at 21:53

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There is, quite literally, no such thing as a good “white zinfandel”.

It’s a garbage product designed to use the readily available American Zinfandel grape, to make a sweet rose that was easily palatable in the 70's. It can’t age, it tastes like Welch’s mixed with Vodka, and it sure as hell shouldn’t have shit floating in it!

MuchWagon > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 08/07/2016 at 21:58

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You bought what at a what? Why??? Am I missing something?

haveacarortwoorthree2 > $kaycog 08/08/2016 at 09:27

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And my image of you as a sophisticated woman who enjoys all the finer things in life is blown to hell! :) Next time you are in Dallas, the Dallas Oppos need to take you out for some excellent wine.

$kaycog > haveacarortwoorthree2 08/08/2016 at 09:32

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Yeah, I know. I just don’t like the “real” wines.