Drink Left
@toxictoast.bsky.social
Wine enjoyer, educator, dealer; liquor enthusiast; beer veteran. Mid-DipWSET.
Grapes Together Strong.
Grapes Together Strong.
When did that stop being, like, the whole damn job?
November 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
When did that stop being, like, the whole damn job?
Serious, not trolling question: what does a good candidate, in your view, look like? Mamdani is a good test case... Is he a good candidate? How about Sanders in 2016?
October 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Serious, not trolling question: what does a good candidate, in your view, look like? Mamdani is a good test case... Is he a good candidate? How about Sanders in 2016?
Buncha coward man babies. Sucks living in a country with people who suck that bad.
October 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Buncha coward man babies. Sucks living in a country with people who suck that bad.
That's pretty much exactly what I said--portugal and Slovenia (pretty well represented in CO) specifically, small producers without giant marketing budgets to support.
July 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
That's pretty much exactly what I said--portugal and Slovenia (pretty well represented in CO) specifically, small producers without giant marketing budgets to support.
I feel like Sichel out of Margaux is always a good bang for the buck.
July 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I feel like Sichel out of Margaux is always a good bang for the buck.
When I go to a bar that serves this plate I must have it no matter the time of day. Abs if it was $100, I might still do it.
July 23, 2025 at 12:37 AM
When I go to a bar that serves this plate I must have it no matter the time of day. Abs if it was $100, I might still do it.
Pricing is always great on their whole book too!
June 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Pricing is always great on their whole book too!
The Blanc? 2019? Rocking.
June 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The Blanc? 2019? Rocking.
EXCELLENT producer!
June 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
EXCELLENT producer!
Hey Cory--DO. SOMETHING.
June 13, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Hey Cory--DO. SOMETHING.
DO SOMETHING MORE THAN TALKING. If this is a defining moment, you are all failing to live up to it. Shut down business, march to the White House steps, SOMETHING. And then, do something else, and then another thing!
June 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
DO SOMETHING MORE THAN TALKING. If this is a defining moment, you are all failing to live up to it. Shut down business, march to the White House steps, SOMETHING. And then, do something else, and then another thing!
One of the best episodes of one of the best podcasts there is.
June 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
One of the best episodes of one of the best podcasts there is.
This shit is crazy. If I remember the 80s right, Moms were drinking Riunite on ice, not chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, etc. This article is insane and makes me feel insane.
May 31, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This shit is crazy. If I remember the 80s right, Moms were drinking Riunite on ice, not chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, etc. This article is insane and makes me feel insane.
Yeah, I feel like the fairly strict regulations around lots of exported French wine make it a pretty logical starting point... You know better what you're getting if nothing else.
May 26, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Yeah, I feel like the fairly strict regulations around lots of exported French wine make it a pretty logical starting point... You know better what you're getting if nothing else.
Someone who wants to buy a good bottle, but just has serious budget limitations? I think a lot of wine's near future might hinge on answering this question, if we can!
May 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Someone who wants to buy a good bottle, but just has serious budget limitations? I think a lot of wine's near future might hinge on answering this question, if we can!
So I gave her some suggestions that would be closer to her price range, as one does.
Here's the question: what suggestions would YOU make to that kid? Are there any large-ish production wineries, specific affordable regions, etc. that you go to with a nascent wine drinker like this?
Here's the question: what suggestions would YOU make to that kid? Are there any large-ish production wineries, specific affordable regions, etc. that you go to with a nascent wine drinker like this?
May 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
So I gave her some suggestions that would be closer to her price range, as one does.
Here's the question: what suggestions would YOU make to that kid? Are there any large-ish production wineries, specific affordable regions, etc. that you go to with a nascent wine drinker like this?
Here's the question: what suggestions would YOU make to that kid? Are there any large-ish production wineries, specific affordable regions, etc. that you go to with a nascent wine drinker like this?
I was talking to a friend of my daughter's who is a hospitality major at a great university (I'll leave the wisdom of that decision for another day) and she admitted to buying Barefoot regularly... Sad, but on a student budget, understandable.
May 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I was talking to a friend of my daughter's who is a hospitality major at a great university (I'll leave the wisdom of that decision for another day) and she admitted to buying Barefoot regularly... Sad, but on a student budget, understandable.
I think there's an excellent argument to be made that all wine lists (in the US especially!) could be built by varietal... People who know wine already know what they're looking at, while people with less knowledge could actually use what they know.
May 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I think there's an excellent argument to be made that all wine lists (in the US especially!) could be built by varietal... People who know wine already know what they're looking at, while people with less knowledge could actually use what they know.
I got guesses, what's the order 🙏🙏
April 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I got guesses, what's the order 🙏🙏
Application dependent 😁
April 8, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Application dependent 😁