Comments on: Crap wine, comic critics, Poland, NJ – sipped and spit

By: sam3182

sam3182 — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:35:28 +0000

I actually went to an Orzel event a couple weeks ago. It was in Ft. Lauderdale, and there were many good looking girls in swimsuit.. oh yeah the vodka was surprisingly good too.

By: Arthur

Arthur — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:44:50 +0000

Never heard of this brand. If it has been around since 1906, it was never a major brand. But I doubt its provenance. The distillery may go back to 1906, but everything about the brand, the production style, the label and packaging sounds like its a gimmick brand created for the US market.

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:26:34 +0000

Polish isn’t only flourishing in wine! Have you ever tried the imported Polish vodka Orzel? It’s become my favorite vodka. They chill filter it over QUARTZ! So good, you have to try it and now it’s available all over the U.S.

By: Sofanes

Sofanes — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:15:42 +0000

One thing is for sure – in every article about making wine in Poland two things will be mentioned: vodka and global warming. Vodka – because it is so funny that all these guys from this cold country sure have vodka with their caprese salad, and the global warming because there is no other explanation to the news that there are rising number of new vineyards in Poland. In fact, history of the polish vintners and polish wine is longer and more complicated that many people think. Some parts of Poland were (and are) very promising for the cultivation of vines, and some (especially in XVI-XVII century) were even locally famous. The point is, that southern part of Poland, together with our neighbors (Slovakia and Czech Republic) are fully suitable for growing V. vinifera (not mentioning the hybrids). The climate there is more-less similar to, I’d say, northern Indiana or southern Michigan. There are not many vineyards, and (especially) skilled wine-makers, but this is because of the 50 years of communist rule (the same reason for vodka popularity, by the way).

There is no doubt that polish wine will be produced in minuscule amounts during next few years, but I’m sure that many of the readers of this blog would be surprised by quality of the first – still quite experimental – batches of polish wine. I mean, it is not the Rutherford’s Cabernet level, but simply good starting point.

On the other hand, it would be great to see one day sth like Western – Eastern duel (Judgement of…and idea?)– blind tasting of Czech’s, Slovakian, Hungarian and Polish wines vs. Austrian, German and some northern Italy representatives. Results could be surprising. There are more Gruners and Pinot Noirs in heaven and earth, Horatio…

By: Dr. Vino

Dr. Vino — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:54:31 +0000

ha, yes, Joseph, good point; I’d go with barnyard.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:00:40 +0000

Sacrebleu! Vin de merde! You’ve got to love the French for their quirkiness. I wonder what ‘vin de merde’ tastes like…maybe some minerality perhaps.

By: Arthur, winesooth.com

Arthur, winesooth.com — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:13:57 +0000

Poland has had a wine movement for some time and the project mentioned in the article you cite is one of the most recently added vineyards. I have not yet had a chance to taste these new Polish wines, but as long as they don’t do something stupid like make vodka out of the grapes, it should all be good.

By: Weston

Weston — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:09:52 +0000

Those Crazy French

I think Wine can almost be grown everywhere. Sure it taste better for certain areas and of course having a good winemaker helps

By: WineWench

WineWench — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:14:16 +0000

As a fan of comic books, I’ve been DYING to see a version translated to English!!!

As a Jersey girl, I’ve yet to have any jersey juice worth mentioning, but i’m ever hopeful!

Crap Wine: funny, I just wrote a piece about this the other day!
http://tinyurl.com/4vfast