Skywalker Ranch Wines

Gates82 writes "The creative force of George Lucas is at it again. Producing his own wine. "I would love to see them plant another 5 to 10 acres. There must be spots on that ranch to make some really interesting wines."" Wonder if there's any spots on that ranch left that can make a good Star Wars movie?

Just one bottle

[Tweakmeister]

You realize that every fan and non-fan in the world just *has* to buy at least one bottle of this.

What are the margins on wine these days?

Luke Skywalker whines:

[Shut the fuck up!]

"If there is a bright center to the universe, you are on the world farthest from it."

If C3P0 could only "alter time and speed up the harvest or teleport me off this rock"

etc.

Re:Just one bottle

[Tweakmeister]

You guys must not have cubicles...

Seriously, it's alcohol, it's a bottle, and it says Star Wars. People look to buy collectables they can relate to.

Re:Celebrity Wines

[MaineCoon]

Often, the wine's price gets a bump just for the name recognition factor, regardless of how good it is.

That's how it is in the wine world, period. Name defines the price. Region and quality of the harvest during that year determine quality far more than skill. That is to say, while it takes good skill to produce a good product, you can't produce a good product with poor materials even with a lot of skill. In the wine making business, most wineries have the skills necessary to produce a good wine given the good grapes. Even the best don't have the skills necessary to produce excellent wine if the harvest that year was very poor. The quality of the harvest tends to vary by region, and neighboring vineyards tend to have the same harvest quality.

This is why you can hear wine drinkers refer to a wine's year as a "good year".

When looking for a wine, you want to look more for the region and year, moreso than who made it. The smaller 'no-name' wineries can produce better product in a good year than the best wineries can in a poor year. And those no-name wineries can cost a fraction of the price.

- MaineCoon

Re:Meanwhile up the road

[Necrobruiser]

I've never been able to aquire a taste for wine except those sweet white wines. How does one go about and aquire a taste for it without going to tasting parties?

FWIW, you don't need to acquire a taste for wine. The rewards are not commensurate with the effort required. If you like a certain type of alcoholic beverage, drink it and enjoy. Experiment and try new things, but why bother trying to develop a taste for something? It takes a lot of effort to develop a taste for wine, and the only result is that you still get drunk, but you can act snooty while you do it. I had several friends who worked at a winery who forced me to develop a taste for wine, but I still prefer a Guinness. And once you start drinking wine strictly for the sake of drinking wine, there will always be someone else there who has some opinion about the wine you like, and why it's not as good as another wine.
I encourage you to try wine, but if you don't enjoy it, and have to work to develop a taste for it, it's not worth the effort. Stick with the Guinness.

I now relinquish the soapbox.

Re:Nitpicker

[UserGoogol]

Quite possibly, but languages don't map exactly one-to-one, even relatively related languages like Italian and English. (Although Skywalker is a pretty damned Germanic word. Walk comes from Anglo-Saxon, and sky comes from Old Norse.)

At any rate, Sky Traveller is probably what he was trying to conjure up when he named his characters "Skywalker." Luke doesn't walk the stars, that would be stupid. He travels them. Lucas only said "walker" because Skywalker sounds like a real last name in English, whereas Sky Traveller does not.

The point to acquiring a taste of something

[Anonymous Coward]

Mostly it is to broaden one's horizons and to be able to converse intelligently about the topic.

Your Boss: Ah, this 1952 Chateau Margaux is absolutely delicious. The tannins have really mellowed and the cassis notes have become very prominent. What do you think?

You: I don't like wine. I like Bud Light, though.

Your Boss: (thinking) No promotion for you, dumbass.

Enough already

[inkswamp]

Wonder if there's any spots on that ranch left that can make a good Star Wars movie?

I'm sure this will be misinterpreted as flamebait, but so be it. I'm so fucking fed up with this snotty attitude.

If you don't like the fucking films don't post about them! Pretend they don't exist or something. Nobody is forcing you to go see them. Nobody is forcing you to acknowledge their existence. What is with this incessant need for certain so-called fans to use every opportunity to whine and bitch about films that are primarily intended as fun and eye-candy, not high art. Fercrissake, get your life in order and maybe this might not seem like such an issue. Whether you accept it or not, Ep. 1 & 2 were every bit as good as 4, 5 & 6. We just don't have the gloss of nostalgia to help us ignore the warts of the latter.

Either leave the films alone to those of us who can get over that and enjoy them for what they are or just shut up about it. "WAAAHHH... I don't like these films so I have to chuck out a load of horseshit whining every time someone mentions it." Christ! Message received, okay? Move on.

Taste pretty damn awful then...

[Goonie]

Pinot Noir is almost always meant to be drunk young - at most one or two years old.

IIRC, the wines that taste at their best many years after bottling are mainly red wines made from Shiraz or Cabernet Sauvignon.

Re:Don't start with wine

[Anonymous Coward]

Because, if you find that you like it, you will have one more thing in your life you can take pleasure in. Having a number of small joys in addition to a few truly important ones is important; certain 'tastes' such as wine, scotch, or a good absinthe [absinthe.se] can be excellent for this.