Comments on: Wine of the Week http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2009/05/31/wine-of-the-week-52/ Tue, 22 May 2012 19:59:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Samantha http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2009/05/31/wine-of-the-week-52/comment-page-1/#comment-188479 Samantha Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:27:34 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/?p=1845#comment-188479 I've been seeing more and more of those little Cotes du Gasgogne whites coming across my tasting table, and I'm with you, they are a welcome addition. So refreshing and vibrant, not complex or profound...nor are they trying to be, just damn delicious, gulpable white wine. I’ve been seeing more and more of those little Cotes du Gasgogne whites coming across my tasting table, and I’m with you, they are a welcome addition. So refreshing and vibrant, not complex or profound…nor are they trying to be, just damn delicious, gulpable white wine.

]]> By: Fredric Koeppel http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2009/05/31/wine-of-the-week-52/comment-page-1/#comment-188324 Fredric Koeppel Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:22:20 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/?p=1845#comment-188324 Melissa, yes, the Ballade is available in Memphis, so drink up! Senor Strappo, think of "squinching" as onomatopoeic, as in acidity that makes your mouth go "squinch, squinch." Benito, I always thought that Orson Welles looked embarrassed and uncomfortable making those "no wine before its time" commercials, but he made his bed, so he had to lie in it. Melissa, yes, the Ballade is available in Memphis, so drink up!

Senor Strappo, think of “squinching” as onomatopoeic, as in acidity that makes your mouth go “squinch, squinch.”

Benito, I always thought that Orson Welles looked embarrassed and uncomfortable making those “no wine before its time” commercials, but he made his bed, so he had to lie in it.

]]> By: Benito http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2009/05/31/wine-of-the-week-52/comment-page-1/#comment-188225 Benito Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:43:36 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/?p=1845#comment-188225 With a mention of Paul Masson, I always feel compelled to post the outtakes of a drunk Orson Welles trying to get his lines right for a commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5LkDNu8bVU All this talk is making me thirsty for a little Hearty Burgundy, or perhaps some Riunite on ice. With a mention of Paul Masson, I always feel compelled to post the outtakes of a drunk Orson Welles trying to get his lines right for a commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5LkDNu8bVU

All this talk is making me thirsty for a little Hearty Burgundy, or perhaps some Riunite on ice.

]]> By: Strappo http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2009/05/31/wine-of-the-week-52/comment-page-1/#comment-188169 Strappo Sun, 31 May 2009 21:25:57 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/?p=1845#comment-188169 Now it's SQUINCHING acidity. Acidity must be served, even with neologisms. Or is "squinching" a derivative of "ginchiest," as Connie Stevens declared Edd Byrnes to be in "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb"? Ringing, chiming, clanging minds want to know! Now it’s SQUINCHING acidity. Acidity must be served, even with neologisms. Or is “squinching” a derivative of “ginchiest,” as Connie Stevens declared Edd Byrnes to be in “Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb”?

Ringing, chiming, clanging minds want to know!

]]> By: melissa bridgman http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2009/05/31/wine-of-the-week-52/comment-page-1/#comment-188163 melissa bridgman Sun, 31 May 2009 21:05:04 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/?p=1845#comment-188163 Frederic, is this available in memphis? please say yes! Frederic, is this available in memphis? please say yes!

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