A nice drop.
Things to look for when you are buying a wine:
- Does it have a fruity bouquet?
- When you tilt the wine in the glass and look at it against a white background, what do you see? Is the wine clear or cloudy?
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- Swirl the wine vigorously in the glass. How are the aromas at the top of the glass? More floral and fruity? Are they richer or deeper in the glass?
- Have you detected the full range of scents from berry to floral to spicy to woody?
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- When tasting, is it soft or brisk? Does it have a refreshing zing around the edges of your tongue? Or is it flat and flabby?
- Would it be the perfect accompaniment to a particular dish? Which one?
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I really do like wine. In many different shaped bottles with many different 'noses'. I have even once snuck a bottle of wine out of a nightclub in my underwear for the sole purpose of consuming it in a park.
But even I may draw the line at wine in a sack.
According to the makers of 'Clarsac*' -
'Versatile, light, easy to carry and store...CLARSAC is ideal to enjoy with any meal - from a special dinner, to a light lunch, at a picnic or barbecue, or with a snack when camping.'
THIS IS A LIE. CLARSAC COSTS $2.95 AND COMES IN A SACK. IT IS INTENDED TO BE IMBIBED THROUGH A STRAW BY PEOPLE WITH QUESTIONABLE HYGIENE WHO LOITER AROUND SUPERMARKET DOORS EATING PIGEONS.
You have been warned.
853 days til the next election.
*Interestingly, this also sounds like a potentially fatal flesh-eating disease that strikes unassuming testicles.
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The shame ... I used to buy "wine in a sack" as they are just the right size to add to risotto (usually about a cup ?). Of course then I realised that I could buy a whole bottle and DRINK the rest : ) No more wine in a sack for me!
*Only needs one comment on his blog from Msfitz to be whole man.*
*Waits*
...
*Lips start turning down at ends*
*Promises himself he won't cry*
*Sculls wine out of bag*
Evidently our great Amererican 3.0 liter California tank "wine in a paisley print green box" either never made it to Australia or ceased to be a trendy item before you were old enough to drink. It was the cheapest rotgut spirit in the world. There was a spout on the side of each box not unlike the plastic one you find on a construction site portable water cooler. Oh for the good old days..!
*Only needs one comment on his blog from Msfitz to be whole man.*
*coughs*
BLOG WHORE!
*coughs again*
Is that Danni Minogue without her makeup?
I refuse to touch wine until they start selling it frozen in foil packs, Sunny Boy style.
TeeBubba said...
Evidently our great Amererican 3.0 liter California tank "wine in a paisley print green box" either never made it to Australia
We invented the tank! But we called it a cask and it wasn't a pussy little 3 litres.
Ours come in the truly leg-opening sizes of 4 or 5 litres, the bladders of which make damned fine post-modernistical lounge cushions.
As inventors of ways to get pissed, we of the downunder fucken rule!
Cheers,
tantrik
Speaking of "wine in a sack" - can I have a "whine about my sack" - here goes - it looks like an abnormal rhambutan!
Thanks for the informative info.. no wonder no one has wanted a glass of wine @ my place *Throws out cask of Fruity Lexia*
*Steals "Clar-sac" and adds to list of words that sound dirty that really are not*
casc?
IS A WHOLE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Feels really hot and tingly*
Whoa, is this your kitchen?
Yeah, nice kitchen MsF.
It's intended for cooking. That brand has been available for about ten years. You just noticed right?
Dear Anonymous
I reckon this is good Journalism so I felt compelled to issue a 'heads up'. Check it:
What you said:
It's intended for cooking.
What CLARSAC says on it:
'Versatile, light, easy to carry and store...CLARSAC is ideal to enjoy with any meal - from a special dinner, to a light lunch, at a picnic or barbecue, or with a snack when camping.
Are you a maker of CLARSAC? If so, dude you are totally misleading people with your advertising, WTF!?. If not, you probably should guzzle a CLARSAC full of 'Comprehension Skills'.
Yours Sincerely,
IOYC Kentish Town Chapter
*sighs dreamily*
That IOYC, he knows good journalism.
Can't be as bad as goon, surely.
Can you make it into a pillow afterwards?
Good for passing out on the kerbside; a real advantage to casks and their inflatable bladders...
mpike.net
As I Recall the White Wiiiine equivalent circa 1982 was ValSac and equally as shite!
And if that is your kitchen in the background... that must mean you DO buy your wine in a sippable sack.
A one-off for "research purposes" I'm sure.
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