USB port, GOP glasses, Joe Six-Pack, Brunello – sipped and spit
SIPPED: double entendre!
Unable to legally call a port style wine made outside of Portugal “Port,” Peltier Station Winery is calling their wine “USB”–you know, as in those ports on the side of your computer that you never seem to have enough of. Which European wine region will next made into a technology pun? [find this port; viaWired]
SIPPED: bling glassware!
During the GOP convention, filings now show that the McCain Victory 2008 spent $7,000 on 250 wine glasses adorned with elephant designs for donors. Had they already handed out $28 elephant-adorned beer glasses in honor of Joe Sixpack and Cindy’s beer distributorship? [HuffPo]
SIPPED: Joe Six-Pack wine
The rise of Midwestern wine is epitomized in Illinois, which has grown from 14 to 80 wineries in a decade. Marketing idea: Joe Six-Pack wine (sold in half-cases). [PJ Star]
SIPPED: herbicides
A new herbicide resistant grape variety has been developed for the Midwest. Mmmm. [Wines & Vines]
SPIT: international grape varieties
Rocked by a scandal earlier this year that involved blending grapes from outside the zone, Brunello votes overwhelmingly to stay traditional and not allow even a small amount of grapes other than sangiovese. [VinoWire]
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On October 30th, 2008 at 12:56 pm ,Douglas wrote:
>>During the GOP convention, filings now show >>that the McCain Victory 2008 spent $7,000 on >>250 wine glasses adorned with elephant >>designs for donors.
Now THIS explains why McCain is going to lose on Tuesday: Never drink from a glass etched with a design!
On October 30th, 2008 at 9:02 pm ,Tyler wrote:
Perhaps the vintage version of USB could be called RS-232 (after all, it’s old port…).
On October 31st, 2008 at 12:22 pm ,Dylan wrote:
I love how they rolled with the market restriction to create some dry humor on the label for USB.