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COUNTRY HAM Oh You Wicked betrayer of self control Guiding dented and weak souls Upon curvy and crooked culinary paths Oh You Perfect house of porky salinity Pushing your tenderest smoked flesh Upon my desire like crack’s vendor Oh You stout defender of federal truth Performing a prideful dance of Culinaria Americana Kentucky’s and Tennessee’s and Virginia’s pride Oh You Standard flag of wholesome hogginess Trampling sister bacon and brother hocks Standing there, peering from the mount Oh you trimmed…
Poor Franzia. You have to believe that the Wine Group, owner of the Franzia brand, would never expect to read a mention of their “Sunset Blush” box wine in the media that is immediately followed by this sentence: “He also had no recollection of losing control of his bowels and defecating on himself.” The MSNBC article is referring to the University of Tennessee student whose memory was impacted after waking up in a hospital after a night of inserting rubber…
Another round of childish whining by beer wholesalers appears to be underway. This time in Florida. The issue that brings the beer wholesalers to tears? The protectionist system of alcohol distribution from which they benefit and that allows them to coast along without answering to anyone or any competition is being challenged. Boo Hoo. The primary reason for this new round of childish whining by beer wholesalers is a result of MillerCoors challenging Florida’s “Franchise Law”. You know what a…
If you ever wanted a precise explanation as to why alcohol wholesalers and some retailers so vociferously opposed winery-to-consumer shipping throughout the 90s, 00’s and up until today, all you have to do is take a cursory look at ShipCompliant and Wines & Vines’ new winery-to-consumer shipping report. According to these sources, winery to consumer shipping now annually account for $1.35 billion in sales. But what’s remarkable is that those sales represent 8.6% of the total American wine retail marketplace…
If you by chance had it in mind to author a smallish pocket book that economically and entertainingly attempted to condense and describe the bulk of the global wine world, don’t bother. Oz has that covered. Oz Clarke’s Pocket Wine Book 2012 is the 21st incarnation of this amazing little book. By use of code, symbols, small type, varied typeface and years of experience, Clarke uses this (literally) pocket sized book of 368 pages to draw a very concise picture…
