Virgin Vines
There’s rich guys whose only goal is to get richer, and then there’s Richard Branson, a rich guy interested in something other than making more $. Virgin Megastore, Virgin-Atlantic Airlines, it all seems innovative and value-adding to consumers. So now wine, too: Virgin Vines, finally available at yr local boozery, officially aimed at young folk or those who find wine pretentious. There’s shiraz & chardonnay, red & white, $9.99/bottle or $8.99/4-pk of small plastic bottles. And instedda corks, these have cool screw tops you open w/ a pull tab.
posted by TG @ 3:28 PM
24 comments
24 Comments:
That 'pull tab' link may be my favorite yet!
Hey, isn't that Dean opening the Schlitz can and bottle in the ad on the "pull tab" link?
sorry about that Wine Spectator link (which requires #@!$ registration) ... F those guys, it's been replaced!
twisted, that is a LOVELY pumpkin. where does the little gourd reside?
tg:
Washington, of course. When it's not riding a bicycle, in Crawford, TX, or overflying some disaster area in Pumpkin Force One.
"Pumpkin Force One", that's delicious
For those who are bored and who also enjoy Twisted's pumpkin ... do a Google search for "failure," then hit "I'm feeling lucky."
TG, I did the google search. How do you make that happen?? (And yes I do like Twisted's pumpkin link. Is that his handiwork?)
Thought I saw a story about this stuff last month. Is it the same wine? Let's hope his wine does better than his "Virgin Cola". Whatever happened to that
I'm not a wine snob, but come on, pull tabs?
I am a beer snob and think less of a brewery that uses screw off bottle caps,
Okay, so you found me out!
Dean: We all know more about you than you think.
Oh no, I'm so worried.
We know that Dean drinks tea, not coffeee!
tereese: i thought I thanked you for the "failure search," but must have goofed. Anyway, thinks for that clue. also like it that nyce is featuring something that isn't sweet today.
i wonder if these shelf-stable soups would be as adaptable as cream of mushroom in casseroles. you know, cream of mushroom is a great fave in greenland, as well as poland
capt.: why do you like companies that make their product harder to get to? think it has been shown that wine doesn't need a cork. like it did 100 years ago. I'm all for ease in consuming my beer, wine, or whatever.
oh, dean, dean, dean. come back to the five and dime.
rg: i think your blog is getting weird again.
tg: i am so nervous. ever since all those chickens and goats got killed. anyhow, i meant address my last comment to you. have no ided who rg would be unless it is robert goulet and didn't think he was a nyce reader (though a nice singer, you surely will agree)
well Ms.Ery, i feel a special sympatico with Robert Goulet because he was BORN IN MY HOMETOWN!!! Lawrence, Massachusetts. Robert Goulet and ALSO Robert Frost, another fine native of Lawrence. so you were on to something...
Where is dean's hometown?
D.B. - Because I'm a snob when it comes to these things. It's not like it's hard to use a bottle opener and making good things harder to get to seems to make them more...special. I don't know.
Okay Natalie, but just for you.
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