[Sca-cooks] Re: Wine names (satire)

[vongraph]

The debate is about the origins of the grape.  If it truly is an original
French grape, then Syrah is perhaps correct - and in fact, if that is the
case, the spelling of Syrah is right.  But... if it actually comes
originally from the ancient Persian city Shiraz then to France, then it
should actually be called Shiraz.

Though it is a nice and fairly well mannered wine, actually the whole thing
is a marketing ploy designed to get the yuppies and self defined wine
"experts" to buy the product. The grape actually orginated in a small
vineyard in Indiana (where as all wine experts know the are no winerys) but
there are some strange farmers who keep growing weird crops to get
government subsidies:) Thus the developement of the grape.  Just think how
few people would be intersted if they discovered these facts:) Not only is
the basic grape only about twelve years old but they have tacked onto it a
fabulous mystique of being hundreds of years old and posibbly of French or
Persian origin. Why they even have various spellings available so the
"experts" can argue just which name is the "proper" historical
identification. You are not supposed to be able to say or spell it, thats
the hook:)
  Sort of reminds me first time I went to Germany and found out that "Lieber
Frau Milch" not only was not a expensive wine but they shipped it around the
country in tank trucks with hoses (similar to what you see in how they
deliver gas to the stations here:) ) to fill the casks at the Gasthaus and
eventually the careffes on the tables. So simple rule, if your wine says
"Palmer" on the lable your fairely safe, if is says sjcretanzine, your
probably buying over priced Calif experimental or a french bulk wine
rebottled and labled in North Korea:)

TIC, Elric, who loves good wines.

When the doc radioed the hospital ship in Viet Nam and asked what he should
do since he had a case of beriberi, the ship responed "Give it to the
Aussies they will drink anything"