Lite Wednesday

....as it used to be called in the old days, so we’ll honor that tradition and stay (relatively) short today.

I got a (new) catalogue in the mail yesterday called “The Continuing Adventures of Napa Valley’s Bounty Hunter, and his never ending quest for the finest rare wines and provisions”. Inside it explains that some guy named Mark Steven Pope is the Bounty Hunter, and he’s going to let me in on “luxury experience that doesn’t break the bank”. That value thing again – and there’s a quote from the SFO Chronicle of “Lots of people talk about taking the mystique out of wine..but Mark Pope and the Bounty Hunter are actually doing it”. Great! Let’s get rid of that mystique..I’m down for that! What follows are page after page of descriptions of some fairly big boy wines (Plumpjack, Pahlmeyer, Gaja) along with descriptions and pricing (most over $50). Looping back to “taking the mystique out of wine”, here’s some direct quotes used in the descriptions:

“sexed up black fruits and luscious, smoky oak”

“the layers here are noteworthy and impressive”

“wash over the palate in waves with this full-bodied racehorse”

“all black cherry polish with a sultry mocha edge”

“tidal wave of dark berry and chocolate flavors”

Yessir, boy, there goes that mystique…and, oh by the way, you can join a wine club for a mere $299/mo for which you get two bottles of wine each month (oh, except you can't ship to Maryland)

For something to do on a rainy wednesday, tonight is another in the series of Wine and Art at Blue Wind Gourmet.. supporting another local charity..

DFD