Turkey Day Wine Advice Re-Runs
In the "too late to do you any good" category, I'd like to remind folks of my pre-Thanksgiving wine selection advice post from last year:
Practical Wine Advice for Thanksgiving
Just don't be fooled into following Kathy's freaky "Chardonnay addict" advice in the comments at the end. Chardonnay is to a traditional Thanksgiving dinner as scrambled eggs are to peanut butter... You can make a fine case for enjoying either one, but not at the same time.
Happy Turkey Day.
Practical Wine Advice for Thanksgiving
Just don't be fooled into following Kathy's freaky "Chardonnay addict" advice in the comments at the end. Chardonnay is to a traditional Thanksgiving dinner as scrambled eggs are to peanut butter... You can make a fine case for enjoying either one, but not at the same time.
Happy Turkey Day.
Posted by Doug Williams on
Wednesday November 22, 2006 at 8:31pm
Example (as used by Brendan Koerner in The New York Times): "Winemakers say that today's boxed wines are markedly better than the thin, acidic plonk of yore."
Two questions: One, were you aware of this use of the word "plonk?" Two, do you concur that you can get boxed wines that are not thin, acidic plonk?
Yes, I'm aware of "plonk," in that context. I didn't know it was originally British slang though. It's a pretty standard term among oenophiles throughout the English speaking world.
There are many decent everyday drinking wines in boxes these days. It's a BIG area of interest to some of the larger winemakers because it saves them a lot of money over bottles, allowing them to sell cheaper and still keep their profits up. The problem is overcoming the image problem you alluded to above. They're experimenting somewhat tentatively with it just yet. But I've tried some perfectly decent ones.