How would you fancy a glass of ‘Raging Aardvarks’ Chardonnay, or ‘Exploding Toxic Haemorrhoids’ Sauvignon Blanc? Fortunately you won’t have to because these wines are just figments of my imagination. Yet even though these wine names are a bit strange, it is becoming more and more popular these days to brand your wine with a funky moniker just to get the punters attention owing to the fact that there are more wines on shelves than NRL player misdemeanours.
I did a search last nite on the W’s and came across some whacky names; ‘Fat Bastard’ Chardonnay, ‘Marilyn Merlot’, ‘ChardonnAlien’, ‘Goats do Roam’ and ‘Goats Roti’. Most are plays on words with the rest just being plain weird. But this is where it is all heading with a lot of these labels being produced and run by that most imaginative of generations, ‘Gen Y’.
So I have come up with the idea of holding a competition to all comers to come up with the wackiest printable wine name, be it label or company. And what gave me this idea; ‘Some Young Punks’ from South Australia.
Friends Colin McBryde, Jennie Gardner and Nic Bourke first produced their range with the 2005 ‘Passion had Red Lips’ and ‘Naked on Rollerskates’ range to make ‘rockin’ wine with an edgy wow factor. The concept of the pulp fiction artwork may be a bit tongue in cheek, but it is the wine behind the gloss that really socks it to ya!
My favourite of theirs is ‘The Squid's Fist’ 2008 Barossa Valley/McLaren Vale Sangiovese/Shiraz. The colour has a deep red garnet with a slight purple hue. The nose has mocha, with an almost stoutish feel to it. It is all ripe juicy fruit in the mouth with cherries, raspberries and plums all working together with fine tannins and soft acid.
It is a wacky wine, but it is also a great wine with even balance, good length and not to Barossa big even with the 14.4% a/v. Good stuff this one!
So get cracking. Come up with your best name for plonk. Prize to be announced soon, so stay tuned!!
Drink till 2012
Drink with a burger with the lot
16.8/20
I did a search last nite on the W’s and came across some whacky names; ‘Fat Bastard’ Chardonnay, ‘Marilyn Merlot’, ‘ChardonnAlien’, ‘Goats do Roam’ and ‘Goats Roti’. Most are plays on words with the rest just being plain weird. But this is where it is all heading with a lot of these labels being produced and run by that most imaginative of generations, ‘Gen Y’.
So I have come up with the idea of holding a competition to all comers to come up with the wackiest printable wine name, be it label or company. And what gave me this idea; ‘Some Young Punks’ from South Australia.
Friends Colin McBryde, Jennie Gardner and Nic Bourke first produced their range with the 2005 ‘Passion had Red Lips’ and ‘Naked on Rollerskates’ range to make ‘rockin’ wine with an edgy wow factor. The concept of the pulp fiction artwork may be a bit tongue in cheek, but it is the wine behind the gloss that really socks it to ya!
My favourite of theirs is ‘The Squid's Fist’ 2008 Barossa Valley/McLaren Vale Sangiovese/Shiraz. The colour has a deep red garnet with a slight purple hue. The nose has mocha, with an almost stoutish feel to it. It is all ripe juicy fruit in the mouth with cherries, raspberries and plums all working together with fine tannins and soft acid.
It is a wacky wine, but it is also a great wine with even balance, good length and not to Barossa big even with the 14.4% a/v. Good stuff this one!
So get cracking. Come up with your best name for plonk. Prize to be announced soon, so stay tuned!!
Drink till 2012
Drink with a burger with the lot
16.8/20
Sounds like
ReplyDelete+ Patrick Sangiovese (Swayze?)
+ Snow White and the Seven Durifs
+ Shirazamataz
+ Hey Hey its Chardonnay (Picture of Daryl Sommers on the bottle)
+ Sauvignon Crank (For folks trying to kick their drug habbit)
+ Sauvignon Skank
+ Sauvignon Plank (Wooded?)
+ Sauvignon Spank (Not even going to go there)
+ Ilogical Reisling (Reasoning..)
+ Venerial Reisling (Probably wouldn’t sell that well)
+ Never mind the barolo
Punkier
+ Tuckshop lady headbutt
+ Jackboot trotter (picture of the pig off animal farm)
go nuts Joel - keep em' coming
ReplyDeleteI do like Barossa Shitaz!
Booked a table to hear Mr McBryde talk on Spanish Varietals at Portello Rosso this weekend for YGOW. Looking forward to it like a blinkered horse.
ReplyDeleteHow did the competition end up?
it is probably yours; am leaning towards Shirazamataz and Patrick Sangiovese.
ReplyDeletewhere is Portello Rosso?
Giddy up.
ReplyDeletePortello Rosso is in the City (http://www.portellorosso.com.au/). Specialities are Pizza & Jamon. Cute set-up underneath Murmur. Has been around for about a year.
about a year you say; don't get out much on account of two kids unfortunately
ReplyDeleteI reckon the trade off is probably worth it. Plus when they get older they can take you out for dinner. Its a long term investment.
ReplyDeletemy daughter and I have been seen in St Judes and Cuty Wine shop on a few occasions - she has lemonade and I have a glass of wine. when at the City Wine shop we have the white bait, which I tell her is fish chips; she hoovers them down.
ReplyDeleteThe City Wine Shop chicken schnitzel is off-tap. Best one I have ever had.
ReplyDeleteSide note - I tried the Some Young Punks
"Monster's Attack" Riesling on Saturday. Very interesting, a little sweeter than most Australian Riesling I have had but still limey.
how was the tasting on the weekend with mcbryde?
ReplyDeletewe in oz make our rieslings way too dry - nice to see some with a little residual sugar.
are you going to the tasting today at taxi; 3-7. Punch will be featured among others such as downie and jamsheed