The Conservative Party telephoned me today to ask for money. The nice lady on the telephone let me know that she thought there could be an election any time, and that they needed to rebuild their war chest. I told her no, that I was irritated with Stephen Harper’s focus on same sex marriage to the exclusion of everything else, and that I disagreed with his position and handling of the issue. I many contribute again in the future, but most certainly won’t today.
Archive for January 29th, 2005
Rotgut Reviews: Yellowtail Shiraz
For #2 in the Rotgut Reviews series, I picked the Yellowtail Shiraz ($11.45 at the LCBO). This is currently the #1 selling wine in the US, and therefore worthy of review.
The winery description speaks lovingly of lifted berry aromas, spicy hints, generous ripe fruit, and vanillin flavours delivering a long and soft finish. The LCBO description speaks of blackberry, red licorice (twizzler?), vanilla bean and plum aromas, with flavours of plum and ripe berry and a long spicy finish.
Sounds intriguing. So what’s it really like? Vanilla, vanilla, vanilla. Tannins provide structure, to be sure, but the overwhelming impression is of drinking vanilla extract mixed with grape juice.
