New York Wine Expo

Being an Olympic-level alcoholic, I become excited whenever I learn of an event that celebrates and extolls the virtues of the good ol’ vino. That’s why I’m overcome with joy that the New York Wine Expo will begin on February 27.

The Week in Cool 10.26.08

Yeah, I need to blog more. Trust, that will happen soon. But in the meantime, what did I deem worthy to post about this week?

• I was too damn lazy to cook breakfast so I became pro-Choice.
• The Morning Coffee was delicious, though.
• Zack Snyder’s latest Watchmen trailer has me convinced that it will be the movie event of 2009. T.S. Johnson has no fucking idea what she’s talking about.
• Nothing has changed. ScriptGirl is still sexy, smart, and the personification of awesome.
• Mayhaps I need to stop drinking.

Thanks to everyone who keeps coming by to check me out. And I’m surprised that “Harley Quinn” has suddenly become a major source of interest. Did I miss something? Help me out, people! Don’t forget, I’m also on the Twitter now! Tee hee!

Team Liquor Drunken Post 10.25.08

Okay, so since I’m sitting here at the bar at Buffalo Wild Wings, I figured I may as well write something I can post since I haven’t posted in a few days.

Currently gulping my third Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat. I’m not really a fan of Buffalo Wild since they have no real “bar vibe” to speak of. Hell, they ain’t even much of a sports bar and the food sucks bootie. But they put me on to the CW, they even dump real cherries into the glass to sweeten the deal. Didja get it? Did you see what I did there?

Team Liquor: Cheap Wines For The Summer

Better than Two Buck Chuck.

Over on a message board I frequent — where posters who share a deep, almost romantic love for alcohol have banded together under the the moniker Team Liquor — the topic of cheap wine came up. Whereas I bragged about an $11 bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon I recently picked up at the neighborhood winery, others pointed me in the direction of even less expensive (but apparently no less acceptable) labels, such as the “Two Buck Chuck.”

“Two Buck Chuck” is the nickname affectionately given to the Charles Shaw wine label. Wikipedia states that “due to transportation costs and other factors, in other states the price can go up to around $4,” so depending on where you live, some may call it “Four Buck Chuck.”

In any case, it soon became hinted that while drinking inexpensive wine was nothing to be ashamed of, we should have stopped with the cheap shit in college. The best stuff is the expensive stuff, though most of that board’s enthusiasts wouldn’t be able to discern “Two Buck Chuck” from a $12 bottle of Trader Joe’s Liberty Road 2005 or an $89 bottle of Pine Ridge Stags Leap anyway.

But is that truly the case? Are the best wines also the most expensive ones? Not so, says Robin Goldstein, editor-in-chief of the Fearless Critic city restaurant guides.