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Bob Henry's avatar

Guys:

I have read of so-called "natural" (sic) wines exhibiting a "mouse-y" character. (See: "The latest on mouse, the wine taint of our times" URL: https://wineanorak.com/2020/04/24/the-latest-on-mouse-the-wine-taint-of-our-times/)

Now you have expanded my lexicon with "lamb-y" and "mutton-y."

Will this descriptor offend the Aussies and the Kiwis who rank first and second in exporting lamb meat in the world?

("As if" the Aussies don't have enough troubles already: "How Chinese Tariffs Soured Australia's Wine Industry." URL: https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/food-cooking/how-chinese-tariffs-soured-australias-wine-industry-6c04dbd1)

Keep up the hard-hitting investigative journalism, Misters "Woodward" and "Bernstein." I see a David Shaw-like Pulitzer Prize in your futures.

~~ Bob

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Fredric Koeppel's avatar

hardy-har-har. Great send-up of the "natural" segment.

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George Sandeman's avatar

Really!? On April 1st! Happy fools day!

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The Chapters's avatar

good one! 🤣🤣

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Larry Brooks's avatar

P.T. Barnum would have had a keen appreciation of natural wine.

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Tom Wark's avatar

And just where is Mr. Barnnum when you need him??

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Art Nathan's avatar

Bridgeport, Connecticut since 1891.

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Kate Reuschel's avatar

April fools!

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Carl Giavanti's avatar

LOL, very good Tom.

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Jane Kettlewell's avatar

Thanks for the good laugh (and, as always, more than a nugget of truth)

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Michael Donohue's avatar

Ya gotta sell the story!

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Art Nathan's avatar

APRIL FOOLS!!!

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Samyn Dirk-Antoon's avatar

April 1 - Fool’s day? 😉🤔

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William Shoemaker's avatar

What better day to write a detailed piece on natural wine. Might hear some natural "whines" from this....

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