20
January
2008
With all the makings of a Hallmark holiday, Open that Bottle Night “OTBN” is fast becoming one of my favorites. The 1998 brainchild of the Wall Street Journal’s wine editors, Dorothy Gaither and John Brecher, OTBN is based their premise that; “All of us, no matter how big or small our wine collections, have that single bottle of wine that is so special that we simply can’t bear to open it. Maybe it’s from Grandpa’s cellar or a trip to Italy or a wedding. We’re always going to open it on a special occasion, but no occasion is ever special enough. So it sits. And sits.” I think we can all see the brilliance of Dorothy and John’s baby.
OTBN is “officially” the last Saturday in February, but I’ll take some wriggle room and work it in when I can. I’ll open that bottle and give it a whirl.
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9
January
2008
As Ben Franklin said: In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria.
In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli, (E. coli) - bacteria found in feces. In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop.
However, we do NOT run that risk when drinking wine & beer (or tequila, rum, whiskey or other liquor) because alcohol has to go through a purification process of boiling, filtering and/or fermenting.
Remember: Water = Poop, Wine = Health
Therefore, it’s better to drink wine and talk stupid, than to drink water and be full of shit.
There is no need to thank me for this valuable information: I’m doing it as a public service.
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