John Lennon. Now there was a man with drink in him. And he hated air travel, too. And probably wouldn't have liked Wolfgang Puck's either. But he probably liked steak. Oh, no, wait--he was a vegetarian...at least for a while. But he probably didn't like them.
Is it possible to be a thing and not like others who are that thing? I think so. The corollary is that I dislike in others what I most dislike in myself. Ah, all this self-indulged revelatory crap...
Tonight I ate lamb--with a sharp steak knife--and drank (am still drinking, actually) a Cline "Syrah." With its own personalized cork & all. Why not? Self-respecting beer bottles have their own caps... Anyway, from the label: "A Syrah is a Syrah is a Syrah and also a Shiraz but not a Sirah (Petite type)! Syrah originated in the Rhone Valley..." etc. and so on. So: I am a wine drinker, but don't like the people who wrote the gibberish on this label.
What I do like is drinking a bottle of wine given me by someone. This was given me by one of two people (can't remember which one), but I like them both.
Yup - Lennon most definitely had drink. Now there was a soul that could soar with or without an actual mouthful of drink. But did he "drink"? Does anyone know? Perhaps he indulged in other intoxicants. Regardless - the drink that came from him - thank goodness it was bottled in song. Sadly though - not enough vintages from this producer. Did he really die at 40?
ReplyDeleteMy dear Abbot - I will keep in mind that you are open to wine gifts - though not of the cheesy label types.
Yes. It's important in this day & age to read labels, not so much for a list of ingredients but for insight into the ponciness of those responsible for the product. So too in restaurants: beware of any dish with more than two adjectives in its description.
ReplyDeleteYes--he died at 40. I was driving my Volkswagen station wagon to university for an exam--Dec 1980, a cold and cheerless day in Burnaby, in NYC, and across the universe.
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