saké2me!

Vine Connections is now distributing another artisan product called saké2me.

According the Vine Connections, this is the latest cutting edge sake drink, "infused with all-natural Asian flavors." There are also a lot of "exotic asian themes" in the VCs latest alcohol product.

Unlike many of the Vine Connection products, saké2me is being marketed as a wine alternative. The VC suggests it be "served chilled as a refreshing alternative to beer, wine and cocktails."

saké2me is also a natural product. According to the VC site, it is "naturally sweetened with pure cane sugar."

Following in the footsteps of Sidney E. Frank, the old Jägermeister and Grey Goose Vodka promoter, the VC is getting the word out there about saké2me to the people who count. All these pictures are from the VC web site promoting this new visionary beverage....saké2me (I suppose everyone is too young to remember the Rowan & Martin show.

- Joe Dressner 5-26-2009 6:53pm

Decapitate the Tongue Please

While I find many things about this post objectionable such as why anyone would want to drink such a vile beverage I cannot get past the twenty-something craze of constantly sticking out their tongues. Excuse me while I get my curmudgeonly dander up but who the hell raised these wretched human beings with no sense of propriety? It makes me want to whack their chins in an attempt to decapitate the offending member.

Lord knows what they'd do with a bottle of Ovenoy.

posted by Spanky 5-26-2009 7:28pm

The twenty-somethings come courtesy of the highly-ranked Vine Connections, purveyors of artisan Argentine wine and Sake.

posted by Joe Dressner 5-26-2009 7:33pm

I'm a little teapot

short and stout
here is my handle
here is my spout
when I get real hot
I begin to shout:
saké to me baby, let it all hang out!

posted by Steve Edmunds 5-26-2009 9:10pm

i still stick out my tongue and over 40

but only after too much chambertin, chambertin on me i know

posted by real wino 5-27-2009 5:53am

Laugh-In

Wouldn't it be hilarious if they hired an ad agency to do web commercials for this featuring old Laugh-In stars? Could revive Goldie Hawn's career.

This is the most exciting new alcohol beverage product since Whipahol. We're living in an age of wonders!

posted by DC-Joe 5-27-2009 6:04pm

There I was

in Andronico's in Berkeley, perusing the wine department, and,...lo and behold...on the sound system was James Brown, singing "Sock it to me!" Wow, man, cosmic!!!!

posted by Steve Edmunds 5-28-2009 2:08am

It would have been even more cosmic ("far out" even) if JB had been singing "Papa's Got A New Bag" while the cashier gave you a new bag for your groceries.

-Eden (BTW, which flavor of saké 2 me did you wind up buying?)

posted by -Eden 5-28-2009 10:35am

Naughty Buckeye!

it's what's happening about now!

posted by Steve Edmunds 5-28-2009 11:55am

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Joe Dressner - Captain Tumor Man!

Hi, I'm Joe Dressner the famous wine importer and I have brain cancer!

I already have a wine blog and frankly wine is such a luxury business that I hate to mix my cancer problems with my wine observations. I think it would be a general downer for the lifestyle crowd out there.

Furthermore, we in the wine trade always claim there are tremendous health benefits to drinking wine. I've already had cardiovascular bypass surgery over eight years ago and now I got a tumor aggressively rattling in my brain. My colleagues in the glamorous wine industry want me to keep it quiet.

So, I've started this wonderful new blog to discuss wine, brain tumors, my life and to give you hot tips on handling the cancer stricken around you. There will also be practical wine/radiation pairings when I start radiation therapy and chemotherapy next week.

Having brain cancer means I might both physically and intellectually decline. So, I will be using this blog as a venue to pursue petty vendettas against relatives, acquaintances and people in the wine trade.

I might also lose touch with reality and say things that are not true or are only half true. The important thing is to have fun and enjoy this rare and precious time in my life.

One of my pet vendettas is my cousin Dr. Barbara Hirsch. Dr. Barbara Hirsch is a very important Great Neck Endocrinologist, who was raised and nurtured by my parents. Dr. Hirsch waited until my father was near death and my mother was suffering from a rare neuromuscular disorder, to write them a seven page letter denouncing them for being horrible to her for the entirety of her life! Despite my concerns, Dr. Hirsch still refuses to apologize.

Last night, I drank a beautiful bottle of Bourgueil Clos Sénéchal 2005 from Pierre Breton. It was sublime and reminded me that I used to be healthy. Not only that, the vineyard used to be there before I existed. It exists independently of my having cancer and will continue to exist. You ought to buy some.

August 2009 Postscript: Not only does it exist independently of my cancer, it also exists independently of Louis/Dressner Selections. After 18 years, they have dumped us for Kermit Lynch. Oh well. At least I'm alive!

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