Vine Connections is leading the Way!

Not only are they rated the Number 1 Argentine importer by many sources, they also carry great Sake if you don't like wine. This helps them hedge their bets.

They are also carrying a revolutionary beverage called saké2me which has only a little alcohol, which is kind of like a soda, and which lots of hipsters may or may not like. saké2me is meant to appeal to the young drinker who doesn't like Argentine Malbec and who does like the price tag on sake. Apparently, the target market likes to hand out their tongues and lick bottles of beveragge.

There are no capital letters and saké2me fits nicely into a text message: cu later 2 s2me bro! This is yet another way for the VC (not the Viet Cong but Vine Connections) to hedge their bets in this difficult market.

What's next? A beverage with no alcohol, no sugar, no flavor, that's refreshing and light and from artisan beverage companies?

How about Artisan Water from Africa or the Amazon?

The kids will love that!

- Joe Dressner 5-27-2009 2:55pm

Yes but,

art is anal?

posted by Steve Edmunds 5-27-2009 3:03pm

you missed the boat on the water dude, FIJI

from the local tap promoted by top chefs, models, etc

too cool for the tongue stuff

posted by real wino 5-27-2009 4:31pm

I wonder if there is any relationship between the swine flu and the tongue stuff.

posted by Joe Dressner 5-27-2009 4:42pm

beverage with no alcohol, flavor or sugar? it was already invented. it was called Zima.

posted by Gene 5-27-2009 5:22pm

another

they also have another bottled beverage specifically targeting the viet cong -- gin and tonkin....as i don't think they like sake or malbec.

posted by Tom 5-27-2009 6:06pm

Tongues

Where is Bill the Cat now that Vine Connections needs him?

posted by DC-Joe 5-27-2009 6:08pm

arrests

been a while since i slapped the cuffs on anyone.

posted by the sheriff 5-27-2009 6:50pm

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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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