Over two months have gone by since my last post, so sorry about that, but there has been a load going on since then! After my birthday week, I’ve been focusing on other projects and been selling whisky to Americans visiting St Andrews for the Open Golf Championship. But the main reason I haven't written about my life, albeit through my wine eyes, is that I have fallen hopelessly in love.
And to show that I have changed my ways, I am starting with a real challenge, a plastic 'glass' filled with wine and sealed with a yogurt top.
The Italian Job Sangiovese Merlot
Smells like a bit of sweet slightly meaty, balsamic aroma... it is a bit like when you chuck some port in the frying pan to de-glaze the burnt on meat juices, and with a sweet beetroot like element too. The palate... well, it tastes like plastic with watered down wine and that has had plasticine dunked in it. It is really bad, but (and here is the positive spin!) if you were in a nightclub and wanted a glass of wine and really didn't care what you were drinking, this is a great idea for a zero waste and zero breakages (as the glass is made from recycled plastic and therefore is also recyclable) and it also means, as an on trade manager, you don't have any washing up to do. They will cost around £2.50 (retail) and anything above that in a bar or club. If you like wine, don't buy it, if you want some wine-like liquid, it is ok. 2/10
I'm not going to go into any detail, that is private, but this girl has opened up a whole new world to me, and I've realised that my writing has sometimes been bitter, resentful and, on occasion, nasty. I thought I was doing it for comedic effect, but with reflection, I don't think that is the case. I've know that I can be honest, funny and entertaining - even about terrible wines - without being mean, and that is entirely her doing. She is making me a better person, and hopefully, a better writer.
The Italian Job Sangiovese Merlot
Smells like a bit of sweet slightly meaty, balsamic aroma... it is a bit like when you chuck some port in the frying pan to de-glaze the burnt on meat juices, and with a sweet beetroot like element too. The palate... well, it tastes like plastic with watered down wine and that has had plasticine dunked in it. It is really bad, but (and here is the positive spin!) if you were in a nightclub and wanted a glass of wine and really didn't care what you were drinking, this is a great idea for a zero waste and zero breakages (as the glass is made from recycled plastic and therefore is also recyclable) and it also means, as an on trade manager, you don't have any washing up to do. They will cost around £2.50 (retail) and anything above that in a bar or club. If you like wine, don't buy it, if you want some wine-like liquid, it is ok. 2/10
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