Wine facts for beginners
Pinot gris (grey pinot) may seem like an illogical name for a white wine, but then “white wine” isn’t really a logical name for a drink that is greenish-yellow. Anyway, it’s not named after the colour of the drink, but the colour of the grapes, which have a greyish blush.
Pinot gris belongs to the same family as pinot noir and pinot blanc (named pinot because the bunches are a similar shape to pinecones). Under the skin, all three grapes are genetically identical, and they’re all capable of swapping skins without any provocation. Seriously, they just change from a pinot noir to a pinot gris. Sometimes a mixture of types will grow on the same vine. Weird shit. Luckily, although these varieties are genetically identical, they are not palatably identical once transformed into alcohol. Pinot gris is vastly superior. To any other wine. Except perhaps a really good Gewurz. Speaking about wine, I drank far too much last night (I blame the tiger) which could explain the abundance of weird dreams.
‹WEIRD DREAM›
Esbjorn* and I went to see Spirited Away, in which there were lots of vampires. Suddenly in the middle of the movie Esbjorn turned to me and said “In vain I have struggled, it will not do, my feelings will not be repressed. I must tell you how much I ardently admire and love you.” I blushed. “Gosh,” I said, “this is rather awkward, isn’t it?” There followed an extremely awkward silence lasting for some minutes. “Esbjorn,” I said at last, “I must, um, tell you, that, um… I kind of um have a crush on Aloysius*.” At that precise moment Aloysius materialised at my shoulder and said “I thought you knew. I’m gay.” Aloysius proceeded to turn into a vampire and started to bite Esbjorn. I slipped out the back of the movie theatre and cried all the way home.
‹/WEIRD DREAM ›
Have I been watching too much Buffy, or what?
*Names have been changed to conceal true identities.
Posted by Fionnaigh at May 2, 2003 10:05 AM*LOL*
> Have I been watching too much Buffy, or what?
Or, perhaps, not enough? ;-)
very interesting dream you had there. i too recall having the occassional vampire-laden dream in my Buffy days.
Posted by: polaroid at May 2, 2003 02:43 PM