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2007-10-16 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Yersh. It'sh the Moldova Wine Feshtival! [Hic!]

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Posted by Fred 2007-10-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 A lot of people in this country pooh-pooh Moldovan table wines. This is a pity as many fine Moldovan wines appeal not only to the Bassarabian palate but also to the cognoscenti of lower Poughkeepsie.

Black Stump Batuta Neagra is rightly praised as a kvass flavoured Pinot Gris, whilst a good Singerei Syrup can rank with any of the world's best salted wines.

Château Barza Alba, too, has won many prizes; not least for its taste, and its lingering afterburn.

Old Furmint 1998 has been compared favourably to a Texan claret, whilst the Moldovan Wino Society thoroughly recommends a 1990 Kvint du Stefan cel Mare, which, believe me, has a kick on it like a mule: eight bottles of this and you're really finished. At the opening of the Soroca Bridge Club, they were fishing them out of the Nistru shallows every half an hour.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-16 07:46|| 2007-10-16 07:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Of the sparkling wines, the most famous is Purcari Pink. This is a bottle with a message in, and the message is 'beware'. This is not a wine for drinking, this is a wine for laying down and avoiding.

Another good fighting wine is Tamaioasa Old-and-Yellow, which is particularly heavy and should be used only for hand-to-hand combat.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-16 07:47|| 2007-10-16 07:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Quite the reverse is true of Château Hurlgut, which is an appellation controlée, specially grown for those keen on regurgitation; a fine wine which really opens up the sluices at both ends.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-16 07:47|| 2007-10-16 07:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Real emetic fans will also go for a Glodeni Muddy, and a prize winning Cuvee Reserve Château Bottled Nuit San Milestii Mici, which has a bouquet like a shepherd's armpit.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-16 07:54|| 2007-10-16 07:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Whoda thunk a Moldovan city name would have a dratted filter word buried in it?

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-16 07:57|| 2007-10-16 07:57|| Front Page Top

#6 (clap, clap, clap, clap)

Yet another priceless classic British comedy monologue!

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2007-10-16 07:57|| www.celiahayes.com]">[www.celiahayes.com] 2007-10-16 07:57|| Front Page Top

#7 "HIC!" - Awwwwwww, I wanted to post it. D *** NGED PAULA ABDUL [Koehler] "Amer Idol" skit on SNL.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-16 20:32|| 2007-10-16 20:32|| Front Page Top

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