Posted on 01/01/2008 12:13:53 AM PST by B-Chan
Oh, (clicking me non-existant protestant rosary beads,) thank God you're still with us!
The Australian Table Wines sketch From Monty Python
A lot of people in this country pooh-pooh Australian table wines. This is a pity, as many fine Australian wines appeal not only to the Australian palette, but also to the cognoscenti of Great Britain.
"Black Stump Bordeaux" is rightly praised as a peppermint flavoured Burgundy, whilst a good "Sydney Syrup" can rank with any of the world's best sugary wines.
"Chateau Bleu", too, has won many prizes; not least for its taste, and its lingering afterburn.
"Old Smokey, 1968" has been compared favourably to a Welsh claret, whilst the Australian wino society thouroughly recommends a 1970 "Coq du Rod Laver", which, believe me, has a kick on it like a mule: 8 bottles of this, and you're really finished -- at the opening of the Sydney Bridge Club, they were fishing them out of the main sewers every half an hour.
Of the sparkling wines, the most famous is "Perth 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 "Melbourne Old-and-Yellow", which is particularly heavy, and should be used only for hand-to-hand combat.
Quite the reverse is true of "Chateau Chunder", which is an Appelachian controle, specially grown for those keen on regurgitation -- a fine wine which really opens up the sluices at both ends.
Real emetic fans will also go for a "Hobart Muddy", and a prize winning "Cuiver Reserve Chateau Bottled Nuit San Wagga Wagga", which has a bouquet like an aborigine's armpit.
LOL “1970 ‘Coq du Rod Laver’”
Opus ‘nother un.
I’m taking the Romney approach - I am both leaving AND staying with Free Republic.
I love chocolate straight from the fridge. My favorite is chilled chocolate covered cashews. Yum.
Learn something: B-Chan's not opusing, he's doing a spoof on an earlier thread today. If B-Chan ever does do an opus, it will include a bell, book, and candle.
Hi, B-Chan, I just this whole thing was too funny.:)
Thank you, xJones. Finally, someone gets it.
I swear, try to be the least bit subtle on FR and watch what happens.
Don’t tell me about it, ol’ bud. I’m still working on my last bottle of Chateau Chunder. And sadly enough, you’re probably the only one here that will get the joke.
Reminds me of the punch line: “You’ll have to point it out to me lady — all those Japanese cars look alike.”
So what have you decided? Staying or going?
Happy New Year!
Sigh...
Got that right.
Back when there was less vitriol going 'round.
And to BChan - whatever.
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