Monthly Archives: April 2013

Yo Ho Ho, And A Bottle Of Mosel

Posted on April 21, 2013 by intoxreport

Like the wine, the captain of the Vliegend Hert went down with the ship.  Unlike the wine, the captain never came up again. Background Check: In 1980, a shipwreck was discovered off the coast of Holland that contained thousands of … Continue reading →

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Baffled By Big, Bad Buffs? Bite Me, Barclay Brothers

Posted on April 18, 2013 by intoxreport

The Telegraph—a London-based  newspaper owned by David and Frederick Barclay—has published a sort of strange piece written by Jasper Copping suggesting that the average wine consumer is ‘baffled’ by the descriptors we stiff-necked, too-big-for-our-smarty-pants wine writers use to describe various … Continue reading →

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Earth Day, 2013: Mirth First, Earth Second. Booyah!

Posted on April 15, 2013 by intoxreport

Personally, I am a sucker for Earth Day.  Especially compared to other inane holidays such as Talk Like a Pirate Day, Christmas Day and whatever that one is where we celebrate veterans who had the good sense not to get … Continue reading →

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Hempiatris: Wine, Wódka and Bong

Posted on April 14, 2013 by intoxreport

As a fellow who (sans shame) looks stuff up on Wikipedia, then pretends he already knew it—or worse, made it up himself—I will hitherto explain the above, crackerjack scarehead: A ‘hendiatris’ (from the Greek: ἓν διὰ τριῶν, hèn dià triôn, … Continue reading →

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Brown-Bagging With Petite Sirah

Posted on April 13, 2013 by intoxreport

I’ve known Stillman Brown since he was knee high to an ass-hopper; by which I mean, before he decided he was straight. See, I can make stupid jokes like that about Stillman Brown (no relation to Encyclopedia, Ford  Madox or … Continue reading →

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