November Contest: Do You Feel Lucky, Punk?
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Posted October 6th, 2010 by Curious Wines
We’re celebrating Australia in Curious Wines, this month and last, so November’s give-away is another must-have in any wine-lover’s book collection (and wine-rack!).
James Halliday is the authority on Australian wine with an unparalleled knowledge of the industry gained over 40 years making, tasting, judging and writing about wine. Last year, for the first time, his unrivalled knowledge about all aspects of wine was channelled into The Australian Wine Encyclopedia.
More than 800 meticulously researched, authoritative entries cover everything from the personalities involved in the evolution of wine and the great estates that have filled the country’s cellars to the viticulture, climate and natural challenges posed by Australia’s wine regions. The Australian Wine Encyclopedia investigates, articulates and ultimately celebrates all that makes up the Australian wine landscape.
We’ve one copy to give away, along with a bottle of the mercurial Squid’s Fist by Some Young Punks, featured in last weekend’s Sunday Tribune by Lar Veale.
TO WIN, we’re going have a bit of fun this month:
Some Young Punks have come up with some of the most imaginative wines, labels and names we’ve ever come across, such as Passion Has Red Lips, Battle Island, Quickie!, Naked On Roller Skates and Monsters Monsters Attack! (Check out the full line-up on the Punks’ website.)
We want you to come up with a new wine for the Punks to consider. Simply give us the grape (or blend of grapes) you’d love to see them try, along with the name you think would best represent it. The best (funniest, quirkiest, most entertaining, most ingenious) idea, as selected by the Punks themselves, wins the prize. It’s that simple.
Leave your entries here in the comments below, or on our Facebook page under this post. Good luck!
Our October prize featured James Halliday also, with his Australian Wine Companion 2011 and a 93-pointer rated by the man himself up for grabs. Congratulations to Debbie Stone, who left one of 96 correct answers between our blog and Facebook page.
October 6th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
1. Varietal Gamay -> Gammay Death Ray!
2. Cataratto-Baga Sparkling Rosé -> Cat Out of the Bag!
3. Varietal Greco -> Greed is good! (Um, as in Gordon Gekko – topical?)
4. Varietal Bastardo -> Nobody’s Child!
That is all.
October 6th, 2010 at 2:07 pm
Merlot – Mean Machine Menagerie
Shiraz – Shadow Shapes Shwimming
Merlot – Mangle Tangle Tales
I’m going for the “quirky option”!!
October 6th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
Winos paradise – Dolcetto grape
October 6th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
LMAO. I knew Kiernan would pitch in with a good un, but FOUR of them
October 6th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
1. Shiraz Viognier – Shivas Regal
2. Durif – Lingering neck
October 6th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
Potential Names for a Some Young Punks Shiraz:
1. Punk Juice / Punk Joose
2. Eau de Punk
October 6th, 2010 at 5:08 pm
Just one for me,
“Short n’ Curlies”, old bush vine Grenache.
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October 6th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
ROFL. Aw, stop, this is getting too much ;D
October 7th, 2010 at 9:31 am
‘French Kiss’ – Grenache
October 7th, 2010 at 3:32 pm
That Petrol Emotion – Riesling
October 7th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
Pacific Northwest Tempernillo – Chateau le’Hellup
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