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Strange Wine Names - 2/5/2023 6:03:53 PM   
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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/5/2023 6:50:11 PM   
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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/5/2023 8:13:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		Bouchard L’Enfant Jesus. Curious on why the vineyard was called Baby Jesus. Excellent wine.

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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/5/2023 8:30:37 PM   
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Status: offline 		The strangest name by far : Used Automobile Parts. It was a Napa blend mid priced. The "cork" was made of cristal. Ad yes, it was a very OK wine for the price.

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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/5/2023 10:40:05 PM   
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Bouchard L’Enfant Jesus. Curious on why the vineyard was called Baby Jesus. Excellent wine.



There’s a Washington wine called Screaming Baby, very appropriate for new (grand)parents.

But Vigne de l’enfant Jesus is part of the Grèves vineyard, owned by the Carmelites at the time of the long-awaited birth of a child to the king and queen of France after several miscarriages/stillbirths. Lovely stuff but I like this name
Cat’s pee under a gooseberry bush. Three guesses what grape it is and which country

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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/6/2023 7:47:44 AM   
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Local Election
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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/6/2023 8:03:23 AM   
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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/6/2023 9:14:36 AM   
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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/6/2023 9:36:56 AM   
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You mean no one is going to mention "Sofa King Bueno"? (Say it slowly)


That's not strange, it's just fa King funny

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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/6/2023 10:08:18 AM   
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Cat’s pee under a gooseberry bush. Three guesses what grape it is and which country


"Cat Pee" screams Sauv Blanc from New Zealand. Kim Crawford come to mind.

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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/6/2023 11:31:13 AM   
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You mean no one is going to mention "Sofa King Bueno"? (Say it slowly)


That's not strange, it's just fa King funny

But how in the world did the TTB approve that one?

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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/6/2023 2:28:18 PM   
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You mean no one is going to mention "Sofa King Bueno"? (Say it slowly)


Beat me to that one, still have the bottle that I keep my probe in for cellar temp.


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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/6/2023 3:01:20 PM   
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"Grape Abduction Company" from Slovenia makes good everyday drinkers in red, white, rose, and orange at reasonable prices with a fun label.

For an actual wine name, the only thing I have to offer from my cellar is "Le Cigare Volant" (The flying Saucer) from Bonny Doon.

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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/6/2023 5:07:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		There’s a whole range of Fat Bastard

Then, if it comes to labels, Blasted Church (Canada) provides a whole range of labels with quirky sayings. It was worth buying some of the wine just for the label

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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/6/2023 5:59:20 PM   
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For French, how about Batard-Montrachet. I read in a book nobody knows how the name came about. Anybody know?

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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/6/2023 6:16:37 PM   
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ORIGINAL: fingers

Starting with the winery: Extradimensional Wine Co. Yeah!

Some of the wines:
Muscat Like You Never!
Full King Crab
After Midnight
Love Language Glowing Red
Local Election
Astral Plane
Teleport
Hold Me Tight
Mighty High
Mo Yeah!



Unfortunately, the wines are not that great. In my opinion.

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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/6/2023 8:20:15 PM   
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A LOT of American wines to post.

For French, how about Batard-Montrachet. I read in a book nobody knows how the name came about. Anybody know?



Not sure about the truth of the folklore… the seigneur of Puligny supposedly bequeathed land to his heir (Chevalier), daughters (Pucelles), and being a responsible type, to his Batard

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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/6/2023 8:51:56 PM   
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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/7/2023 6:40:53 AM   
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Status: offline 		Two I've seen from Kermit Lynch:

A Bourgeuil called Nuits d'Ivresse (Nights of Drunkenness)

And this is probably only funny in English, but he also imports a Corsican Patrimonio called Siempre ****entu. The label is, well, pretty loud. Huge set of teeth shaped like a wine glass, surrounded by a heart...you have to see it.

https://shop.kermitlynch.com/product/detail/16FGC03.html

Edit: Oh wow CT won't even let me write the name down for that 2nd one. I wonder how it would like certain Latin phrases, like "with the seed" or some such thing.

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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/7/2023 6:55:08 AM   
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ORIGINAL: chrisrsprague

Two I've seen from Kermit Lynch:

A Bourgeuil called Nuits d'Ivresse (Nights of Drunkenness)

And this is probably only funny in English, but he also imports a Corsican Patrimonio called Siempre ****entu. The label is, well, pretty loud. Huge set of teeth shaped like a wine glass, surrounded by a heart...you have to see it.

https://shop.kermitlynch.com/product/detail/16FGC03.html

Edit: Oh wow CT won't even let me write the name down for that 2nd one. I wonder how it would like certain Latin phrases, like "with the seed" or some such thing.

I can believe that is correct Corsican dialect for "happy".

In Britain, we call that the Scunthorpe Problem, after the Lincolnshire town of Scunthorpe, whose inhabitants for a time were unable even to write their address on webforms, etc.

The 3rd person plural of the present indicative plural of the very common Latin verb ducere, to lead, with its many compounds like conducere, to conduct, presents a similar issue. I also recall my high school physics, where were were shown a demonstration of an experiment in acoustics, known as Kundt's Tube.

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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/7/2023 9:56:18 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Echinosum


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ORIGINAL: chrisrsprague

Two I've seen from Kermit Lynch:

A Bourgeuil called Nuits d'Ivresse (Nights of Drunkenness)

And this is probably only funny in English, but he also imports a Corsican Patrimonio called Siempre ****entu. The label is, well, pretty loud. Huge set of teeth shaped like a wine glass, surrounded by a heart...you have to see it.

https://shop.kermitlynch.com/product/detail/16FGC03.html

Edit: Oh wow CT won't even let me write the name down for that 2nd one. I wonder how it would like certain Latin phrases, like "with the seed" or some such thing.

I can believe that is correct Corsican dialect for "happy".

In Britain, we call that the Scunthorpe Problem, after the Lincolnshire town of Scunthorpe, whose inhabitants for a time were unable even to write their address on webforms, etc.

The 3rd person plural of the present indicative plural of the very common Latin verb ducere, to lead, with its many compounds like conducere, to conduct, presents a similar issue. I also recall my high school physics, where were were shown a demonstration of an experiment in acoustics, known as Kundt's Tube.

How about travelling wave amplifier tube? Commonly referred to by its first initials.

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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/9/2023 9:09:43 PM   
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ORIGINAL: S1

Not in my cellar, but I’d love to find some.

Assmannshausen


Well...., funny that you mention it, ass this one actually is in my cellar!!
It also has the great distinction of being the longest CT wine name currently in my cellar, funny too because it is a 375ml bottle, so it's a Germanic-ly tight fit to get all of that on the label. It's a Pinot Noir too!

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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/9/2023 9:22:35 PM   
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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/10/2023 6:11:15 AM   
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ORIGINAL: jmcmchi


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ORIGINAL: DoubleD1969

Bouchard L’Enfant Jesus. Curious on why the vineyard was called Baby Jesus. Excellent wine.



There’s a Washington wine called Screaming Baby, very appropriate for new (grand)parents.

But Vigne de l’enfant Jesus is part of the Grèves vineyard, owned by the Carmelites at the time of the long-awaited birth of a child to the king and queen of France after several miscarriages/stillbirths. Lovely stuff but I like this name
Cat’s pee under a gooseberry bush. Three guesses what grape it is and which country

Every time I see that label I can't help but think of Ricky Bobby.
“Dear Lord baby Jesus, or as our brothers in the south call you, Jesús, we thank you so much for this bountiful harvest of Dominos, KFC and the always delicious Taco Bell.”

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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/10/2023 9:34:44 AM   
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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/10/2023 10:08:13 AM   
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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/10/2023 3:02:53 PM   
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Some of you will get the reference (especially including the quantity on hand):



“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.”

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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/11/2023 4:34:10 PM   
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There's an appellation near Dijon called Bourgogne Montrecul. Which means, show your nether regions. It is a reference to it being rather steep.



I've actually contemplated a lineup, for a certain group of friends, featuring a bottle of this, plus some Clos de la Poussie and Clos de la Butte.

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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/12/2023 8:45:09 PM   
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RE: Strange Wine Names - 2/16/2023 7:15:33 AM   
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ORIGINAL: BobMilton


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ORIGINAL: BobMilton

You mean no one is going to mention "Sofa King Bueno"? (Say it slowly)


That's not strange, it's just fa King funny

But how in the world did the TTB approve that one?


The same wa they approved…



With their eyes closed.

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