February 25, 2010

wine meets whiskey

My two favorite things, finally together:

[Dan Philips] calls the new Shiraz Southern Belle. And if you have any doubt that he coined the name with tongue planted firmly in jowl, the labels, featuring twisted takes on traditional moonlight-and-magnolia belles, should clue you in. The true perversion, however, took place back in Australia, where Philips convinced a cadre of winemakers to age some of their most promising juice in used whiskey barrels, sourced from Julian Van Winkle, proprietor of the Pappy Van Winkle Distillery in Kentucky. (Before those charred oak barrels held wine for eighteen months, whiskey slept in that same wood for twenty years.)

As I said to Mary Jeys, it’s like breeding an elephant with a mouse. And I, for one, would pay good money to see an elemouse. (via Tiny Mix Tapas)

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  1. Amanda Mae Meyncke on February 25th, 2010 at 10:57 am

    Tiny mix tapas!!!!!!!!! that is the best name ever. Oh, the internets.

    Anyway, there’s a beer out here in cali that is made in old bourbon kegs. Sounds good to me.

  2. Andrew Simone on February 25th, 2010 at 10:58 am

    I have had said beer (the name eludes me at the moment) and it is tasty.

  3. Mary Jeys on February 25th, 2010 at 12:46 pm

    But it’s like breeding a tiger with a rabbit. It can’t work! Tiger eats rabbit before copulation! Beer and bourbon of course, that’s rational. Like a swan with an eagle.

  4. Sarah on February 25th, 2010 at 5:01 pm

    I vote for the name Pisky = Pinot Noir mixed with Whiskey. You know for the dude market…

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