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As Orson Wells Said…
Posted under How I See It by Mike
“We will sell no wine before its time.”
The current state of our economy is causing all of us do things we wouldn’t normally imagine doing. Our family has learned to cut back. We’ve limited our dining out and we’ve learned to be more selective on clothing purchases. We’ve scaled back on our vacations and we tend to buy more generic rather than name brands.
Except cotton swabs. Nobody does a cotton swab like Q-tip, nobody. No exceptions.
But two things I will not do without are my cigars and my wine. God love my wife, she is so understanding with me. Since growing my own tobacco got a veto by the wife, we decided to try growing our own grapes. Our own little vineyard of one grapevine. Chardonnay was our choice to try.
We planted this vine last year and saw very little growth. In fact with my lack of a green thumb, I thought for sure I killed it. Seems this little vine decided to just hibernate and now come spring it has gone bonkers.
If we continue to be successful with this I’m going to have to start coming up with a catchy slogan for our new home grown wine.
How about “Nobody whines like Mike’s wine?”
Here are some actual wine slogans:
“Wine. What are you saving it for? Wine. Since 6000 B.C.”
“Wine is a little like love; when the right one comes along, you know it.”
“As much character as the people who make them.”
“We box the best. The big name in boxed wine.”
“One word captures the moment. Mumm’s the word.” (Champagne)
Mike’s Boxed wine, sign me up…
M@’s last blog post..ATWT:Like father, like son
A variation: “We all whine for Mikes’ wine!”
How many grapes does one vine produce? And can you really produce more than a a cup of wine from that? I’m looking forward to more photos of your progress.
Cocotte’s last blog post..School Daze
Watch out Ernest and Julio… here comes Mike!
Good luck, I’m hoping for a bumper crop.
Tara R.’s last blog post..Tanqueray and diet black cherry soda
Good luck on that, I tried it and it tasted like a sweat sock. A dirty, sweaty, smelly sweat sock.
Russ’s last blog post..This is Frackin’ killing me! by Russ
I second your thoughts about Qtips. And also? Trashbags. Mr. C was all about going generic and I warned him about the dreaded ‘generic trashbags’ but he didn’t listen. After a whole box of trashbags that either a.) ripped when the bag was halfull or b.)came out of the box ripped down the side- he agreed. So now we get Q-Tips AND GLAD trash bags.
Jen’s last blog post..Bullet points- things on thy mind.
How about “Wine, it’s what’s for breakfast!”.
Weaselmomma’s last blog post..Pink Cadillac
My dad had some wild grapes growing on his fence so he made wine in a couple of big water cooler bottles. It was really tasty.
I think grape vines only produce fruit every other year or so.
As for growing my own tobacco I’m seriously considering it because April 1st there will be a hefty new federal tax on cigars, pipe tobacco, rolling papers and regualr cigarettes.
Hammer’s last blog post..Heheheh
I have successfully grown grenach grapes on a huge arbor. Also you can graft a cut vine pretty easily.
I have made over 200 gallons of wine in my time. Its rewarding!
Oscar’s last blog post..Willy’s Blue Undies
I love a good, cheap wine. I can’t believe I’ve never thought of growing my own grapes. You are brilliant.
debbie’s last blog post..What am I supposed to wear today?
I’ll be interested to hear how it goes. My family used to make some wine, but it was before I really liked wine.
citizen of the world’s last blog post..No lack of gratitude here.
Wow, very cool! I love a good glass of wine. My last wine purchase came from QVC. My husband could not believe it! LOL!
Weaselmomma, how about “Wine — it’s not just for breakfast anymore”?
Mike, if it’s any good, I get the feeling there won’t be any left over for the masses.
I prefer the red myself.
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So far we cancelled cell phone, Netflick, and newspaper. Soon we’re going to return a couple of the kids for a refund.
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Good luck with the wine. Next you’ll need a goat so you can have cheese.
Slogans need a bit of work, although I think Weaselmomma is on the right track!
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My father lost his job about a year ago (thankfully he’s found employment since then), and we really had to cut back.
It’s funny about the grape thing, though, because last year we did something like that, planting a garden with our neighbors.
I’m glad you still get your wine and cigars. Even in difficult times, we need to make room for some luxuries.
BlackenedBoy’s last blog post..The Dawn of Spring
“Better living through fermentation”
“It’s five o’clock somewhere.”
“Just drink it.”
tom’s last blog post..The Master Plan
White label, black letters:
Wine
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