Street Wines

A friend sent me this website http://www.bumwine.com/tbird.html. It is a site that I am sure the wine press would not go near. It lists the cheapest and possibly the worst wines ever made. The website is designed to show that these are wines are for the street or the trailer park. Ricky, Julian and Bubbles would love these wines. There is reviews, polls and links to other street drinks. It’s just too bad that there isn’t more free WiFi Hotspots for the homeless to make their voice heard. Who better to tell us which wine gives you the best buzz for the buck, well… Uh… that’s… Uh… if it’s even a buck. Or maybe they could give us tips on which wine goes best with food picked out of a dumpster.

I find it bizarre that there are wine companies out there that actually target this market. Do you think there are large posters in their offices showing bums drinking their wine? Are there endorsement deals where you get a larger cardboard box to sleep in if you promote their swill? Were these companies created by some entrepreneurial derelict that saw a niche market? Well if anything it makes Yellow Tail seem really high class.

Some of the great quotes From the site;
"Strawberry Cisco has a bouquet similar to that of Frankenberry cereal fermented in wine cooler with added sprinkle of brandy for presentation”

There is also a new "Blue Raspberry" flavor with "BLING BLING"

Some suspect that Night Train is really just Thunderbird with some Kool-Aid-like substance added to try to mask the Clorox flavor

Wild Irish Rose - Wild Fruit with Ginseng - Word on the streets here is that the bums are wary of it

Vinted and bottled by E&J Gallo Winery

WARNING: This light yellow liquid turns your lips and mouth black!

A well known wine critic’s method of telling a good wine from a great wine depends on how long you can taste the after you swallow. A great wine will have a longer finish than a good wine. I wonder how he would classify these wines because I would assume that the taste of these wines would stay with you forever.