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By mjhorn Posted on January 19, 2021January 19, 2021

Lafite Rothschild

Well so I got bored of joking that someone should buy me a Lafite Rothschild bottle and just went and did it myself. Let’s not dwell too long on the … Continue reading Lafite Rothschild

Categories: Gravity's Rainbow, WineTags: Candy, France, Mrs Quoad, Slothrop
By mjhorn Posted on November 9, 2020November 9, 2020

Watered pink wine

Perhaps after a weekend of global celebration following the Americans’ step back toward sanity, I’m not the only one who could use some gentle Monday hair of the dog? My … Continue reading Watered pink wine

Categories: Against The Day, Gravity's Rainbow, WineTags: Dally Rideout, Frank Traverse, Säure Bummer, Slothrop
By mjhorn Posted on September 27, 2020

Sherry

No one thus far has drunk sherry in a Pynchon novel that I have noticed. But sherry’s ghost does linger by a window during the Rathenau séance early in Gravity’s … Continue reading Sherry

Categories: Gravity's Rainbow, WineTags: Fortified wine, Jessica Swanlake, Milton Gloaming, Pirate Prentice, Roger Mexico, Spain
By mjhorn Posted on June 13, 2020June 14, 2020

Tignanello

Bleeding Edge doesn’t see to be many people’s favourite Pynchon. A bit too narrow in its concerns maybe, or a little too careful with its tone; not grand enough to … Continue reading Tignanello

Categories: Bleeding Edge, WineTags: Italy, Maxine, Slagiatt
By mjhorn Posted on May 3, 2020May 3, 2020

Something dark and fizzy

Last night—or actually, at 2 AM this morning, thanks to the magic of time zones—I had the pleasure of hanging out with the Pynchon in Public podcast crew for their … Continue reading Something dark and fizzy

Categories: V, WineTags: Fat Clyde, Malta, Pappy Hod
By mjhorn Posted on April 13, 2020

Zeltinger

Like probably everyone, I’ve been finding reading lately involves a constant underlying outrage that characters are going about pursuing such extravagances as associating in groups of more than two, coming … Continue reading Zeltinger

Categories: Gravity's Rainbow, WineTags: Germany, Leni Pökler
By mjhorn Posted on February 9, 2020

Constantia wine

Despite above appearances, this wine did not sprout one afternoon alongside my tomato plants. It grew further afield, in the Constantia vineyard of South Africa, and I imagine hitched a … Continue reading Constantia wine

Categories: Mason & Dixon, WineTags: Dixon, Mason, South Africa
By mjhorn Posted on January 27, 2020January 27, 2020

Pouilly-Fuissé

My sister described this Louis Jadot 2015 Pouilly-Fuissé as tasting of peach followed by buttery toasted pastry. Her palate must have developed some since last year’s bottle of Graves, where … Continue reading Pouilly-Fuissé

Categories: Against The Day, WineTags: Chums of Chance, France, Pugnax
By mjhorn Posted on December 25, 2019January 9, 2020

Pommery (Merry Christmas!)

Merry Christmas, Pynchondom! I hope you’re enjoying it with good friends and family and that your relatives’ paranoid conspiracy theories are at least entertaining. Here, we’ve pulled a festive bottle … Continue reading Pommery (Merry Christmas!)

Categories: Against The Day, WineTags: Champagne, Christmas, Foley Walker, France, Scarsdale Vibe
By mjhorn Posted on May 29, 2019June 11, 2019

Brunello di Montalcino

Around here, we’re pretty religiously devoted to the Drinks as they are laid down in the Books. (Nevermind that business a few weeks back drinking water from the wrong creek). … Continue reading Brunello di Montalcino

Categories: Vineland, WineTags: Italy, Ralph Wayvone
By mjhorn Posted on February 10, 2019February 10, 2019

Graves

It is February and a little late for new year’s resolutions, but I will nevertheless assert that I’m hoping to pick up the pace around here this year. When I … Continue reading Graves

Categories: Against The Day, WineTags: Chums of Chance, France, Pugnax
By mjhorn Posted on December 25, 2018January 30, 2019

Happy Christmas! (Piesporter)

It’s Christmas Day in Australia, and we’re pairing the mud crab, prawns, and salads with a Piesporter German riesling from Gravity’s Rainbow. We’ve had maybe more explicitly Christmassy tipples in past years … Continue reading Happy Christmas! (Piesporter)

Categories: Gravity's Rainbow, WineTags: Christmas, Germany, Leni Pökler

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