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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 August 23, 2020August 23, 2020

French Beer

French stuff gets a good run around here. Usually wine, occasionally brandy, now and then absinthe. Never before a French beer though. Beer doesn’t really register on the Franco-radar. According … Continue reading French Beer

Categories: Beer, Gravity's RainbowTags: France, Saison, Slothrop, Tantivy
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 March 30, 2019March 30, 2019

Cognac

Cognac first appears in Pynchon crated up on the Swinemünde dock, among the cargo Gerhardt von Göll / Der Springer is shipping upriver. Springer’s cargo also features “six chorus girls, … Continue reading Cognac

Categories: Against The Day, Gravity's Rainbow, Other spiritsTags: Dally Rideout, Der Sringer, France, Policarpe
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 September 15, 2017January 4, 2018

Montrachet

Early on in Gravity’s Rainbow, while we’re still huddled behind London blackout curtains with relatively recognisable characters and fairly coherent plots, Jessica sits up while Roger sleeps, “filling with a … Continue reading Montrachet

Categories: Gravity's Rainbow, WineTags: Chardonnay, France, Jessica Swanlake, Roger Mexico
By mjhorn Posted on May 6, 2017May 8, 2017

Cheap Claret

Claret first enters the etymological record as a British nickname for Bordeaux red in 1700, not too long before Mason & Dixon gets started. The slang would then have been sixty-some years in use … Continue reading Cheap Claret

Categories: Mason & Dixon, WineTags: France, Mason
By mjhorn Posted on December 17, 2016

Mâconnais

“It’s like licking a bloody piece of slate tile” quoth my father post-quaff of this Mâconnais. He seemed to intend this as a compliment. The Mâconnais is a Southern chunk of the Burgundy wine … Continue reading Mâconnais

Categories: Against The Day, WineTags: France, Yashmeen Halfcourt
By mjhorn Posted on October 16, 2016October 16, 2016

Absinthe Frappé

This here is the fiftieth drink to join our digital cabinet of liquors! And a mighty fine addition it is too. If I were asked elect an emblematic spirit for each Pynchon book, some choices would be … Continue reading Absinthe Frappé

Categories: Against The Day, Cocktail/mixedTags: Absinthe, France, Reef Traverse, USA
By mjhorn Posted on September 12, 2016September 12, 2016

Gewurztraminer

We’ve just about hit 50 Empty Bottles here at Tom Pynchon’s Liquor Cabinet, but this post marks our first occasion revisiting a passage to pull out a second drink. November last … Continue reading Gewurztraminer

Categories: Against The Day, WineTags: Alsace, France
By mjhorn Posted on June 19, 2016June 19, 2016

Veuve Clicquot Brut

Season two of the Pynchon in Public podcast‘s trek through Gravity’s Rainbow is a wrap! Watch your iTunes feeds. I popped some Champagne on the air this morning in celebration. You may … Continue reading Veuve Clicquot Brut

Categories: Gravity's Rainbow, WineTags: Champagne, Dodson-Truck, France, Pynchon in Public, Slothrop

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