Yikes. Regardless of whether you like the French or not, nobody can deny the quality of their wine! You can't put wine in a CAN! Hell, you can't put American wine in a can! Wine is meant for bottles and bottles alone!

Looks about right to me . . .

More corks for us old fashioned, *good* vintners. haw.

If you can put beer in a can; if you can put pork and beans in a can; if you can put Chef Boy-Ar-Dee spaghetti sauce in a can; if you can put Hormel's greasy chili in a can; if you can put my cat's food in a can; if you can put condensed milk in a can;

... then why in hell can't you can French vin ordinaire? (To be served at room temperature of course, just like British beer.)

After a while, all this stuff comes out like vinegar, anyway. Or if you bought it from the wrong vintner, and take it to get it laboratory analyzed, you might get back a lab report indicating that your horse has diabetes.

Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb

Great! Are the French trying to attract rednecks this tourist season? What's next, mullets, NASCAR, and bowling? Fuck-me-runnin!

I feel much more sophisticated now. I was so happy (but feeling un peu proletarien ) with the last issue of "Food and Wine," as it had a list of good wines one could buy at Albertson's. Which is all I can get for a few hundred miles in any direction.

Hilarious. I spewed my Pepsi One - first time for me so this one's a keeper. I'll be showing friends.

jane m,

Hope you read my response on the "Bad idea" thread concerning bonuses. Any questions, I'll link you to the Army Military Personnel site where the regs can be found.

btw I nearly spewed my Coke when I found out that someone actually drinks Pepsi One. Don't you guys know that Pepsi is for communists?!?

Tim, my husband, formerly of the 82nd airborne before retirement, may take exception to that. Pepsi One is the only diet form of Pepsi he will drink -- other than the vanilla flavored one. ;)

When you consider that many wines are fermented and partially aged in stainless steel tanks, perhaps the idea of wine in a can isn't that outrageous after all.

Certainly, we'll be seeing more and more wines with screw-top caps, as research has proven such works as well as cork, and is more reliable.

Tim said "Don't you guys know that Pepsi is for communists?!?"

Agreed!(Living in Georgia, Pepsi is evil, because Coke was invented here and is based here. There's a silly saying at Georgia Tech that if you drink a Pespsi on campus, a sniper on top of the Coca-cola building will shoot you. It's all about local pride I guess, lol)

Tim the Soldier

Thanks for the reminder. I went over the "bad idea" and read your comment. Why don't you link me to the Army regs. I'd like to make sure he is getting the straight scoop although his mom tells me he isn't really all that interested in another year in Iraq right now.

He has been approached to go into Special Forces training. He just has to decide if that's what he really wants as well as another enlistment. The frequent separations from family are a major hurdle at this point. And yes, he is aware that the training drop out rate is high.

As for Pepsi One, my husband who "had two tours in 'Nam" drinks a six pack a day and he's a Republican I'll have you know! Communist, my a@#.:-)

Well, screw tops, once disdained and thought to be worthwhile only for bottles of MD 20/20 or Boones Farm, have moved up in distinction in the world of oenophiles. So, why not cans or, um, even boxes?