San Fran yuppies shunning ‘Palin Syrah’ wine
Chris Tavelli, who owns the Yield Wine Bar in San Francisco’s revitalized Dogpatch neighborhood, noticed recently that demand for his best-seller, an organic wine from Chile’s Lymari Valley, had plummeted. The likely reason? The wine’s name, Palin Syrah, sounds a lot like Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee. Serious Eats notes: The wine’s tasting ...
Chris Tavelli, who owns the Yield Wine Bar in San Francisco's revitalized Dogpatch neighborhood, noticed recently that demand for his best-seller, an organic wine from Chile's Lymari Valley, had plummeted.
The likely reason? The wine's name, Palin Syrah, sounds a lot like Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee. Serious Eats notes:
The wine's tasting note reads as it did when Tavelli wrote it months ago: white pepper, madrone, dry. Incidentally, a madrone is an evergreen found primarily in the Pacific Northwest that bears red berries in the fall. When the berries dry up, they are replaced by hooked barbs that latch onto large animals for migration.
Chris Tavelli, who owns the Yield Wine Bar in San Francisco’s revitalized Dogpatch neighborhood, noticed recently that demand for his best-seller, an organic wine from Chile’s Lymari Valley, had plummeted.
The likely reason? The wine’s name, Palin Syrah, sounds a lot like Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee. Serious Eats notes:
The wine’s tasting note reads as it did when Tavelli wrote it months ago: white pepper, madrone, dry. Incidentally, a madrone is an evergreen found primarily in the Pacific Northwest that bears red berries in the fall. When the berries dry up, they are replaced by hooked barbs that latch onto large animals for migration.
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