Most of today's wine is 'plonk,' but that's OK
Still, it is not a pejorative statement to say that, by volume, most of today's wine is "plonk": inoffensive, often somewhat spineless (OK, I really wanted to write "flaccid" - but that sounds gross) wine lacking any distinctive character save that it is palatable and inexpe...
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| Published in | The Telegraph herald (1935) |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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Dubuque, Iowa
Telegraph Herald
10.11.2010
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| Summary: | Still, it is not a pejorative statement to say that, by volume, most of today's wine is "plonk": inoffensive, often somewhat spineless (OK, I really wanted to write "flaccid" - but that sounds gross) wine lacking any distinctive character save that it is palatable and inexpensive. Some super-premium producers are dumping wine they can't sell at the moment into bottles with 'ghost' winery labels to avoid devaluing their brands with cut-rate pricing. These still aren't exactly cheap, but they are unprecedented values. Our first challenge was a resounding success. More than 100 readers made a guess and a large number of those were correct: "Jessie's Girl," was the song containing the word "moot." |
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| ISSN: | 1041-293X |