And what would you suggest goes best with this vintage vino Myron? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Myron Menaker" <myronm@bellsouth.net> To: "CHILE-HEADS" <chile-heads@globalgarden.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 7:01 AM Subject: [CH] (Way Off-Topic!) New Line of Wines > BENTONVILLE, ARK (AP) - Some Wal-Mart customers soon will be able to > sample a new discount item - Wal-Mart's own brand of wine. The world's > largest retail chain is teaming up with Ernest & Julio Gallo winery of > Modesto, CA, to produce the spirits at an affordable price; in the $6 - > $8 range. > While wine connoisseurs may not be inclined to throw a bottle of > Wal-Mart brand wine in their shopping carts, there is a market for cheap > wine, said Kathy Micken, professor of marketing at Roger Williams > University in Bristol, RI. > "There is wine in a box that people are willing to buy," she said. > "The right name is important." > > The top 15 suggested names for Wal-Mart wine: > > 15) Box o'Grapes > 14) Chateau Traileur Doublewide > 13) White Trashfindel > 12) Big Red Gulp > 11) Grape Expectations > 10) Domaine Wal-Mart "Merde du Pays" > 9) NASCAbernet > 8) Chef Boyardeux > 7) Peanut Noir > 6) Blue Light Special Nun > 5) Chateau des Moines > 4) Martha Stewart's Sour Grapes > 3) I Can't Believe It's Not Vinegar! > 2) World Championship Wriesling... > > ...and the number 1 name for Wal-Mart wine: > > 1) Nasti Spumanti > > > > -- > > --------========********<O>********========------------- > Myron Menaker Daytona Beach FL USA > myronm@bellsouth.net | > \ / _\/_ > .-'-. //o\ _\/_ > -- / \ -- | /o\\ > jgs^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^-=======-~^~^~^~~^~^~^~|~~^~^|^~` > I'd rather be singing! | | > --------========********<O>********========-------------