I brought home another locally brewed Oktoberfest beer yesterday to enjoy with dinner. This time it was the Oktoberfest from Richmond’s Legend Brewery. Legend Oktoberfest pours a deep, reddish-copper color. An easy pour creates a thick, creamy, beige, …

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ABC World News Anchor Charlie Gibson has gotten the “get” – he’s been promised the first interview with Sarah Palin at home in Alaska this Friday.
And now the future credibility of all MSM (and for that matter – THE SURVIVAL OF THE PLANET) rests on the ABC News anchor’s shoulders.  We can only hope Gibson will make the most […]

On August 1, 2007, The I-35W bridge over the Mississippi in Minneapolis collapsed, killing 13 people and injuring more than 100.
Here is what John McCain had to say about the tragedy on August 4, 2007:
My friends, it was a terrible tragedy.  I think perhaps you can make an argument that part of the responsibility lies […]

Jerry, just remember, it’s not a lie if you believe it.
 – George Costanza, Assistant to the Traveling Secy., New York Yankees
I told Congress ‘Thanks, but no thanks’ for that bridge to nowhere up in Alaska. If our state wanted a bridge, we were going to build it ourselves.
– Sarah from Wasilla
Check out Sarah’s new diary […]

And this is very cool.

Via Wheaton

Pigs.
They may roll around in the mud and live in their own filth, but even swine aren’t as disgusting as the McCain campaign has been in recent weeks. 
Barack Obama is lucky that pigs don’t vote (now if we can get them to stop running for President).

h/t AMERICAblog

Grab your Kindergartner and some sex books, and join Barry Hussein in a public school near you… http://www.spotsygop.com

I realize that my last ‘Underrated Wine of the Week’ was something like three months ago, but perhaps I was getting a bit ahead of myself. It’s still a catchier name than “Underrated Wine of the Quarter”.

Anyway, this time around I wanted to talk about Vin Santo, a type of dessert wine from Tuscany. Vin Santo is one of those discoveries about wine that you love because it’s completely different than anything else. The name, literally translated, means Saint Wine. To make it, wineries pick Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes (both common in Tuscany) and hang them from rafters until they are dried out. They are then pressed and the now-concentrated juice is poured into little cigar-shaped barrels. They are fermented with an open top, then sealed and stored under the roof of the winery for as long as a decade.

Over time they take on an amber color from the barrels. Because they have been exposed to the air they are oxidized and therefore taste quite a lot like Port Wine. In fact, if you are a Port Wine lover you really must try Vin Santo. It has the same nutty/dried fruit flavors. Unlike Port, though, it is not fortified with Brandy so the alcohol content is a bit lower. In Tuscany I’m told people often have it with biscotti. I think it makes a great after dinner drink. If you’re interested in trying it we have one called Castello di Poppiano which sells for about $25.

Frankly, the first thing I thought of was this picture of Rudy Giuliani.