Relax, It's Just Wine
If you haven’t seen P.J. Tobia’s story “Burgundy Bootlegger” in this week’s Scene, it’s worth reading about wine educator Melanie Armstrong's run-in with state alcohol officials. Anyone who’s ever met Melanie, whom P.J. aptly describes as a “bubbly brunette,” will agree it would make infinitely more sense to investigate her for pimping than for bootlegging. I went to one of her singles wine tastings (in moral support of a friend), and it was a great way to meet nice people in the comfortable setting of a Green Hills restaurant. Hardly an actionable affair.
Melanie has found a clever niche making wine-drinking informative and unpretentious. Let’s hope the story of her (laughable) time in jail does nothing more to her professional reputation than boost it, introducing her Wine University to more people.
You go, girl.
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nashville
nashville
naaashviiiiiiille...
how i love thee
but god damn it!
get your act together
and yes i said the GD words !!!
i grew up in a home with loving parents who said 'god damnit' all day long. we couldn't say 'go fuck your mother' though, which i know is not nearly as dire as goddamn it...
now i know i'm digressing here but this whole facade of 'super christian-anti-alcohol-we gonna getcha' mentality has got to stop.
howza bout like next year? as in tuesday...
ands melanie - the Tn ABC woman was only a total bitch because you most likely look better in a pair of jeans than she ever has or will...
cheers!
Posted 12/30/2007 at 10:32:48 PMHey, don't blame Christians for the bizarre whims of the ABC or Nashville's oddball regulations. The reason you can't buy wine in Whole Foods ain't the Southern Baptists; it's the liquor lobby, period.
Posted 12/31/2007 at 12:50:33 AMi just figured it's all tied in together...
Posted 12/31/2007 at 05:02:38 PMA Sommelier driving a BMW?
I'm in the wrong line of work...
Posted 01/03/2008 at 09:39:50 AMI believe "sommelier" is French for "carjacker."
Posted 01/04/2008 at 03:06:12 PM