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Another day, another misguided announcement from the Bill Gates Foundation. This time, it's hyping a new GMO press release project from DuPont's biotechnology arm, Pioneer Hi-Bred (via the Des Moines Register):
Pioneer Hi-Bred is joining with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help scientists in Africa develop genetically engineered corn varieties that would allow poor farmers increase their yields with less fertilizer.
The aim of the project is to increase corn yields by 50 percent over the average now reached by African varieties, said Paul Schickler, president of Pioneer, a Johnston-based unit of DuPont.
… Pioneer's arch-rival Monsanto Co. is two years into a similar project with the Gates foundation to develop drought-tolerant corn that is to be made available to small-scale farmers in eastern and southern Africa.
Both Pioneer and Monsanto have agreed to make the seeds available royalty-free to small-scale farmers.
Wow, that sounds great! Those magic seeds should be getting into the hands of farmers any day now. Or not:
Monsanto hopes to have its drought-tolerant seeds to small-scale farmers in Africa by 2016, four years after the projected release of a commercial variety in the United States.
As for Pioneer, they will first use advanced conventional breeding techniques to improve yields, and then add their genetically engineered genes later. The conventional version should be ready by 2014. The transgenic version? Eventually.
From his years as CEO of Microsoft, Bill Gates knows well the name for this kind of product: vaporware. It's hard not to think that Monsanto, Dupont and their ilk are turning into the Bernie Madoff of agriculture. Convince gullible foundations along with the federal government to send billions in research dollars their way based on a promise of magically awesome results. Sometime down the road, of course.
Meanwhile, if African farmers want improved seeds, they should look in their own backyard. Because they already exist (from Science Daily):
Maize production in West and Central Africa is set to get a much-needed boost with the release of improved varieties by the Nigeria National Variety Release Committee. The improved varieties address many of the major constraints to maize production such as drought, low soil fertility, pests, diseases, and parasitic weeds.
Researchers developed the varieties through conventional plant breeding by tapping naturally-available traits.
This is not a coincidence. Even Pioneer and Monsanto admit that much of the yield improvement of their own seeds will come through traditional techniques. But sex sells and right now, sex in ag-speak is spelled G-M-O.
If only Bill Gates, not to mention USDA Chief Tom Vilsack or Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, would spend some of their money getting those Nigerian seeds into farmers' hands today. Instead, they'd prefer to funnel billions of dollars to biotech giants because, well, 2016 isn't really so long to wait. Dupont and Monsanto promise that the payoff will be worth the wait. And here in America, corporations never, ever lie.


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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Home Maintenance is Not What It's Cracked Up to Be
So I got to the front and went to one of those self check out counters. I lifted the box out of the cart, scanned the barcode and plopped it back into my defective shopping cart. The screen glared at me and told me to put my item in a shopping bag.
"Seriously? I have to bag this? It's not going to fit in a bag!"
The self check-out computer yelled at me, "Bag your item or we'll arrest you for shoplifting!"
I looked around helplessly. Was there no one in sight who could turn this stupid machine off? Where is the "skip bagging" option? "Hello? Are there any real people here???"
Finally a person sauntered over to see why I was holding up the line. "You need to bag it," she said.
I looked at her. I looked at the big box my new garage door opener was in. I looked back at her, eyebrows raised. Clueless girl didn't seem to catch my meaning, so I asked her, "Think I can just leave it here in my cart and pay for it? Please."
Eventually I got all checked out and delivered the opener into the less than eager hands of my husband. I figured it would be 5 years minimum before he got around to installing it, but he surprised me and started on it that night.
Yesterday he informed me that it didn't work. You see, a couple years ago our garage door was falling apart. Literally. We didn't have any money to replace it, but knew we needed to do something so Joe built a new one out of a little wood, recycled hardware, and some left-over paint. The tracks, the pulleys, springs, and other thingamajiggers weren't replaced because they were still working fine. Here's the deal though - this new garage door opener has all these safety features and every time the door starts to shake a little (because all the other parts are so old and a little off balance) it automatically stops. According to Mr. Fixit, we'll need to replace the whole darn thing. I'm not sure if we'll get someone to come out and take a look to see if it can be adjusted or we'll just unplug the whole thing and keep it closed. Maybe I'll just duct tape the kids to the wall so they can't go anywhere near the garage door.
On another note - I took the kids to Wisconsin on a field trip today, but I'm too tired to write about it tonight. I'll update with pics tomorrow...
15 comments:
- "Intentionally Katie" said...
I loathe the self check out. And it seems some Home Depots and Lowe's shut down all aisles EXCEPT those. Hate 'em. Do know how difficult it is to put a huge 2x4 piece of wood into a little shopping bag!?!?! Those are the exact places why that "skip bagging" button was created.
- August 13, 2008 at 11:48 PM
- Feisty Irish Wench said...
I dislike the self checkout too, because I always end up with something in my cart that requires manager approval (cuz I'm a cheapskate that way). However, I do thank you for shopping at Home Depot.
- August 14, 2008 at 2:09 AM
- RefreshMom said...
I'm glad you got a new garage door opener; who knew you'd need a whole new garage door to go with it? I'll have to keep that in mind when we go shopping for ours.
I never thought about the self checkout at HD being equipped for canned goods and gallons of milk like the grocery store, but not for garage door openers or chain saws. And since they sell more garage door openers than jars of peanut butter, it looks like the designer was falling down on the job (kind of like whoever designed the kitchens of America between 1959 and 1998). Or maybe the self-checkout sales rep was a knockout. - August 14, 2008 at 4:08 AM
Generally you don't actually have to bag whatever it is you have when you're checking out. You only have to set the item on the sensor where the bags are for a short while so that the machine thinks that you bagged it. Then you can move on your merry way.
I personally love the self checkout. I can often do it much faster than an employee, plus it allows me to put whatever items I want together (this is especially handy when at the grocery store, since I know which items are grouped together in my cupboards.) :) - August 14, 2008 at 9:23 AM
- Suburban Correspondent said...
You've got a teenager now. You can skip the automatic opener.
- August 14, 2008 at 9:59 AM
- Rick said...
Have Joe build a shed for all your, umm... "crud" and then turn the garage into that extra room you've been wanting.
No need to thank me for the idea now. Just have me over for a big meal sometime down the road. I like steak. - August 14, 2008 at 12:21 PM
I can't believe you had this post. I literally just went through this last month. Our door would make this horrible clanging noise every time it opened or closed. Turns out our door was so cheap that it was bowing out of shape. We ended up having to get a new door ($1,000!), and then we ended up buying the same door opener as you bought! We really weren't planning to shell out that money this summer, but it is much nicer now. Also, our garage isn't so hot now because the door is insulated. But yes, overall, it sucks to have to do it in the first place.
- August 14, 2008 at 2:43 PM
As if lifting the heavy item out of the cart, touching it to the sensors, and lifting it back into the cart is any easier than actually bagging it!!
I'm sorry it doesn't work with your current door. What a hassle. - August 14, 2008 at 7:06 PM
- BandK said...
Yeah the little scales that the bag is on just wants to know that what you scanned weighs what its supposed to, so you're not scanning one item, dropping two in the bag. It's a lame system for Home Depot. but whatever. Especially since you could just take a bag, drop one item in the bag in your cart, one through the scanner, etc. But then there's that Home Depot self-check Nazi that eyes your cart and your receipt as you leave, to make sure you didn't slip in an extra garage door opener, or something.
And so it begins. The new garage door you will get to work with the new garage door opener will make the paint on the house look dingy, so you'll have to paint the house. And then the paint on the house makes the landscaping look tired, so you'll have to spruce that up. And then after doing all the landscaping, and your kids have tracked all that wet dirt (i.e. mud) from the landscaping project all over the carpeting, you'll have to replace the carpeting. And since the new carpeting makes the furniture look shabby, you'll have to get new furniture. And since the new carpeting and furniture makes the kitchen look dated, you'll have to remodel the kitchen. And that's why the $250 garage door opener will cost you $50,000. LOL
You'll have to post pics of the new garage door when it's done. And the rest of the remodeling.
Is that Joe I hear screaming in the background?!? LOL - August 14, 2008 at 11:03 PM
Wow, how old is that garage door opener??? My parents bought a garage door opener around 1980, and it has the feature where it reverses if it hits a moderate amount of resistance. My parents are type to by a middle of the road appliance, not the expensive one with the latest cutting-edge features.
Our house came with a garage door opener that can detect when a beam of light about 14" above the floor gets broken. A few weeks ago, the garage door opener started often reversing when we'd try to close it. (We could force it to close by holding the button down in the garage the whole time.) I tried to trouble shoot it with my home repair guides, and finally gave up and called a repair man. He fixed it in about two minutes, just by getting the alignment of the two sensors right, and I got a $90 bill. Well, at least I know how to fix myself if they ever get out of alignment again! And he did also lubricate the hinges so the door wouldn't groan so much going up and down. - August 15, 2008 at 9:29 AM
Hi Dawn!
Well, I, for one, am totally amazed that you went into Home Depot and picked out a garage door opener by yourself. That takes special courage and skills that I do not have.
My solution would have been to ask, nag, demand, cajole, threaten, manipulate and cry until my husband did it (he's at Home Depot so often anyway we call it the "Home David" store).
I have nothing but admiration for those who can go into one of those home improvement stores, actually enjoy looking around (I see an aisle of nails and narcolepsy hits), find what they need and be able to get it into their vehicles to take home.
Give me a craft store anyday!
Sandy in Tucson - August 15, 2008 at 2:58 PM
Ugh. I feel your pain with the garage door opener. One of my teens somehow broke a cable and neglected to tell us. I don't think I even want to know how they did it..lol. I needed to go to the store and couldn't get the door to open for anything. You can't manually open it. My husband had his car at work but luckily my son was home so I took his car. My car was trapped in the garage for 3 days before my husband got around to fixing the door. It wasn't all bad, though. My sons Camaro is way cooler than my car and I just used it when I needed to go somewhere..lol
- August 15, 2008 at 5:40 PM
Ugh. I feel your pain with the garage door opener. One of my teens somehow broke a cable and neglected to tell us. I don't think I even want to know how they did it..lol. I needed to go to the store and couldn't get the door to open for anything. You can't manually open it. My husband had his car at work but luckily my son was home so I took his car. My car was trapped in the garage for 3 days before my husband got around to fixing the door. It wasn't all bad, though. My sons Camaro is way cooler than my car and I just used it when I needed to go somewhere..lol
- August 15, 2008 at 5:40 PM
- Kyddryn said...
Why does one always end up with the ONE cart that wobbles, squeaks, groans, and will only turn left just when one has no choice but to use it and endure?
A side note - I don't know if you have one up there, but if there's an Overhead Door Company in your area, they've done well by us - we had to replace our opener a few years ago because it shook the entire house when in use. They came out, diagnosed the trouble, replaced the old dinosaur with a smaller, quieter, less house-shaky one, explained how to use the new features and maintain the thing, and never quit smiling the whole time they were here. They DO cost more that doing it yourself, but I am mechanically inept and would never have ben able to install the dad-blasted thing myself, so it was worth it.
Shade and Sweetwater,
K - August 16, 2008 at 10:04 AM
- geisme said...
Oh my goodness! Still playing catchup. And LMAO!!! Too bad that phrase doesn't really work! I could use it. Being a former HD employee, I had to laugh at that post. Now I get paid the same way you do. (hugs & kisses!)
-Gail - September 12, 2008 at 12:12 AM

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Utah moved up six spots to finish second in CNBC's sixth annual study, "America's Top States for Business," thanks to high rankings in the categories of workforce, transportation and the cost of doing business.
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San Francisco, CA – Madison Bumgarner went seven innings, Buster Posey hit a two-run homer and the Giants downed the Astros, 5-1, in the opener of a three-game series.
Bumgarner (11-5) allowed just two hits -- including a seventh-inning homer to Chris Snyder -- while striking out five and walking two. He improved to 7-1 at AT&T Park on the season.
"It's pretty incredible what he does and the poise he has out there," said Giants manager Bruce Bochy. "For most of the pitching staff and the players, you're always gonna be a little bit more comfortable here and you usually do pitch better at home."
Posey's blast came in the first inning while Joaquin Arias and Justin Christian both added an RBI in the second for the Giants, who had lost seven of nine prior to the All-Star break.
Wandy Rodriguez (7-7) took the loss for the Astros, giving up four runs on seven hits over six innings.
Angel Pagan, who capped the scoring with a sac fly on the heels of Pablo Sandoval's triple in the eighth, led off the second inning with a base hit. Brandon Belt followed with a single before Arias delivered an RBI grounder to left field. Christian's groundout two batters later made it 4-0.
"They squeezed out some hits and squeezed out the early runs," said Snyder.
Javier Lopez, Sergio Romo and Santiago Casilla combined for two scoreless innings of relief in the win.
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The EU's Eastern Partnership is currently in turmoil. Armenia and Ukraine – two of the four partner countries (which also include Moldova and Georgia) did not initiate association agreements. This column discusses the role of Russia in discouraging such negotiations. The soft power of the EU was apparently no match for the hard power of Russia in the cases of Armenia and Ukraine. A successful partnership would require peaceful international relations between the four partners, and solving their conflicts with Russia.
EU's Eastern Partnership is in turmoil after its Summit in Vilnius on 29 November 2013. Only Georgia and Moldova of the four partner countries that had successfully negotiated Association agreements with the EU, including Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreements (DCFTAs), initiated them at the Summit.1 In September, President Sargsyan, motivated by the threatened loss of Russia's security guarantee vis-à-vis Azerbaijan, had informed the EU that Armenia would not initialise its Association agreement but instead join Russia's proposed Eurasian Customs Union. After much to and fro, President Yanukovich of Ukraine declined at the last minute to sign the Association Agreement that had taken five years of difficult negotiations to initiate. This led to sustained demonstrations in Kiev, exceeding those of the Orange Revolution of 2004.
Soft versus hard power
Two misjudgements contributed to this unexpected outcome.
- First, Russia initially underestimated the soft power of the EU.
President Putin's primary objective is to maintain Russia's hegemony over its 'near abroad' (Izotov 2013). The financial crisis, the euro crisis, differences in the EU vis-à-vis the Eastern partners, prolonged discussions with Ukraine and Georgia, and the EU's political conditions for Ukraine to sign the agreement, led Russia to consider implementation of the agreements unlikely. The opening of formal negotiations with Georgia, Moldova, and Armenia in early 2012, and their rapid conclusion by July 2013, took Putin by surprise. Russia, therefore, took hasty measures to protect its hegemonic interests. Wyplosz (2013) points out that Russia's extension of loans to Ukraine will soon pose problems for Russia if Ukraine proves unable to service its extensive debts.
- Second, the EU overestimated the effectiveness of its soft power.
When push came to shove, Armenia found the soft power of the EU to be no match for the hard power of Russia and the ruling oligarchs in Ukraine preferred quick money in their pockets to slow modernisation of the Ukraine economy and the rule of law. While Georgia and Moldova chose to initiate their agreements, they have frozen conflicts with Russia (South Ossetia, Abkhasia, Transnistria) for which the EU's soft power alone is insufficient protection. As Raik (2013, p. 22) notes: "The Eastern Partnership reflects the general tendency of the EU to play down issues of hard security and geopolitics and pursue economic integration as an instrument for enhancing stability and peace."
Thus, hard power trumped soft power at the Vilnius Summit. As a result, the Eastern Partnership, a key programme of the EU, lost out in the contest of "geopolitics versus economic modernisation" (Raik 2013, p. 19). This loss of credibility will affect the EU's Euro-Mediterranean partnership as well. Hence, the EU must alter its mix of soft and hard power.
Sustain the Ukrainian people's hope
The strong popular support expressed by Ukrainians for closer ties to Europe puts the EU in a quandary. Shall it allow the hopes for a more democratic society of many, if not most, Ukrainians to be betrayed by their own government? The EU has limited possibilities to act since the current Ukrainian government is no longer an effective interlocutor, having lost whatever negotiating credibility it once had.2 The EU must communicate primarily with the people of Ukraine. High Representative Ashton and Commissioner Füle have stated that the door to Europe remains open. To prove that this is more than a figure of speech requires concrete measures that directly benefit people: more entry visas to the EU for business people and students, more grants for Ukrainians to study in the EU at institutions of higher education, more opportunities to study first-hand public administration and how market economies and civil societies function. The EU can foster people-to-people contacts until a new government is prepared to sign the already initiated Association Agreement, hopefully before 2015.
The chart shows that the EU has become Ukraine's largest trading partner, exceeding the proposed Eurasian Customs Union.
Figure 1. Ukraine's foreign trade 2012
Source: European Commission.
Rapid implementation of the agreements initiated by Georgia and Moldova
The EU can speed up signature of the Association Agreements with Georgia and Moldova. Time is of essence. Elections to the European Parliament are in May 2014, and the EP must sign the agreement before that time. The Commission must also sign the Association agreements. A new Commission will be appointed in the fall and this slows down decision-making as the current commissioners become lame ducks. Since Georgia and Moldova can be expected to be subject to continued strong pressure from Russia, they need to see the Association agreements signed by the current Commission.
The Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreements require Georgia and Moldova to set up institutions to administer customs, to ensure efficient competition and public procurement, to enforce intellectual property rights, technical regulations and sanitary and phytosanitary standards. The importance of institutions has been stressed by Campos and Corricelli (2002) who point out that the Eastern Partners suffered from an "institutional vacuum" following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Campos (2013), Raik (2013) and Wijkman (2011) refer to strong institutions as a "motor of modernization" for these formerly planned economies. Messerlin et al. (2011) and Wijkman (2011) argue that this ambition is too costly for small countries unless accompanied by appropriate transition periods, asymmetric concessions, proper sequencing, and assistance. Given these conditions, it is better to modernise sooner rather than later. EU's new principle of 'more for more' suggests that Georgia and Moldova now deserve significant assistance from the EU's comprehensive institution-building programme.
The EU can also state that as European States these countries qualify for EU membership in due course. Providing 'light at the end of the tunnel' has been a highly effective incentive in the past (Gylfason and Hochreiter 2008). The countries of Central and Eastern Europe were motivated by the prospect of membership, as were the countries of the Western Balkans– Croatia joined in 2013 after negotiations started in 2005. The Stability and Association Agreements, similar to the DCFTAs, concluded with the Balkan countries were important stations on the accession track (Gylfason and Wijkman 2011).
Long-run resolution of conflicts in which Russia is involved
Gylfason and Wijkman (2014) point out that Russia, while a party to many of its conflicts (Transnistria, Nagorno Karabahk, South Ossetia and Abkhasia), is not itself a member of the Eastern Partnership. At Russia's explicit request, its relations with the EU are governed by a separate agreement. This makes it difficult to negotiate a settlement of conflicts to which Russia is a third party in the framework of the Eastern Partnership. The EU could offer to negotiate a DCFTA with Russia. Equal treatment by the EU of qualified countries and Russia could ease Russian sensitivities by not upsetting the existing geopolitical balance. It would also allow qualified Eastern partnership countries to have free trade with both the EU and with Russia.3
It is, however, highly unlikely that Russia is able to make the institutional adjustments required for a DCFTA. Nor does Russia currently appear willing to accept such an offer since it is unwilling to negotiate even a shallow free trade agreement with the EU.
The EU can offer Russia to speed up current negotiations on a free trade agreement and to create a strategic relation. Any free trade agreement to be negotiated with Russia, or possibly with the Eurasian Customs Union, will be much less deep and comprehensive than the free trade agreements that the EU has already negotiated with the four Eastern Partners. Thus, if Ukraine and Armenia opt for the proposed Eurasian Customs Union, they will have significantly worse market access to the EU than the Association agreements they have negotiated provide.
Increase EU's hard power
The EU's goal is a positive partnership both with Russia and with the sovereign Eastern partners. This requires these partners to have peaceful international relations not only with each other but also with Russia. It is hoped that Russia will respond positively to an overture from the EU.4 If not, the EU must be prepared to use both carrots and sticks and adjust its mix of soft and hard power as indicated at the European Council on common security and defence policy 19-20 December 2013. One thing is clear. The Eastern Partnership is doomed if it is perceived as a policy conducted by a lame duck leading a paper tiger.
•Åslund, Anders (2013), Payback time for the "Yanukovych Family", The Peterson Institute for International Economics, 11 December.
•Campos, Nauro and Fabrizio Corricelli (2002), "Growth in Transition: What we know, what we don't and what we should." Journal of Economic Literature, XL, 793-836.
•Campos, Nauro (2013) "What drives protests in the Ukraine? This time it is institutions", VoxEU.org, 22 December.
•Gylfason, Thorvaldur and Eduard Hochreiter (2008) "Governance and growth: Why does Georgia lag behind Estonia?" VoxEU.org, 2 August.
•Gylfason Thorvaldur and P M Wijkman (2014), "Which Conflicts can the European Neighbourhood Policy help Resolve?" in Christensen, Bent Jesper and Carsten Kowalczyk (eds.), Globalization: Strategies and Effects, Springer Verlag, forthcoming.
•Gylfason, Thorvaldur and P M Wijkman (2011), "Economic Integration as a Balkan Peace Project", VoxEU.org, 1 January.
•Hoekman Bernard, Jesper Jensen and David Tarr, (2013), "Ukraine's Trade Policy", VoxEU.org, 29 November.
•Izotov, Alexander (2013) "Russia and the EU`s Eastern Partnership in the Context of the EU-Russia Relations" in The Post-Vilnius Challenges of the Eastern Partnership, The Eastern Partnership Review No. 15, December.
•Kowalczyk, C. (2000), "Welfare and Integration," International Economic Review 41, 2, 483-494.
•Messerlin, Patrick, Michael Emerson, Gia Jandieri, and Alexandre Le Vernoy (2011), An Appraisal of the EU's Trade Policy towards its Eastern Neighbours: The Case of Georgia, Center for Economic Policy Studies, Brussels.
•Raik, Kristi (2013). "Eastern Partnership as Differentiated Integration: The challenges of EaP Association Agreements." The Post-Vilnius Challenges of the Eastern Partnership in The Eastern Partnership Review No. 15, December.
•Sekarev, Alexei (2013), "The EU Eastern Partners: Post-Vilnius Domestic and Foreign Policy Challenges." The Post-Vilnius Challenges of the Eastern Partnership, The Eastern Partnershlp Review No. 15, December.
•Wijkman, Per Magnus (2011), "Fostering Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreements for the Eastern Partners," The Eastern Partnership Review No 8, December.
•Wijkman, Per Magnus (2009), Frihandel för fred: Exemplet Balkan, SNS, Stockholm.
•Wyplosz, Charles (2013), "The Ukraine-Russia Deal," VoxEU.org, 24 December.
1 Belarus and Azerbaijan do not fulfill the political conditions and are not WTO members.
2 According to Åslund (2013), Deputy PM Arbuzov claimed that Ukraine needed $10 billion per year to cover the costs of the Association Agreement, whereas the EU offered only €610 million. President Yanukovich claimed that Ukraine needs €40 billion per year until 2017. Åslund estimates that "three sources of embezzlement and corruption alone have generated $8 billion to $10 billion a year to the "Yanukovitch family" during the last three years". This is well known to the IMF. After failing to get additional funding from the EU, Ukraine turned to Russia as a "lender of last resort." Ukraine currently has a deficit on current account of $11 billion.
3 Kowalczyk (2000) has noted that membership in several large free trade areas can be an ideal policy for a small country.
4 However, Izotov (2013, p. 8) notes that "… the most part of the Russian political elite see the great power concept …[in nineteenth century terms when] … hard power and coercion played more important role than attraction and soft power approaches."


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My Rock n Roll Wine List PART 2
"You can't be greater than Elvis, change things as much as The Beatles, or be as original as Led Zeppelin. All you can do is rip them off." Billy Corgan
As promised, here is part 2 of my rock n roll wine pairing (See Part 1). Thanks to the comments and suggestions from my fellow bloggers (1winedude, vinegeek, weeklywinejournal, rocknrollwine and coffeenate). Part one of this post was viewed more than any other post I've contributed to this point.
The rules: These are my pairings from my experience with wine and music. The pairings all come from music that I listen to and wines that I drink. BUT – I would love to hear how you would pair the music you listen to. Would you put Josh Groban with Sauvignon Blanc or Aligote. Would it be Dave Brubeck or Dave Mathews with Grenache? Is Carlos Santana a Tempranillo or is that too cliché?
Malbec – One of the noble Bordeaux varietals that has experienced a resurgence in popularity, even as a stand-alone grape. It is rich, and dark in color and juicy with tannins for structure. Malbec tends to be fickle and doesn't always produce the highest yield. Young wine drinkers are consuming cases in quantity from Argentina (due to the lower price). This old classic blend is making a comeback tour. MY ROCK-N-ROLL PAIRING: Aerosmith – The bad boys from Boston are rock nobility. Like the Malbec taste, their music is rich, bold, classic, and part of the blend of classic rock from the 70's. After disappearing from drug abuse in the 80's, Aerosmith made a comeback in the 90's and today with the younger generation providing poppy rock jams. The band is still volatile and their latest records don't produce the consistent high quality yield but still offer some good tracks.
Sauvignon Blanc – I like a good Sauvignon Blanc. This amazingly talented grape is grassy and sometimes sweet and tropical. It's lighter in color and sometimes lighter in body and structure than wish it was. This Bordeaux / Loire Valley grape for some reason reminds me of California. MY ROCK-N-ROLL PAIRING: One tweep suggested Janis Joplin or Hendrix, but I went with the more modern John Mayer. Mayer's guitar playing is among the best alive, but under-rated. His records are often a blend of retro earthy sounds and sweet pop. I always come away from a studio record wanting more substance (which is how your high volume Sauvignon Blancs fare). Get John live and he shines! A well-made Sauv Blanc will rock your pants off.
Sangiovese – This Tuscan Italy super-grape, best known for Chianti can range from strawberry and mild cinnamon to very oaky, musky and thick. Sangiovese is Italy's most planted grape and is quickly becoming popular for superblends in CA. I really like well made Sangiovese. MY ROCK-N-ROLL PAIRING. I'm going to go with the supergroup Cream. With Jack Bruce on Bass, Ginger Baker on Drums and the incomparable Eric Clapton on Guitar, Cream influenced Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Rush, Black Sabbath and more. Their music ranged from the pop, I Feel Free, to the dark White Room. If it's been a while since you tried a Chianti or listened to some Cream – try them both together and rediscover the appreciation.
Viognier – This once nearly extinct grape is the only approved varietal approved in Condrieu of the Rhone Valley. It's scent is floral and sweet but the sip is rather dry. I think this is a sexy varietal. It pairs very well with spicy food. I think hot, I think Viognier. The lower alcohol and mid-high acid are great to cut through the spice of Thai or Spicy Tuna Roll. You'll find this grape planted in WA, VA, CA and Australia. This wine also blends will with other varieties too. MY ROCK-N-ROLL WINE PAIRING is the hot, sexy Alicia Keys. She is smooth and flowery but her amazing talent is hot. She can be dry and raw or silky and sultry. Miss Keys is getting the credit she deserves but, similar to Viognier, I think we'll see more from her in the future. Lately, she has lent her talent through 'pairing' collaboration efforts too!
Zinfandel – My final pairing is my favorite varietal. To me, Zins are floral and fruity in smell, big and bold fruit and spice in taste, high in alcohol, and pair well with the food I like (BBQ, Pizza, Steak – although a good Cab is preferred, and Pasta). I'm not a fan of the White Zin, but always will choose a big red Zin from the wine list if I don't feel confident in the other choices. MY ROCK-N-ROLL WINE PAIRING: KISS! Bwahahahaha. While Kiss doesn't get the respect of other bands, they have stood the test of time and with world wide record sales approaching 100 million, they, like Zin, are a household name. They are the kings of commercializing themselves and never believe in overexposure. They are big and bold in everything they do. Like the red production of Zinfandel, they provide just enough sweet and sap but are not overly offensive (okay maybe sometimes). Through their glam phase (especially Paul Stanley), they could be compared to a white Zin. Most importantly, like the Zin, they tend to be the group I can count on to power me through a run, push me through a slow afternoon, and pump me up.
What about you? What wine would Lady Gaga be? Is there a wine that is similar to Michael Jackson? I would love to hear it. Comment below!
Enjoy life with friends and DRINK.HAPPY
9 comments on "My Rock n Roll Wine List PART 2"
Jim Wilkerson The Zin/Kiss pairing is perfect – love it! In fact if Kiss ever made a wine (not that far-fetched given their willingness to license the name to just about anything) there is no doubt it would be a Zin. "Lick It Up Zin" or something like that.
drinknectar Jim – that is awesome. Maybe you should give Gene a call. I see big big money in this one!
Randy Watson All of a sudden, I have a new found love for Viognier… she's HOT!
Pairing wine and rock-n-roll is sheer brilliance!
drinknectar Thanks, Randy! I have moments of clarity in the midst of my ramblings.
Tim John Mayer- Sauv Blanc! Hilarious!
Bryan Wegman I love it. Not only is it informative, but it seems like a great way to market wine to a traditionally non-wine audience. Perfect for all my college music student readers too! Going to have to find a clever way to link to this from singplaysurvive.com . Let me know if you have any ideas for that, and keep up the good work.
Jenny Lady Gaga and Cava, of course!
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America has gotten itself in financial trouble with the combination of well-meaning irresponsible politicians and bankers who wouldn't stand up to them. We continue to try and spend ourselves out of debt by increasing the workers' taxes.
Our greatest saving grace is that we as a people know how to work. Generations before us have pulled themselves out of the doldrums of worldwide conflict, natural disasters, invasions and floundering politicians.
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Asian Apple Butter Grilling Sauce for Pork
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