Palin Syrah is a "red" wine

by Gretchen Roberts, Posted Sep 26th 2008 @ 11:02AM

Wednesday's headline (Fox News): Palin Syrah: Wine Drinkers Balk at a Chilean Wine with Hints of Alaska

Friday's headline (Associated Press): A Syrah Named Palin Gets a Boost from Sarah Palin

Apparently, drinking Syrah from a boutique Chilean winery has become a political minefield in the USA. Republican? Order it by the case. Democrat? Try something else. (Perhaps a beer in the Obama Biden beer stein?)

The whole thing makes me laugh--the idea of politicizing a wine that happens to share the name of a vice-presidential candidate (though it's pronounced differently: Pay-LEEN). Of course, Republicans and Democrats do tend to drink differently: a recent survey of D.C. bartenders showed that Democrats tip better, Republicans are more likely to order their drinks straight up, and it's almost an even split on who arrives early for happy hour.

We buy wine for all kinds of reasons, some of them emotional, and apparently some of them political. I haven't tried the wine so can't speak to its quality, but now I'm curious. Have you tried the wine? Is it any good--even if you lean left?

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