HOGSWINE

Well this week has just flown by, hasn’t it?  I am so excited for the weekend but I will tell you what I’m not excited for, gas prices.  I had ten dollars to use for gas and the needle only made it halfway to the quarter-tank mark!

Last night I drank a Snoqualmie Vineyards merlot and tonight I couldn’t resist trying another so I bought the 2006 syrah.  To be fair I already had had a bit to drink before cracking open the merlot but it struck me as a pretty good value for what I got out of it.  My friends and I drank it quickly after opening it and all of us agreed it was that wine you drink later in the evening when you don’t particularly care what it tastes like.   Right now I’ve got a glass of the 2006 syrah and I’m a little happier with this wine.  It definitely has that leathery, fruity taste that I love about syrah and pleases me for the price point.

• I’m a huge fan of Lost and if you are to, you should read The Opening Act from the Original, Unused Teleplay of Lost’s Pilot Episode.  Via McSweeney’s
• I loved this article by the magazine n+1 about hype and the music industry.  Great reading.
•  It took all my willpower not to fall into line and make a Carl Icahn joke.  Here is Yahoo’s response to the whole debacle.

I’ve had so much wine lately but keep neglecting to post some reviews, I’ll get those up this weekend.