Prince Charles has a car that runs on wine. I want one! Wait a minute, if I have to use wine to run my truck, what am I going to drink? I’m thinking this might be a bad idea after all. What if I drink all the wine and can’t make it to work? Worse yet, what will the neighbors think when I’m siphoning fuel and drinking it at midnight?

I’m all for going green, but not at the expense of wine. Can’t we use something like carrot juice instead?

Take a look at Joel Stein’s Sunday Commentary, It really hit home with me after this weekend. You have to love the female bodybuilder reference. But can’t we give poor Roger Clemens a break?

I’ve crossed this story three times today, and thought it might interest a few of you. My style of drinking wine really doesn’t accommodate the health benefits involved, but it’s better for me than drinking beer! After reading this, a couple questions come to mind: 1) How, if at all, does this affect the taste and price of the wines made using this revolution? 2) Will it really make any sort of impact on the wine industry?

The past two years have seen a dramatic increase in my red wine consumption, but I would say that two-thirds of my intake is still white. If I’m having a couple of glasses with dinner, red is the obvious front-runner. However, after a bottle or two, it can start to weigh you down. That’s where the white comes into play. It’ll keep me on my feet for a couple more hours. A few weeks ago (see Tonight’s Lineup post), I started out with white and switched to red. Lights out! Luckily, Fiona had just gotten a new i pod to keep her company, because I was a goner.

I would say for taste and drinking pleasure, red can’t be topped. There’s just so much more going on there. I’ll actually sit down and enjoy a nice red. However, if I’m really in the mood to party, I’ll stick with white. My approach to white is more…ambitious. The half-empty glass assumes the role of the optimist here, because a full glass is soon to follow. Also, white wine comes out of clothing way easier than red, and I wobble after a few drinks.

Anyway, back to the story. I really don’t think this is the medical breakthrough of the century. If you want to be healthy, you have to get off your ass and work at it. Sitting on the couch drinking wine will not do the trick. But I’ll take any help I can get.

A friend sent me an email quoting Ben Franklin. “In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria.” I refuse to publish unless I can somewhat substantiate a claim like this, so I hit the net. I ran across a website that I’m familiar with on my first hit, Wineintro. The message went on about how if you drink water, you’re drinking poop, and the advantages of distilled and/or fermented products such as wine. I wasn’t impressed with the forward, but i did find this-Ben Franklin Wine Quotes. If you read all the way down, it refutes that he actually said that and gives a convincing argument. But check out the site. There’s some good stuff on there.

We bought some Thunderbird when I was just a teen. We actually took it back to get something more drinkable…MD 20/20. Now that’s nasty!!! I’m still recovering from this weekend, so I thought I’d post this to keep you entertained. Check back later today for news on HEB’s Food and Wine Week at the Woodlands.

http://www.cracked.com/article_16314_nectar-broke-worlds-5-worst-ways-get-drunk.htm