QUAFFABLE QUIP
Charles Dickens on Syrah
It was the best of wines. It was the worst of wines. It has a hint of petulance. It has a hint of splendor. I had a bouquet deceptively grassy. It had a bouquet sharply rich in character. It had a texture soft and flabby. It had a texture tight and compressed. It had an expressive sultry nuance. It had a hedonistic oily nuance. Drinking it was a far, far better thing that I have ever done before.
Malcolm Kushner, Vintage Humor for Wine Lovers, 2003
