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Palin Syrah: Wine Drinkers Balk at a Chilean Wine With Hints of Alaska
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09-24-2008, 03:35 PM
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Palin Syrah: Wine Drinkers Balk at a Chilean Wine With Hints of Alaska
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An organic wine from Chile has oenophiles in San Francisco turning up their noses. But there?s nothing wrong with the wine.
It?s the name that bothers them
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Palin Syrah.
The wine from a boutique vineyard in Chile was
once a strong seller
, but now it?s an outcast in the City by the Bay because its name comes way too close to a certain governor from the state of Alaska, says Celine Guillou, co-owner of the Yield Wine Bar.
Palin Syrah ? pronounced Pay-LEEN ? takes its name from a ball used in a Chilean-style hockey game, and it has been on the bar?s wine list for a while. But
sales have plummeted ever since John McCain named Sarah Palin to be his running mate.
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09...nts-of-alaska/
After the french ( freedom ) wine, now this ...
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