I need your help, friends! Earlier this month I made a deal to buy a barrel of 2009 zinfandel from a wonderful small Napa producer. A barrel means 300 bottles (25 cases). Yes, that’s a lot of zin!
So here’s the thing … I need a name for the wine! It’s not going to be resold so the name is just for fun. In fact, I can’t legally resell the wine, so it’s just for private consumption. I suppose we could just leave the bottles blank. But having a name would still be a lot of fun.
I want ideas. D’Aun and I have already eliminated some of the obvious ones: D’Oliva is better suited to the olive oil, Junkyardwisdom would make the wine taste lousy even if it was great, and anything with our name in it is just egocentric. So we’re looking for something fun, that brings a smile to your face, perhaps a laugh or chuckle, and isn’t flat ridiculous.
Thoughts? If we choose one of the nominated names we’ll make sure you are well stocked. So bring on the brainstorming!
Hopefully the barrel isn't this big!
How about “Pour-A-Lot” Zin?
(That’s what I’ll want to do once I get my bottles!)
or
Lahontan Zinfindel
or
Half Dome Zin
Okay, I’ll stop now…
That’s pretty good, Dale!
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Loaded Zinner
hahaha!
Or perhaps ‘Zinfully Yours’ or even “Zinful Requite”. I could go on all day…but won’t.
C’mon, Jolene, keep them coming!
Zinchronicity, Idiozincratic, Zinergy, whatzinaname? I will not be able to sleep tonight, Roy…
Hahaha!!! I bet you slept just fine. Good ideas…I like where them.
1. Zi Remedy or Z-Remedy
2. Pathlight Potion
Zi Remedy reminds me of snake oil my grandpa use to sell!
How about “It’s Zin, not Sin!”
Of course, it’s zin that could lead to sin, but that’s another topic…
Kevin’s brother used to get custom labels for wine he gave as gifts. It was simply called “Damn Fine Drinkin’ Wine.” Not sophisticated, but we always got a good laugh!
Kevin’s brother happen to be a bootlegger?
can’t follow the guidelines too perfectly… Number 7 is the closest I can get to a “Junkyard Wisdom” wine…
(1) GobleT de la Californie
(2) GobleT de la Soleil levant
(3) Vin D’Aun
(4) Grain d’raisin D’Aun
(5) La Coupe du Roi
(6) Table Reddy
(7) la sagesse éclectique de la vigne
I like #7! But might be a bit much on a label. Google translation calls it “eclectic wisdom of the vine”. Kind of fun!
Gladhearts Psalm 104:15
New Wine Mark 2:22
Cana John 2:1-11
Steve, I’ve always liked the passage from Proverbs 31:
Let beer be for those who are perishing,
wine for those who are in anguish!
Let them drink and forget their poverty
and remember their misery no more.
Here are a few more: Zin-de’vine, Zin-tastic, and Zin-licious
Thanks, Tina!
Zainey Zin (I am sure you have already got this one down)
Zanza Zin (fun to say)
Zinniz Zin (fun to say)
Zincifying Zin
Got zin on your mind, Susan?
ZinAgain?
ZinAgain!
Hahaha! Thanks, Jeff.
Ok…if you insist….”Greatest Zineration”…”Holy Zin!”….”Do D’Zin”…”Drink, Enjoy, Repeat”….”Fermented Grape”.
Hey, you asked!
Maybe “Harvest, Crush, Pause, Drink, Enjoy, Repeat”
“This Ain’t Yo Momma’s Zin”
“Practically Zinful”
Ok. I’m done.
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