What I’m Drinking Tonight

How could I resist a wine named “Ball Buster”? Especially when it’s from the Barossa Valley, is 60% Shiraz, 19% Merlot and 21% Cabernet Sauvignon? I couldn’t. And neither should you. For the modest outlay of $15 you get a full bodied, spicy smooth cedary fruity wine that is just yum yum yum. Plus, it’s Australian. What’s not to love? I’m eating a big plate full of chicken anduille sausages right now with some rice and black beans, and this wine is shouting out “laissez roulez les bon temps” which I think translates as “Damn I’m thirsty! Lemme’ fill up that glass again!”

8 Responses to “What I’m Drinking Tonight”

1. tree hugging sister says:

   February 28, 2005 at 10:58 pm

   Laissez les bons temps rouler, actually.
   In your unique case lache pas la patate (or don’t drop the potato) is more appropriate, n’est pas?

2. Ken Summers says:

   March 1, 2005 at 12:12 am

   Y’all going french on us? Say it ain’t so!

3. Mr. Bingley says:

   March 1, 2005 at 8:46 am

   No! Ragin’ Cajun baby!

4. tree hugging sister says:

   March 1, 2005 at 9:40 am

   Ken, in your case that would be ‘zay eet eez not zo, eezternpeegdogs!’

5. Dave J says:

   March 1, 2005 at 10:36 am

   Laissez les bons temps rouler is specific to New Orleans, so actually Creole rather than Cajun. Although the recipe itself sounds more Cajun.

6. Mr. Bingley says:

   March 1, 2005 at 11:13 am

   tree hugging, perhaps you mean Fetch-e la vache!?

7. tree hugging sister says:

   March 1, 2005 at 11:27 am

   No, in your case I heard “Non, je ne suis pas une marin Ecossais!” (No, I am not a Scottish sailor!)
   Je me permets quelquefois de réfléchir entre mes repas, ce qui me fait perdre énormément de temps. ( Sometimes I allow myself to reflect between my meals, which makes me waste time enormously.)
   I hear a fried oyster calling. Gotta go.

8. Sharon Ferguson says:

   March 1, 2005 at 12:49 pm

   Ah gaarOHNtee, wine in ANY language says one thing “damn Im thirsty!”
   Sounds like you’re having fun!