Hey Free Rangers,
So, I’m working on a screenplay called A Lot of Stuff In a Number of Places Much of the Time. I am not entirely sure where it’s going, but I’m certain that its production will call for zero CGI. I love a good convoluted yet concise title. Like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius; The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, or Spare. Editing is still the hardest part. Example: that previous line would be at least slightly more effective with one fewer titles in the line. But I’ve murdered so many of my favorite children. And for what. Nobody’s paying by the word anymore, and e-mail isn’t subject to the meat-clever hard out word count of the print media of yesteryear. Are physical magazines still a thing?
In the earliest of my mid 20s, during the early Cretaceous period, I interviewed with Terry McDonell at Rolling Stone. Hearing, “I think you can write,” from a Wordslayer of that magnitude meant a great deal to me, even at that brutally naive and jaded time. To be clear it was me, not the time. It was also the time, but for structural reasons unrelated to this story, and any decent editor would insist these two lines be cut. And rightfully so (also this one). But McDonell was moments from being banished to the ass end of Jann Wenner’s paper empire, US Weekly, which had just been announced. Of course I didn’t grasp the dimensions of intrigue or nuance at play and I congratulated him on the (soon obviously downward) move as a ploy to push him out of the company. He was cooler about it than I would have been given the moment, and yet I still had no quick perfect answer when he asked me about whom/what I’d like to write for Rolling Stone. I can’t apologize enough to Us of All, the subject of my clip in his hand at the time he posed the question. It’s actually worse than that. His words, as best as I can recall, were closer to, “Do you want to write about these guys?” I genuinely don’t recall my response, but clearly I didn’t get published there and Terry- er, Mr. McDonell- soon passed me on to the music department at US, who did not dig the darkness of my takes on the bullshit bubblegum pop they were pushing at the time. I still listen to that self-titled Us of All record (and EP) reasonably regularly. They were really great. But I suck. And now I can’t even find evidence anywhere on the Interwebs that they ever existed at all. I don’t blame myself entirely, many greats have come and gone without a legacy, but damn. .… Wait, what were talking about?
So anyway, Sale pricing remains live ONLINE on these stalwarts, but for how long?!
Buffalo Trace Bourbon* $29
Henry McKenna 10yr Bourbon* $39
Hibiki Harmony $79
*1 per order
Now, this week’s ONLINE ONLY sale restores a long neglected category, Arbois, and the return of a shop favorite, Dorbon. Arbois wines generally lean toward the natural and fresh, though they can also be lightly to heavily oxidative and/or denser and deeper. Below you’ll find links for 10% off one each of these three wines, or 20% off a 6-pack (two each):
Matheny Arbois Chardonnay 2018 is a fresher, lighter classic Arbois white with an oxidative twang and hint of salinity. There’s quite a lot going on here, without showing the full weight of its total: a delightful little paradox in a glass. Overnoy-Crinquand Ploussard 2019 is Arbois-Pupillin, often recognized as the home of the Ploussard grape, the resulting (red) wine is light on its feet, dry, and plays equally nicely at room temperature as with a chill. The lime-clay soils impart a soft but structured bed of saltiness on which the delicate bouquet of red fruit, rose petals, and wild herbs settle. Dorbon Arbois Cuvée des Moyne 2017 is co-ferment of Chardonnay and Jura’s ancient Savagnin varietal. The Cuvée des Moyne brings a roasted nuttiness reminiscent of Sherry, though maintaining substantially greater mid-palate weight, an orchard of ripe yellow apples, and an almost endlessly expansive mouthfeel.
(!) Click here for the hidden sale page (!)
sale: retail:
Arbois 3-pack: $99 $110
Arbois 6-pack: $175 $220
*** Online exclusive! ***
*** This week only! ***
Cheers,
Jack
Proprietor
Free Range Wine & Spirits
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