TEN THINGS: For Which I'd Pay Retail-Plus
10 Things for which I'd pay retail-plus
1. A searchable database of every wine-related article published in print or on the net in the past 12 months.
2. The chance to drive the Oakville Grade/Trinity Road from Napa to Sonoma in a small, fast car with a guarantee no other cars would be on the road
3. The chance to convince a winery to change it's name to "100 Points"
4. A book that deals with Time Travel as well as the book "Reply"
5. A 100 page wine magazine that devotes each monthly issue to the thorough examination of 10 different wines
6. The New Yorker Magazine (if they had a wine columnist)
7. The chance to go a year without having to listen to someone argue the Wine Spectator gives better scores to advertisers
8. Two weeks on a white sand beach where the only noises I hear are the waves, the wind rushing through the palm trees and a voice regularly repeating, "Can I get you another Margarita, Mr. Wark?"
9. Tickets to see the SF Giants win Game 7 of the World Series
10. A REALLY good $3 Cigar.
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Posted by: Paul Mabray | October 12, 2006 at 04:31 PM
"A 100 page wine magazine that devotes each monthly issue to the thorough examination of 10 different wines"
I'm the opposite on this one; I don't want to read 10 pages on any wine ever.
Now, if you had said 10 wineries and the writing was quite good, well, Me Too.
Posted by: Jack | October 12, 2006 at 09:50 PM
You already CAN buy #8 for "Retail Plus" but you may never get the chance at #9.
And for #10 - isn't that contrary to the point of the list? A $3 cigar will always be "retail". :)
Posted by: Jared S. | October 13, 2006 at 05:50 AM
I'm with Jack...I don't think I'd want 10 pages on a single wine. Not even Alder's storytelling can keep my attention for THAT long.
Posted by: Lenn | October 13, 2006 at 06:06 AM
That when I order something from a menu that includes tomatoes, that the tomatoes are actually ripe and juicy, not lightly pink and mushy.
The opportunity to pay someone NOT to use the title/phrase "Que Syrah" on any article or wine listing.
Someone who can duplicate my late Na-Na's sesame crescent cookie recipe.
A real true "all airline" price comparison search engine on the web.
Tickets to the final round of the Masters without having to take out a second mortgage.
The return of sidewalks to neighborhoods (and green space around retail centers).
Posted by: Matt | October 13, 2006 at 08:58 AM
Tom--Forget #2, the Giants aren't going to the WS for a long time hence.
An Angel Fan, Barrld
Posted by: Barrld | October 13, 2006 at 01:32 PM
Have you read "The Time Traveler's Wife"? I'm afraid I haven't read "Reply". And did you watch "Primer?"
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