You just can’t get away from the Red Sox when you’re in Massachusetts, and Provincetown is no exception. Whether it’s baseball caps, shorts, bumper stickers, you name it, the Red Sox are everywhere here.
So I guess it shouldn’t have come as much of a surprise to find a Schilling Schardonnay in the liquor store here the other day. Apparently, some made-up label called Longball Vineyards has released a series of wines, including the Manny Being Merlot (the guy at the liquor store called it “undrinkable”) and Tim Wakefield’s Caberknuckle, to benefit charity. Seems completely ridiculous, but whatever. A company called Charity Hop is behind it, and they’ve distributed wines around the New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds and others.
Our analysis of Schilling’s swill: Unremarkable (one Web site gave it an absurd 86). We tried to find hints of citrus, oak, berries, etc…, but all we could possibly come up with if we were really stretching it was “buttery.” It’s not terrible, you just won’t remember anything about it two minutes after the bottle is empty. Except that warm feeling in your heart for having gotten a buzz for charity. –Cyd Zeigler jr.
You just can’t get away from the Red Sox when you’re in Massachusetts, and Provincetown is no exception. Whether it’s baseball caps, shorts, bumper stickers, you name it, the Red Sox are everywhere here.
So I guess it shouldn’t have come as much of a surprise to find a Schilling Schardonnay in the liquor store here the other day. Apparently, some made-up label called Longball Vineyards has released a series of wines, including the Manny Being Merlot (the guy at the liquor store called it “undrinkable”) and Tim Wakefield’s Caberknuckle, to benefit charity. Seems completely ridiculous, but whatever. A company called Charity Hop is behind it, and they’ve distributed wines around the New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds and others.
Our analysis of Schilling’s swill: Unremarkable (one Web site gave it an absurd 86). We tried to find hints of citrus, oak, berries, etc…, but all we could possibly come up with if we were really stretching it was “buttery.” It’s not terrible, you just won’t remember anything about it two minutes after the bottle is empty. Except that warm feeling in your heart for having gotten a buzz for charity. –Cyd Zeigler jr.
