Last week, Ludmilla Vasko, fell from her ninth floor balcony in the Ukraine, into an enormous vat of grapes. She survived, unharmed. The police said:
“She was absolutely fine apart from the shock. The grapes cushioned her fall.”
Apparently, Ludmilla saved the winemakers quite a bit of work by having crushed most of the grapes when she landed on them.
For those of us who like to drink our grapes rather than use them as landing devices, I've got a suggestion for you. I recently had a (few bottles of) very good and reasonably priced wine (under $20). It's available at many Whole Foods and wine shops. It's Yalumba's Bush Vine Grenache 2006. The person who (must don an ascot and monocles and) writes for their website claims that it's fragrant with "red fruits and spices with hints of violets and roses and also a savoury complexity", and on the palate it "shows richness and ripeness with textured layers of red and blueberry fruits and youthful tannins". I just think it tastes good and has a cool name - bush vines sound seriously serious. And finally, a BUSH we can all love. So cheers - to NOT falling off of very high buildings and into large piles of fruit. Personally, I find that alcohol does a far better job of giving me an undeserved sense of meaning and grandeur than falling on my keister.
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