Wine of the Week III

Wine of the Week III

21 July, 2008
by: WineOfTheWeek

Hello, and welcome to another edition of wine of the week, this time chaired by me, Dominic Haley, one of Spoonfed's resident live music editors. Tonight, I'm joined by Robin Howells, one of the DJ Editors and Sarah Snelgrove, our illustrious Leisure Editor

This week we're sampling a bottle of Minervois Grand Reserve 2005 that I bought from a shop in Stoke Newington on the way home from the pub last Friday. I'd like to tell you how much it costs and where I got it from, but I honestly can't remember. All I can say is that the shop was red and also sold pastries, so it could have been a Spar.

Pivot – In the Blood

Warp Records

Dom: What's with the guitar on dance songs? Is that a hangover from the whole Daft Punk thing or what?

Robin: I don't think so, guitars on dance songs been around for ages, some of the No Wave shit in the 80s was well danceable and disco always had guitars, so as long as there wiry and angular it's ok.

Dom: The end sounds like Devo; it kind of makes me thing we're doing spells in an underground dungeon somewhere, like in that Johnny Depp film The 9th Gate.

Sarah: We could play Warhammer?

Robin: I was happier when it was Casio groove - it makes me think of being in the Underworld with a bunch of sweaty indie kids who all have their eyes closed.

Verdict

Dom: I quite like it, the wine's really expensive and it kind of feels like we're in a manor house somewhere and it's the soundtrack to our evil business. Later we can all go out in our Lamborghinis and kidnap virgins or something…

Robin: We can do that, I brought my Lamborghini today.

Dom: Is it white?

Robin: Of course it's white; do I look like someone who drives a yellow Lamborghini?

Mirror! Mirror! - Wolf Gang Bang

Tough Love Records

Robin: That kicked off with a scary drum beat.

Dom: I quite like this, it's very no wave.

Robin: The singer's got this sort of 'pleading with girlfriend whilst being strangled' thing going on. Mate, get a grip it's not worth it.

Sarah: Let's do an experiment *Strangles Robin*.

Robin: 'Please, please come back to me, you are worth it… we can work it out'.

Dom: That was a very long way of saying this has strangled vocals. That's a good thing.

Robin: Yeah, it's fine.

Verdict

Sarah: It didn't sound like a wolf gang bang…

Dom: Whilst the song is really good you couldn't dance to this with this wine. It would stain so bad.

SebastiAn- Motor

Ed Banger Records

Robin: I think it sounds like someone starting one of those shitty Volvos that everyone drives in Stamford Hill.

Sarah: It feels like I'm in Super Hang On…

Dom: It kind of like that Mr Oizo song. Maybe Sebastian came into Ed Banger's office with this complex dance thing with loads going on and Mr Oizo was like 'nah mate you just want a song that goes beee beee boooooooiiing over some drums for a bit'.

Sarah: What's with the white noise bit? You can't dance to that.

Robin: That was a little break so people who are dancing can take a rest and go 'woooo'.

Sarah: Oh, so it's for health and safety reasons.

Verdict

Robin: Strangely enough, I actually have no problem listing to this and drinking this wine - it might be something to do with there both French. It had certain sophistication to it.

Sarah: It goes with the burning in my throat. It was a very tanniny record.

The Tings Tings - ‘That’s Not My Name’
Sony BMI

Robin: Hmmmm, this is shooting at the middle ground. It's as if the record company said, 'let's make it like new rave so Shoreditch will like it, a bit like Kate Nash so morons will like it and punky so punk kids will like it'. You just end up making the cheddar of music.

Dom: Yeah, music is a bit like colours. If you combine all the colours all you come up with is shitty brown.

Robin: And in light; if you combine them all you get white.

Sarah: This is tragically white. It's really annoying; it's like those people that punch me on the tube.

Robin: Can we turn it off?

Verdict

Robin: I don't think it went with this wine, and I don't think it'll go with any other wine. I think it goes with downing a bottle of rum and passing out so you don't have to listen to it.

Sarah: It sounds like Lambrini.

Dom: We've still got wine left.

Robin: Let's turn the tape off and get drunk.

Minervois Grand Reserve 2005

Price and stockist alas unknown

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