Because Everyone Needs Their Own Wine Now

This is the trendy thing now among aging rockers: create your own brand of signature wine. Shoot, if I was famous, I'd create my own Glam wine too.

Comments

[Gary]

Wait until weed gets legalized everywhere.. I'm thinking " Nikki's Sticky"' " Kiss Kush" ($immom$ may be anti drug,but he'd never pass up this opportunity) " Bret Michaels' Moronic Chronic" From Eddie Trunk "Trunks Skunk". From UFO " Pete Way's Purple Haze".....LMFAO

[Metalboy!]

Haha!!, Gary... Hey, if Willie Nelson's doin' it, these guys can't be far behind...

No doubt, after one sip, you'll be callin' this wine "Menikettichevitz"

[bkallday]

Id rather create my own wine, than make some weakass attempt at country music!

[Dj]

Records aren't selling so why not? I would not buy any of this stuff though, on second thought..Maybe I would if it was whiskey. Haha.

[Him]

Finally met him this past week and then saw Y&T at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (third year in a row) on Friday. It was, as it has always been, a great concert (two sets in one night). And meeting him wasn't a revelation. But he was very kind and his wife was as well. I never like imposing on musicians I like. I didn't want to do that in this case as well. But my friend insisted. Both were gracious, funny, and welcoming. Their friends were nice as well.

Where did I meet them? At the winery where the release will be held this week. A person who works there suggests this is a good wine for the price-point (45 or so). I won't challenge his understanding of wine. I look forward to trying it.

Live? Y&T aren't boring. Meniketti's guitar playing isn't played out. His voice is still there. His band is tight. It might not be your thing. But it is played well.

The wine thing? A recent interest of his, and one he was involved in. The appellation is well enough regarded. At this point, it would be fairly foolish to slam the release because he is a rocker. There are enough branded things--hot sauces, coffees, beers, etc.--by some of our favorites to make this par for the course. Of course, it all depends on how the wine tastes. So I will let you know.

And Y&T are that tier-2 sort of band. Catchy songs, some shifts in musical focus, and never that full breakthrough moment. I still love listening to them and seeing them. I still feel that, as (greater-)Bay Area bands go, Y&T deserved a wider audience than, say, Tesla or Smashmouth. That is just me though. Just an opinion.

[Metalboy!]

Hahaha!!!, HIM! Your endorsement of this clown and all his endeavors is the most convincing argument for Mediocrity ever made!

[Him]

Well, the purported mediocrity of Y&T stands far and above any claims to fame I will ever have or make. If that is convincing enough, I will have to settle. And, hey, a laugh is good for the soul besides.

Like I said, differences of opinion (and that nod to Tesla was just for you, obviously, Metalboy!).

Next on the summer calendar: Foo Fighters, then the Tesla/Styx/Def Lep triple bill. Perhaps a review will be in order.