The Beagle’s Guide to Obscure Wine
Season 1, episode 10

 

Ladies and Gentlemen,
Boy and Girls,
Friends and Countrymen,
This is a wacky, weird wine.

Grown in the Ica Valley of Peru
at the feet of the Andes Mountains,
this embarrassingly affordable Syrah is so strange that it’s illegal in 7 states and under investigation in 9 more.

I don’t usually like Syrah, but hey, when it comes from the paws of the Andes, what’s a dog to do?

One taste and I immediately heard bassoons played by pretty girls with a certain haunting, echoing reverb.
It took A LONG TIME to find anything that sounded right, but YouTube has never let me down. Listen to the link below, but ignore everything before 1:04… that’s where this wine begins. I left a note for the wizard begging him to authorize Vice Chancellor Whittington to buy all he can find for the wine cellar at Wizard Academy. You’ll either love it or hate it.
The funky, echoing overtone will either interest you or disgust you. 
But whatever you do, for the love of god let it breathe awhile before you drink it. Sip this stuff before it’s breathed at least 20 minutes and your face will pucker up like a prune. Hooray for the Andes! Four Paws Up. 

PS – Whittington wasn’t sure he liked it at first, but then he went back for a second glass and a third, even though there was an exceptional bottle of Cabernet open right beside this Syrah. In the end, he said he was looking forward to having it again. Said it’s the weirdest wine he’s ever tasted. – Indy