February 28 2006
Filing under "Truth is Stranger then Fiction:"
The New York Times reports today that porn star Savana Samson is releasing a wine called Sogno Uno.
Samson is a Vivid Girl, the Major Leagues of the porn industry and is looking at her foray as a vintner as a career move for after her porn career dies down.
This is kind of like the NFL player that auditions on air when his team is eliminated from the playoffs and he’s got one more year on his contract ... kind of like that, but better.
But, here’s the kicker ... Robert Parker (whose reviews Good Grape institutionally ignores unless it makes for a good blog post) gave her wine a rating of 90 - 91.
This effectively means that besides the novelty factor, Parker’s score along will send droves of slobbering men to snatch up the initial 400 case or so bottling.
In an interview with the New York Times by telephone, Parker said without irony "It was really opulent and luscious and it had a personality."
Mrs. Samson (yes, she’s married) had this to say: "This wine will make you think"
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