Wed
Apr 9 2008
06:05 am
By: bizgrrl
A trade association and a tourism group came up with the Alabama Wine Trail to lure visitors to the state's eight wineries, which produce everything from fruity muscadine and peach wines to more traditional varieties such as merlot and chardonnay.
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A Baptist leader in neighboring Chilton County said his group opposed plans for a winery there and doesn't like the idea of luring tourists to his home turf or anywhere else in Alabama to imbibe.
Heathens, I say! They're heathens!
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Now you see...This is all
Now you see...This is all wrong, and it's all in how you look at it. I propose that the Baptists announce the "Holy Communion Trail" where the blessed sacriment can be received in each of the peach, muscadine, and Merlot ceremonies, Praise the Lord.
Hmm...Could it be that I might be enticed to partake of these blessings myself..and get religion?
I'm a former Baptist. They
I'm a former Baptist. They don't use actual wine for communion. They use Welch's grape juice. Seriously.
I grew up Southern Baptist.
I grew up Southern Baptist. Yup, it's grape juice.
My favorite Baptist joke - Q: Why don't Baptist have sex standing up? A: It might lead to dancing.
Heathens, I say! They're
I'll drink to that!!!
I guess Jesus drank Welch's
I guess Jesus drank Welch's grape juice 2k years ago eh? Stupid Baptists...
Well, yeah!!
Geez Justin!
He also preached from the King James version don'tcha know?
And was a blue eyed, fair skinned non-Jew! :-)
Joke time:
Always take two Baptists with you when fishing. If you take only one he will drink all your beer.
Baptists will greet you everywhere except in the liquor store.
How do you get 10 Baptist churches in one small town?
Start with one.
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
Hunter S. Thompson
I wasn't raised Southern
I wasn't raised Southern Baptist but in a sect with almost identical beliefs, and I was taught that Jesus actually turned water into near-beer. Ok they didn't say near-beer, but the wine was non-alcoholic. (I think the alcohol content was inscribed at the bottom of the clay jar).
Yeah, well...
People have a basic natural right to believe what they want to believe about magical invisible beings and/or the existence of some thus-far-undiscovered-by-medical-science part of the human anatomy that continues to thrive after brain and heart functions cease. I don't begrudge the Baptists their beliefs or their rights to voice their beliefs to the public and the bodies politic. That said, I'm sure glad I don't have such beliefs getting between me and fine bottle of Rutherglen Show Tokay.
Baptists drink as much as
Baptists drink as much as anybody else. They just don't handle it as well and they don't seem to speak to each other in the Liquor store.
That said, I'm sure glad I
That temperance business is just a part of their holier-than-thou façade. Of course their tastes may vary somewhat from yours.
I once had a deacon hit me up for some of my homemade wine in order to 'soak' a Christmas fruitcake.
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Well actually that makes a lot of sense...
Soaking a fruitcake in sweet wine or rum or brandy can VASTLY improve the taste... and even if it doesn't, by the time you finish eating it, you won't care.
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I once had a deacon hit me
What a waste of good homemade wine.
Public safety
Recalling a long ago Napa tour it seems that one does get tipsy by the end of the day.
I'll suggest the tourism board sponsor a bus tour ending with a night at a country inn.
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What a waste of good
Not with this fruit cake. Mom's recipe made a light cake with only pecans, golden raisins, candied pineapple and cherries added sparingly. She then wrapped it in cheesecloth, soaked it in the homemade wine, and sealed it in a tin. In a few days she added more wine.
It was yummy.
Mom gave her recipe to the deacon's wife but, when she made it, it was just not right somehow. She had used orange juice.
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Personally, I don't think
Personally, I don't think you have to be Baptist to be afraid of Alabama wine.
Why?
You afraid of a few cow patty mushrooms messing up the flavor?
They're what gives it that Alabama kick!
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
Hunter S. Thompson
Baptists and Wine
If the Baptists, in expression of their freedom of belief, can protest and eventually stop the addition of wineries and advertisement of such, could I therefore express discontent of their doings and eventually get their church shut down? Just a thought.
Answer: Yes.
You'll probably need to begin by campaigning to repeal the first amendment, but it's theoretically possible and certainly well within your rights.
Speaking of the first
Speaking of the first amendment, where do these people get off keeping me from buying beer on Sunday mornings?
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