rando: "you're one of the 'high functioning' autistics, right?"

me: "we tend not to use functioning labels anymore, because they are-"

rando: "no but like in my language you are 'high functioning' right."

rando: *leaves mid conversation*

You HAVE to buy this wine. I mean… that LABEL. You HAVE to! So bad. It’s not that the font and garish extravaganza are so troubling, it is the NAME and if you close one eye, we’re kinda going all Pax, no? The 13-7 and Sonoma Coast were also big deciding-points, and as soon as you said GRAND RESERVE, I knew it was going to be a great wine. But we’re not here to talk about bad labels. OK, this…

I’m going to try hard to think of some nice things to say about this wine. The label offends me. The title offends me. The fact it has recently been #influencer darling-child does not surprise me, but they offend me in their general taste–and typical–but not surprising–lack of it. First of all, as someone who finds the social-science of wine–and its marketing–fascinating, it is a welcome…