What is it with Merlot and the letter "P"?

WINE TALK
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Who makes the best Merlot?

Well … we have Provenance, and Pahlmeyer and Palazzo and Paloma and Pride.

There are 26 letters in the alphabet … why did all the good Merlots have to gang up on the letter P?

Oh … and there is this French merlot. Called Petrus. From Pomerol.

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Interesting observation. [foilhat.gif]

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I try, I really do. [berserker.gif]

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Due to the permeating plum profiles?

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Perhaps?

6

Mike’s just auditioning to be Nicolas Cage’s character in the next ‘save the world by solving a puzzle’ movie.

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If you arrange all of the Merlot brands that start with the letter P in alphabetical order by their second letter, you’ll spell out the secret to destroying the universe. Or is it the secret recipe for Coca Cola. I can’t remember.

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Or if you drink them backwards, you’ll see the Devil himself at the bottom of the glass.

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Don’t forget Pedestal.

10

Pretty
Positive
Pavie
Has
Merlot

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Perhaps
Perse
Pushed
Percentages
Past
Previous
Proportions?

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Don’t forget Blankiet Paradise Hills Merlot. If not the first name, the vineyard!

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Le Pin

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Careful Mike. It’s a slippery slope worrying over such pointless matters. [foilhat.gif] [berserker.gif]

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I thought it wasn’t pfashionable to drink pfucking merlot. [emot-pwn.gif]

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Are you sure? I hear Jeff Pfoh1 does it all the time!

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yeah, but he also twitters his resume one section at a time. [rofl.gif] [berserker.gif] [gen_fro.gif]

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No, that would be phucking Zinphandel.
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Zinfandel needs no steenk’n Ps.

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Humm, maybe not in the name, but some “P” might be in the bottle! [rofl.gif]