Wine Lingerie...

Every sommelier I know has a T-shirt from one winery or another. So does every wine lover, collector, and vineyard worker. But how many of you sport wine "underwear"? Now I can name a few sommeliers that do! And let me tell you... it is some pretty risky stuff! Here is how we got our hands on it...

The other day I went to a "wine tasting". It was sponsored by a winery who crafts elegant wines, and takes wine-making very seriously. Sure, we tasted and assessed many fine wines at this "wine tasting". But this professional "wine tasting" was really a party complete with fresh oysters, lip-smacking Barbeque, coolers of cold beer, and yes, fine wines. Our host, the beautiful and impossibly hip Morgan Clendenen, of the Cold Heaven Winery in Santa Barbara County, showed off her intensely flavorful viogniers-- the varietal that is her favorite and is what she specializes in. Her wines are incredible- exotic with captivating aromatics of peaches and floral notes. With all of her different bottlings of viognier, Morgan succeeds at crafting balanced wines with judicious use of oak, and long, delicious finishes. So, what about this lingerie, you ask? Well, the gents at the tasting received very stylish, black T-shirts that simply say "Cold Heaven", unless, of course, one looks INSIDE the T-shirt, where it says "Women like a man that drinks Cold Heaven." But we girls really scored. Our "party favor" was black lingerie! Ok, not the honeymoon-style, lacy kind, but a tasteful cotton blend with the Cold Heaven logo! How cool! The best are the adorable boy-short panties- they say "Cold Heaven" on the front, but inside- get this- they read "You're HOT, Drink Cold Heaven" !!
Ingenious! And completely tasteful. That is, both the wines AND the panties...