Crunkignane

I heard about this yesterday but didn’t mention anything because I thought it was April Fools fallout (and I wanted to keep my Chinon story on top). Well, it’s April 4th and if the joke is still going then this is the greatest April Fools joke in history because everyone is reporting on it, not just the oft ill-informed blogosphere.

Rapper Lil’ Jon has launched a winery, Little Jonathan Winery, and bottles of his Cab, Merlot, and Chard will be hitting shelves in California in one or two months. Yes, that Lil’ Jon. The one with the goblet.

But while Crunk!!! is “bold pride, ridiculous parties and endless energy,” according to the beverage’s website, Little Jonathan Winery is “not no ghetto Boone’s Farm,” Jon said.

“This is real wine.”

Really, Jonathan? Real wine? Well I’d like to be the first to thank you. I’ve never heard James Suckling use “WHAT?” in a wine review, and now it’s a virtual lock that I will.

Supple and appealing in texture, the 2005 Leoville Poyferre is a monumental effort. Aromas of plum and blackberry hiding under a lot of spicy character. Lingers on the palate with soft, mid-balanced tannins that make you say WHAT? 94.

Middle-aged women at stuffy wine-tastings in the SOMA district are going to swirl their Cabernet around a few times, take a big whiff, sip, savor, and say “YEAH!” The skit pretty much writes itself.

You know what, I’m back on the other side of the fence. No way this is true.

Is it?

Link to quoted story. Link to “winery website”