My Boycott List (Wine Brands Edition)

Yes, blame the latest news about wine and arsenic for this post. I'm trying not to smell conspiracy but my favorite, Cupcake is on the list. It doesn't increase my boycott list but I will pay attention so if & when brands start leaving the shelves, I won't be shocked. Oh my boycotting is not limited to just stuff I wear. I boycott lots of stuff.

Let's talk wine. I drink & cook with wine. But there are many brands I had to boycott over the years because they insist on keeping the consumer stupid.

I stopped drinking Moscato for a couple of years a while back. I had to take a wine tasting class in college so I was already a fan.

Now, you can call me boughetto, sophistiratchet, or a hood snob but you will never catch me swimming in a crowded public pool. As soon as Waka Flocka Flame said something about drinking Moscato or 'Scato, everyone bounced on it. I hopped right off of it. I let it's popularity die down for a while. Well, while it was still very liked, I noticed people posting on social media about drinking Red Moscato & Pink Moscato. I instantly knew the masses were about to be "Wine Ignorant". Then, I found the culprits.

Sutter Home, Yellow Tail, Bella Bolte, Barefoot, Gallo, & Beringer are responsible for making consumers of their products "Wine Ignorant". It is bad enough there are people drinking the wines and not knowing it is a dessert wine but this lack of knowledge is Not their fault. All blame goes to the companies. The proper names of the wines are Roscato and Rose' Moscato. Here are the descriptions of Roscato and Rose' Moscato. 

When I finally put 2 + 2 together, I decided that would equal Boycott!!! I refuse to drink any wine from companies that promote lack of information. Do these wine companies think the consumers are too dumb to learn the proper names? Apparently so. What if one of the drinkers of their Red Moscato or Pink Moscato tries to order those by those names in a restaurant? Oh it can happen because Roscato is served at a restaurant called Olive Garden. Here is the link. That would be embarrassing. It might have already happened. 

So, I don't drink any wines from Sutter Home, Yellow Tail, Bella Bolte, Barefoot, Gallo, & Beringer. Oh don't be confused with label that say Sweet Red or Sweet White.

Those are table blends that are not as bitter as the other red or white vintages. They are not dessert wines like Moscato, Roscato, Rose' Moscato. Those labels are good. Add Oak Leaf Sweet Red to your pot roast recipe and you will be a forever fan. 

I just don't like the masses being stupid. Companies that encourage ignorance should be ashamed of themselves. But they won't be stopped until lack of dollars stop them from teaching dumbness.

As Always, Talking to You in Adult Terms

My Boycott List Update (What I Wear)

Congratulations Target! You are off My Boycott List. I hope you left room for Revlon & Dolce & Gabbana.

From my favorite bloggers to friends, I've seen many rave about the newest Ava & Viv collection of in-store fashionable Plus Size offerings. Many are loving this maxi dress.

I haven't had time to shop it yet, but I will lift my boycott because I have heard not just favorable reviews on the clothing but that they are actually in All the stores. That was my gripe. I hate for brick & mortar stores to move certain sizes to online only. Again those who do such practices will Not get my money. Old Navy needs to talk to Target and get their act together.

But sad to say as I take one store off, I have to add a cosmetic company & a designer house. Revlon & Dolce & Gabbana have been added to My Boycott List.

If you follow me on social media, you knew that I already started my boycott on Revlon. Late December/Early January the news came out that Revlon's CEO made some very horrible statements about Jews, Blacks, & Americans
Revlon CEO Sued For Alleged Racist, Anti-Semitic And Anti-American Comments
Lorenzo Delpani, who is Italian, called Americans “dirty,” believes Jews “stick together” and he could “smell” black people when they walked into a room. He also hates living with Americans, believing they are “small-minded” and he can’t wait to return to a “real” country,” the lawsuit says.
The beauty company is standing by it's CEO. Well. I won't be standing by Revlon.

I like their products but my like is not worth fattening the pockets of someone with bigoted views of my race & my country. After I use up what Revlon products I already own, if they have not ousted their CEO, I will Not be buying any more. I just have one question.

Can he smell half of Halle Berry when she models for his companies' ads?

I love the scent Light Blue. I hate to know such dreadful ignorance is behind the making of it. Now, I am learning about Dolce & Gabbana views about gay adoption & in vitro fertilization.
Elton John Leads Boycott Against Dolce & Gabbana Over 'Synthetic Children' Remarks
You know I am not for or against gay marriage. I do know gay men who are against gay marriage. I know gay people who don't want children. I'm heterosexual and don't want to have children of my own. But Mr Gabbana's statements are repulsive. "We oppose gay adoptions. The only family is the traditional one." So, with some many decent & loving people wanting to take care of children, it is okay for children to be live in the foster care system. I don't understand why some places won't let single people adopt. Why is he against any decent person that would want to give a child a better life? Why is he limiting all the orphans in the world? Then if he was not repulsive enough with his stance gay adoption, he then starts calling people born via IVF "synthetic". "You are born to a mother and a father — or at least that's how it should be," "I call children of chemistry, synthetic children. Rented uterus, semen chosen from a catalog." Let me run down a few synonyms for synthetic,
artificial 
bogus 
dummy 
factitious 
fake
false
faux 
imitative,
mimic 
mock 
pretend 
sham 
simulated 
substitute
I hope one of Dolce & Gabbana's prized workers is a person born via IVF. I would love for Mr. Gabbana to see how real they are when he sees how the real impact those views can cause. And so much he knows all people born via IVF are not born in a "rented uterus" and from "semen from a catalog". Many are the children conceive from their mother & father with the aid of science. And to think being called a "Test Tube" baby was the worst insult I had ever heard when it came to the subject of In Vitro Fertilization.

People love to quote Scarface and say "Money, Power, Respect". Amazing how some of the people with Money & Power don't Respect the consumer until we Respect ourselves, snatch away our Money and show them our Power.
#BoycottOldNavy
#BoycottRevlon
#BloycottDolceandGabbana

As Always, Talking to You in Adult Terms