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

Put Your Shoes Back On!!!

Let me make this quick. It's heavy "Going Out" season for the Diva. Yeah, I socially hibernate or slack off during the cooler times of the year and hit is hard (well hard as I want it to be) in the Spring & Summer. I have a couple of events to go to in a few days so I am looking through the wardrobe and shoes. I start thinking about shoes for cute (I call them Sitting Shoes) and shoes for comfort for these events. 98% of the time shoes for comfort win. The rare time shoes for cute win trust me I have a comfort shoe waiting in the wings of the car or my clutch. Then I thought about the ladies who walk around social events without shoes on because their shoes are hurting their feet. I took a deep sigh. Walking around barefoot in public is not cute. It needs to stop. I just don't understand it. Once as a bridesmaid, I slipped off my shoes and I was standing there grossed out. (Not one of my cuter moments). Public floors carry dirt & diseases from other people's shoes. If it's a dance floor, it has dirt, diseases, sweat and maybe a wasted drink on it. Oh yeah that's what I want on the soles of my feet.  Either wear shoes that are comfortable and cute (They make them. I own them) or get some roll up flats. There are so many versions of roll up flats out on the market for you to slip on for you not to walk around barefoot. Invest in them! I have seen so many women cut their feet, get their feet stepped on and even have their shoes stolen. I just want the public bare feet to stop. If I'm not talking to you share this with an offender of the gross phenomena

As Always, Talking to You in Adult Terms