what ya drinking

"Fuzzy Bare pinot gris piquette - cowpunk wines - from some Dan's/BWS/etc."

Feel like a spritzy white instead of a beer?

well, clearly skin-contact pinot gris, and pet-nat are all the rage. Rightly so, probably, glad the cat's piss sav blanc tidal-wave has abated. But what if you want a bottle of white at a barbie and still drive the family home after? I dug this Fuzzy Bare caper. Same alcohol as 2 beers if you slug the whole bottle.. made from grape-skins, an ancient-style drink apparently. Not sweet at all!!

Palette: Dirty rosé; Mineral water spritz; Dry-as-dry cider; Parent's wine-cork you chewed as a kid.

Alcohol: 4.0 !! (not de-alcoholised, that's just how it rolls, Roman-style)

(If you avoid Pinnacle, and Fourth Wave crap, fear not, it is 4th, but it is a real (weird) drink made by real people, Aaron Mercer)

https://www.drinkstrade.com.au/fourth-wave-wines-latest-innovation

as we all know wine is a classic for diminishing returns..  (a $50 bottle is not twice as good as a $25 bottle..)

you can spend $150 on a nebbiolo from piedmont that tastes of a leather clad italian sweating musk cologne into a rather lively prune juice, which I guess is kinda interesting..  but.. here's my dan murphy's OS wine recommends for xmas BBQs:

(these 2 wines are in-store all up the east coast and the southern states, plenny of the white, only a few of the red in each shop..  UNBELIEVABLE value):

Balliamo (Italy) Pinot Grigio  $10
Campet Ste Marie (France) Pinot Noir  $15