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

So odd for this Seppo to hafta remember that xmas is SummerFunTime for you lot. It is interwoven with cold, snow, and, rain, where i hail from. You guys do barbies. We sit round the fireplace. Food is prob way diff, too. Lighter fare for you guys than the beef stews and pot roasts and heavy sauces that my Season brings. Just diff.