Uncork Some More Fine Democrat Whine...

And while we're on the topic of faux outrage from the bloviating Left, this gem from Ann Althouse about the Paul Ryan wine kerfluffle:

The new oppo research: Spotting the labels on the wine on the politician's restaurant table.
Some busybody business professor named Susan Feinberg pulled this trick on Paul Ryan and Talking Points Memo is lapping it up:

When [Professor Feinberg] saw the label on the bottle of Jayer-Gilles 2004 Echezeaux Grand Cru Ryan's table had ordered, she quickly looked it up on the wine list and saw that it sold for an eye-popping $350, the most expensive wine in the house along with one other with the same pricetag.

Feinberg, an economist by training, was even more appalled when the table ordered a second bottle....

"We were just stunned," said Feinberg...

She was outraged....

So, Feinberg was appalled, stunned, and outraged. That's got to hurt.

[Feinberg] approached the table and asked Ryan "how he could live with himself" sipping expensive wine while advocating for cuts to programs for seniors and the poor. Some verbal jousting between Feinberg and the other two men ensued. One of the two men said he had ordered the wine, was drinking it and paying for it. In hearing how much the wine cost, Ryan said only: "Is that how much it was?"

Just recently:

Royal family, President Barack Obama & First Lady Michelle Obama dine on Echezeaux Grand Cru 1990 wine, which retails in U.S. for $1,000 to $1,700.

So, all the outrage is about Ryan drinking cheap wine???

Any takers on finding the outrage expressed by Professor Feinberg over Obama's expensive taste in wine or by Greg Sargent on Democrats' "sleazy dirty tricks" in the last election?

It's probably in the produce aisle, between the magic beans and the unicorn steaks.

H/T Memeorandum
Cross posted at LCR, Say Anything.

Royals, Obamas Sip $1,000 Vino

At the risk of inciting class envy, we note this story about the Obamas abroad:

Finally, after two straight presidents who didn't appreciate the taste of a fine French burgundy, Buckingham Palace tonight had a chance to put on the Ritz for a first family who enjoy a long dinner and luscious wine.

Most notable from the wine cellars of the famous palace: A Echezeaux Grand Cru 1990, Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, that goes for $1,000 - $1,700 per bottle in the United States.

There were a bunch of other wines, like Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin champagne and a very nice $170 1963 port President and first lady Michelle Obama, who are noted for dinner dates at Washington's finest restaurants, have probably had before.

And just so that you know just what you're missing, a description:

The Grands Echezeaux is broader than the Echezeaux, with more black-raspberry and black-cherry elements in its smoky, exotic nose, as well as a longer, more opulent and fleshy finish.

Think of this the next time the bouquet of aromatic hydrocarbons of four to five dollar a gallon gas, with its "smoky, exotic nose", and that "tell-tale complex, exotic fragrance" fills your nostrils (if not your tank), and think of how many times you could fill your tank for the price of that one bottle of wine. And know that Barry feels your pain.

H/T Memeorandum