Last OT: Wine bill passes in MS, but this stood out to me

johnson86-1

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"Michel said the wines ordered will cost “$70, $80 and $100” and upward per bottle compared to the No.1 bestselling wine in the state, which is a $6 bottle branded MD that is better known as Mad Dog."

https://www.northsidesun.com/after-eighth-try-michels-bill-home-wine-deliveries-passes

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I would have totally guessed that the number one selling wine is under $9 a bottle. I hope that is just a result of mad dog kind of being in its own category. If you are looking a for a dirt cheap bottle of wine, you have yellowtail, barefoot, beringer estates and whatever other half dozen "reception" wines competing for sales and also each having multiple varietals. How many brands are competing for the whatever mad dog is (I think fortified wine?)? I'd assume the competition for mad dog is probably colt 45 or something, not other wines.
 

John Deaux VII

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I agree. I guess its a step in the right direction, but you know there was no way the State would make it easier and cheaper to circumvent their monopoly.
 

horshack.sixpack

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I would have totally guessed that the number one selling wine is under $9 a bottle. I hope that is just a result of mad dog kind of being in its own category. If you are looking a for a dirt cheap bottle of wine, you have yellowtail, barefoot, beringer estates and whatever other half dozen "reception" wines competing for sales and also each having multiple varietals. How many brands are competing for the whatever mad dog is (I think fortified wine?)? I'd assume the competition for mad dog is probably colt 45 or something, not other wines.
The only person I ever k re who drank MD, besides opportunistic high schoolers, was a friend of mines dad growing up. He was a non-functional alcoholic.
 
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TaleofTwoDogs

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What, no love for Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill. Shame on you. The champagne of po' folk
 

dorndawg

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M

The church I went to used it every month and special occasions when I was growing up, only thing we ever used
I’m dying to know more about this church that uses Mad Dog for communion. I can only assume the grape flavor?

Strawberry Banana MD did me real dirty one time.
 

ETK99

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There are tons of inexpensive wines you'll be able to order, they won't all be expensive wines. We have idiots running this state. We can't get a lot of quality stuff because mom and pop liquor stores don't want to carry it (can't sell to the MD lovers).
 

aTotal360

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The Alpha and the Omega.

Bottle of Thunderbird Wine?? - AR15.COM
 

The Peeper

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I’m dying to know more about this church that uses Mad Dog for communion. I can only assume the grape flavor?

Strawberry Banana MD did me real dirty one time.
Yep, always grape, from an XL jug not the brown paper bag size. Lots of headaches in one of those jugs
 
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MSUDOG24

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I had my one time event with MD, back in college. Once was enough.
Me as well. In one of the great mysteries of my life and having never had any, I decided that was going to be my drink of choice for the evening. Carried it around and ended up drinking the whole thing. Lesson learned, never again. Odd thing I remember (other than struggling through brunch with my would be in laws the next morning) was the 2 thread screw top on it. Sure enough, there it is.
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msudawg200

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I drank a bottle of night train as a teen. Went straight from sober to hungover. No buzz at all, and the worst case of cotton mouth ever.
That’s sort of like my experience with eating a few beefy-melt burritos from Taco Bell.

Went straight from starving to 💩 my brains out.
 

Bulldog Bruce

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I put a vote in for Riunite Lambrusco. I hate dry wines and that was the first wine I was actually able to drink. Bourbon is my wine now.
 
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Villagedawg

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"Michel said the wines ordered will cost “$70, $80 and $100” and upward per bottle compared to the No.1 bestselling wine in the state, which is a $6 bottle branded MD that is better known as Mad Dog."

https://www.northsidesun.com/after-eighth-try-michels-bill-home-wine-deliveries-passes

Surprised or saddened?
The cheap wine lists brought back a lot of memories, but to be fair if you drink a "teen aged dumbass" amount of Dom Perignon you'll get the same effect.