[Tango-L] Tango Related Stocking Stuffer

[Jake Spatz (TangoDC.com)]

Hi all,

Um, I've actually tried this wine. (The malbec, at least.) For the 
price, it IS excellent. But the label is rather campy, and the "moving 
legs" in the photo don't really match up to anything. Still, some 
dancers are smitten by anything that smacks of tango, no matter how 
silly it is, so I'm sure it'll become a gringo fave.

Nice gift anyway? Sure. It tastes good.

Jake Spatz
DC


Tango Tango wrote:
> Wow, -that sounds great! With such a tasteful label, the wine must be
> splendid.
>
> I will buy a case first thing tomorrow.
>
> Neil
>
>
>
> On 11/25/06, Rcgimmi at aol.com <Rcgimmi at aol.com> wrote:
>   
>> Looking for tango related gifts for this holiday season? Here's an idea:
>>
>> "World Market" has a rather extensive collection of imported wines. One of
>> the selections they have this year is an Argentine wine (a Malbec) from
>> the
>> Mendoza region of the country. The brand is called, "Lo Tengo" (trans: "I
>> have
>> it") and it comes in 750ml bottles at the attractive price of $8.95.
>>
>> Most of the Argentine wines I tried when I was living in Buenos Aires were
>> --
>> I thought -- excellent. I'd be surprised if "Lo Tengo" wasn't good. But,
>> here's what got my attention. The bottle label carries the legend, "EL
>> TANGO."
>> The black and white picture on the label shows the legs of two tango
>> dancers. And, the label is made of prismatically pressed plastic so that
>> the legs of
>> the dancers seem to step back and forth as the bottle is rotated in a side
>> to
>> side motion.
>>
>> World Market also has a white wine that is being sold under the "Lo Tengo"
>> label. It also has an optically active, black and white "EL TANGO" picture
>> on
>> it. In this case, the upper halves of the dancers are shown. Not as
>> interesting as the picture on the red wine but it's still nice.
>>
>> I saw this wine at the World Market store that is in the Gresham Shopping
>> Plaza. It's near the MAX stop. The salesman at the store told me that is
>> should
>> be available at all of the World Market stores in the Portland area. I
>> have
>> no idea how long supplies will last.
>>
>> [Lo Tengo, Malbec, 2005, Produced and bottled by Bodega Norton SA, Lujan
>> de
>> Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina.  www.norton.com.ar    Imported by TGIC
>> Importers,
>> Inc., Woodland Hills, CA, 91364.  13.5% alc by vol.]
>>
>> Happy shopping,
>>
>> R.Gimmi
>> El Paseador de Perros
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