{"id":157117,"date":"2024-08-21T12:00:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T20:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=157117"},"modified":"2024-08-21T12:11:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T20:11:32","slug":"kamala-loves-to-drink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=157117","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Loves To Drink"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steve Sailer writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Kamala Harris is restoring American political tradition by finding joy in the bottle.<\/p>\n

An oenophile, the California candidate is an ardent personal supporter of her home state\u2019s famous wine industry, while also displaying habituated knowledge of European vintages. The owner of Washington\u2019s Cork Wine Bar enthused in 2020:<\/p>\n

\u201cShe can talk about different varietals. She can talk about differences between California oak and French oak\u2026. She knows what she likes and doesn\u2019t like, and knows why she doesn\u2019t like it\u2026. She does like her California wines, but she does have a great appreciation for Old World wines as well, because we don\u2019t do domestic wines at Cork.\u201d<\/p>\n

We live in an era in which Americans seem more interested in the drinking habits of dead presidents like Ulysses S. Grant than of live contenders.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The San Francisco Chronicle wrote in 2020<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\nWhile everyone has been obsessing over Kamala Harris\u2019 political record, there\u2019s one very important aspect of the Democratic ticket\u2019s vice presidential candidate that I\u2019m simply astonished no one has been talking about: her taste in wine. Actually, it\u2019s notable that the senator drinks alcohol at all. Her running mate, Joe Biden, is famously a teetotaler \u2014 remember when he brought non-alcoholic beer to that \u201cbeer summit\u201d with Skip Gates? \u2014 as are President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. <\/p>\n

….the question burned: What kind of wine does Harris like to drink?? That question has now been answered, at least in part. Harris is a wine club member at Rock Wall Wine Co. in Alameda, the winery confirms. \u201cI had a true fan girl moment,\u201d says Rock Wall owner-winemaker Shauna Rosenblum. That moment came earlier this spring, while Rosenblum was working the drive-through pick-up line at her tasting room, which remains closed under Alameda County\u2019s coronavirus shutdown plan. A woman drove up in her car to pick up her wine shipment. Rosenblum asked whether she\u2019d like her wine placed in the backseat or the trunk, and she opted for the backseat. \u201cEnjoy the vino!\u201d she called out to the customer. \u201cThank you Shauna!\u201d the customer replied. \u201cI closed the door and the car drove off and I said, \u2018That woman sure looked a lot like Kamala Harris,\u2019\u201d Rosenblum recalls. Her colleague confirmed that it was Harris; she uses a pseudonym for her wine club membership. <\/p>\n

According to the colleague, Harris is a regular at Rock Wall\u2019s tasting room and loves Rosenblum\u2019s wines. There are a few things I like about this anecdote. First, Harris supports local, independent wineries. Second, she goes to pick up her own wine in her own car, which is something I always assume important people have assistants do for them. Third, she knows good wine when she sees it. I endorse her choice of Rock Wall. The urban winery, located inside an airplane hangar inside the former Naval Air Station Alameda, puts out an eclectic mix of bottles. A few of my favorites are the floral, honeyed Fiano (a Campanian white grape variety that I adore; $20), the delightfully herbal Rigg Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, from a backyard vineyard in Castro Valley ($50) and the juicy, spicy Alegria Vineyard Zinfandel ($55). Of course, it shouldn\u2019t come as a shock that Harris has good taste in food and wine \u2014 she\u2019s from Oakland and Berkeley, after all. <\/p>\n

Maya Rudolph\u2019s Saturday Night Live impersonations of Harris have already featured martini glasses and frozen cocktails. And let\u2019s not forget the time she bet against Senator Ted Cruz on the outcome of the 2017 World Series with two bottles of wine. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

David Strom posts to Hot Air<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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A lot of rumors out there about Kamala having a serious drinking problem\u2026apparently coming into focus as campaign heats up.<\/p>\n

\u23f3Stay Tuned\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 James Blair (@JamesBlairUSA) August 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n