Yup, you totally read that headline correctly. And yes, I’ll wait here patiently while you go change your pants.
Are you back now? Great.
Let’s be honest — marijuana-infused wine is the best thing to happen since sliced bread the big bang. Pot has always been that sorta-drug-but-not-really-drug. Compared to harder drugs, it’s more socially acceptable, it typically isn’t associated with overdose deaths, and way more people have had direct experience with it. So potheads rejoice — here’s a new way to enjoy your Mary Jane!
Edibles (i.e., pot brownies, etc) are definitely the new craze amongst marijuana connoisseurs and medical marijuana dispensaries. And since there’s increasing growth in these dispensaries and interest in legalization, it should be no surprise that people are trying to infuse weed into absolutely everything. But the idea to combine weed with wine/alcohol — these people deserve the fucking MacArthur Genius award. A recent Gourmet.com article suggests that this notion has been around longer than we might realize:
The wines range in style and intensity as broadly as “normal” wines and winemakers do… Adjusted for volume, “special” wines can range from under a pound of marijuana per 59-gallon barrel to over 4 pounds per barrel. The result is a spectrum ranging from a gentle, almost absinthe-like effect to something verging on oenological anesthetic.
If this trend catches on, then I can only imagine the types of news headlines that we may see in the future:
(1) Wine store sales skyrocket nearby college campuses; keg and beer sales plummet.
(2) Scientists create grape varieties that will grow in absolutely any soil, in absolutely any geographical location.
(3) Hacky Sacks and Frisbee’s overtake all other toys as most popular world-wide.
(4) Dasani and Aquafina release new lines of marijuana-infused spring water.
(5) Teeth whitening facilities see exponential profit increases as more and more people have red wine stained teeth.
pattypunker
10/07/2011
franzia, get on this! *puts bandana on black lab and throws frisbee*
Dr. Cynicism
10/07/2011
You go! *follows right behind you*
Jonah Gibson
10/07/2011
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain;
For ruby throated vintage highs
Infused with hemp to drain!
Dr. Cynicism
10/07/2011
You are a creative genius! I guess that’s what happens when wine and weed marry.
Nubian
10/07/2011
Oh hell that means Thirty Thursdays in this college town is about to get out of hand. *charging video camera batteries*
Dr. Cynicism
10/07/2011
I can hear the techno beats from here!
Linda Medrano
10/07/2011
I would buy this!
Dr. Cynicism
10/07/2011
I would also buy this, and then read you blog after you bought this too.
Fred Miller
10/19/2011
Man, getting the right dosage in there is like calculus. I come from a line of winemakers. We would totally knock our asses in the mud trying to get the pot levels right.
Dr. Cynicism
10/19/2011
But it’s still worth a try, yea?!