Wine and Kissing

“yes, in spite of it all”

– John Keats

I’ve been thinking about Mae West.  What words, sights, scents, sounds come forth when we think of Ms. West?   ‘Bold’, ‘feathers’, ‘heady’, ‘sultry’?  In nature she would be a male peacock or pampas grass. In this life she was Mae West, breaking boundaries of puritanical America and rescuing Paramount with her 1993 film ‘She Done Him Wrong’ with Cary Grant, 10 years her junior.  She departed in 1980 and I did not have the good fortune to make her acquaintance in my lifetime, but I have a feeling she would have looked me right in the eye. I would have hoped for a sly wink. 

This evening in seeking a wine connection to Mae West, Lord knows there would be no shortage of kissing connections, I would hope to share these fun as fun can be Peel Me a Grape videos.  ¡Escúchelos, por favor!  My recommendation would be to start with the sexy ’60′s version by Dusty, then slow down with Diana.  The lyrics suggest that we ought not be hesitant to throw in a few instructions…  Skin me a peach, save the fuzz for my pillow.

Besos,
Elisabet

by Mae West
“I have found men who didn’t know who to kiss. I’ve always found time to teach them.”

Music Video: Peel Me a Grape by Dusty Springfield

Music Video: Peel Me a Grape by Diana Krall 

Peel Me a Grape
by Dave Frishberg, Songwriter

Peel me a grape, crush me some ice
Skin me a peach, save the fuzz for my pillow
Talk to me nice, talk to me nice
You’ve got to wine and dine me

Don’t try to fool me bejewel me
Either amuse me or lose me
I’m getting hungry, peel me a grape

Pop me a cork, french me a fry
Crack me a nut, bring a bowl full of bon-bons
Chill me some wine, keep standing by
Just entertain me, champagne me
Show me you love me, kid glove me
Best way to cheer me, cashmere me
I’m getting hungry, peel me a grape

Here’s how to be an agreeable chap
Love me and leave me in luxury’s lap
Hop when I holler, skip when I snap
When I say, “do it,” jump to it

Send out for scotch, call me a cab
Cut me a rose, make my tea with the petals
Just hang around, pick up the tab
Never out think me, just mink me
Polar bear rug me, don’t bug me
New Thunderbird me, you heard me
I’m getting hungry, peel me a grape

Julia Child
At the wedding of Bumby Hemingway and Puck Whitlock “By the end of the afternoon, I was thoroughly marinated with strawberries and cherries, champagne, brandy, Monbazillac, Montrachet, and Calvados, and speckled by tidbits of grass.”

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By Micole Miller
www.furioncellars.com

Funny how a wine can bring you all the way back to an adolescent backyard lipgloss KISS!!!!!!!! I love kissing, I hear it’s lost it’s GLAMOUR.