Cul de Cuvée: Go premium, go Canadian

The recently-random bits.

Did you ever wonder how to combine the arrogance of the sommelier craft with the moral superiority of natural wine? Oh? Not ever, even if you were dying from sobriety? Too bad because behold, it’s Gaggan II!

Their mandatory, unsubstitutable wine pairings are “a range” of non-interventionist wine types. In attempting to think about things, the head sommelier said, “Should we give in? But the point is then you’re going back to satisfying everybody.” And thank god they’re not working in hospitality as their customers are not in fact ‘dining’, but are in fact, “...on a journey” in addition to spending 425€ on a meal in Bangkok. And before you ask, yes, there’s a bit of crying.

From our Bug-Eyed Emoji Bureau, we at the CdC have just learned that Champagne in a by-the-glass list costs $30 at some restaurants in the US. While Americans self-harming their dollar has made it slightly more attractive to visit the joint, these are just gold-plated toilet prices. No wonder the youths are goin’ abstainer!

So... ‘vabbing’ comes to us by way of the dark hellscape that is short form video. It remains unknown as to whether ‘assabbing’ has shown similar results. Whatever you do, don’t be tempting to image search any of these and in fact even reading about them within 50m of a playground will probably see the police arriving in short order.