Louis Max Mercurey 2005 Clos la Marche
Gordon Brown’s nanny state has reached a new high in the form of film censorship and advice. I was watching an advert on TV for a kids film and the smallprint warning said “contains mild threat and comic fight scenes”. What is the point of such a warning? It is inconsistent with other media and not very helpful in any case.
Take an average episode of Dr Who that is aired by the BBC at peak family viewing time on a Saturday tea time.  I used to watch regularly in the 1970’s – Jon Pertwee was my Doctor.  There is more to frighten children than any amount of comic fighting. By the time I watched The Omen, I was fully prepared. It could have been labelled “may contain mild Satanic undertones”. But Damien was simply nowhere near as scary as a Dalek.
Maybe the same warnings should be applied to wine? If so, this Louis Max Mercury might be forced to have a printed warning on the front “contains traces of cabbage, figs and cigar leaf.
“Smells of lit cigarettes, not recommended for ex-smokers”
Over time the wine opened up and strawberries and dark chocolate emerged from the fumes.
It’s a nice wine but so it should be for the price, £14.99 from Tesco. It is not very green though – the bottle is large and probably weighs more than Fred Goodwin’s wallet, so a bit of a yeti shaped carbon footprint, and I can see Gordon adding one final label to the bottle “warning – bottle may cause mild pain if dropped on big toe”.