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Wine Humor: Doug Pike’s “Gone With The Wine”1 min read

Posted on December 1, 2009November 26, 2009 by 1WineDude

in book reviews, wine books

I was recently contacted by Doug Pike, the cartoonist whose wine-related humor has been published on the subscription-only portion of eRobertParker.com for about four years now.  Doug has released a collection titled Gone With The Wine, which pulls together about 100 of the cartoons that appeared on Parker’s website (Parker supplies the book’s foreword).

Doug came across 1WineDude.com via my recent contribution to CNBC’s Wines for the Holidays, and has become a fan “mostly because of your non-elitist approach to wine, which I share.”  Amen to that, brother!

Doug was kind enough to send a review copy of Gone With The Wine and also give permission for me to post some of the cartoons from the book.  While some of the cartoons are clearly geared towards the fine-wine-loving crowd that have made Parker a household name, I found myself chuckling more often than not at the fun being poked at wine geeks (myself included among those ranks) throughout Gone With The Wine. 

The cold hard truth is that we really are that goofy – and long may we remain that goofy, so long as we take the wine – but not ourselves – seriously.

A few samples of Doug’s work appear below, with his permission – enjoy!…

 

 

 

Cheers!

(images: courtesy of Doug Pike, with permission)

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15 thoughts on “Wine Humor: Doug Pike’s “Gone With The Wine”1 min read”

  1. Dale Cruse says:
    December 1, 2009 at 12:30 pm

    Finally! An online cartoon about wine that's actually funny!

  2. 1WineDude says:
    December 1, 2009 at 12:40 pm

    Ahhh… you couldn't resist!

  3. Winebuff says:
    December 1, 2009 at 5:30 pm

    My reaction to Gewurtztraminer too.

  4. @nectarwine says:
    December 1, 2009 at 5:30 pm

    Cool – thanks for sharing! Also, congrats on the CNBC gig. I can't believe I missed it.

  5. 1WineDude says:
    December 1, 2009 at 5:46 pm

    Ah, I love the stuff. I even like to say it. I'm a nerd.

  6. 1WineDude says:
    December 1, 2009 at 5:46 pm

    Thanks!

  7. Richard Smith says:
    December 1, 2009 at 7:06 pm

    Joe…I hope you don’t mind a bit of shameless promotion but we offer custom labeled wine and wine labels featuring some of Doug’s work (including two of the images above). If any of your readers are interested, they can visit our site at http://www.customwinesource.com. Hope this post is not too brazenly commercial.

    1. 1WineDude says:
      December 2, 2009 at 12:16 am

      Well, technically it's a tie-in, so you're good. :-)

  8. @SecondStomper says:
    December 2, 2009 at 12:50 am

    Awesome! I always wondered what will go well with my wife's Chili, now I know! Uzi

  9. @suburbanwino says:
    December 2, 2009 at 2:04 am

    i'm a big fan of the sulfites one. that looks like the margins of my monday-meeting notepad.

  10. 1WineDude says:
    December 2, 2009 at 2:27 am

    There's a 'toon in the book that takes a fun poke at Parker and the 100pt rating system as well – I'm kind of wishing that Doug had given me that one to post as well.

  11. vinogirl says:
    December 2, 2009 at 3:34 am

    Great writing and suggesting Christmas gift ideas…do your talents know no bounds :)

    1. 1WineDude says:
      December 2, 2009 at 12:40 pm

      Hey, I can't sew for sh*t…

  12. 1winedude5036 says:
    December 2, 2009 at 1:17 am

    Are you pouring Latour with that chili? I'll be over at 8…

  13. Richard Smith says:
    December 2, 2009 at 6:45 pm

    Thanks Joe…I appreciate it and your readers will love our product. Available at…..just kidding.

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