I'm on the NIGHT TRAIN
Feb 09 '00
NIGHT TRAIN is my most memorable wine. And not for good reason either.
One day while still a law student I was at the local liquor store with my girlfriend when what did I see sitting in the cooler? A big bottle of NIGHT TRAIN. I had to have it.
WHY I NEEDED NIGHT TRAIN
I'm 26, which means I grew up during the 80s and early 90s. There was a song by the biggest band of the time Guns N Roses called Night Train. The lyrics went:
I'm on the Night Train, and I'm looking for some, I'm on the Night Train and I'll never get enough, I'm on the Night Train, and I'm ready to crash and burn, I'll never learn, I'm on the Night Train
And so it went, ahhhh Nostalgia.
So there I was, a soon to be lawyer buying NIGHT TRAIN.
Screw off top and all, not even as classy as Boone's Farm.
I must admit, the picture on the bottle is very attractive. We have the Night Train steaming towards us and slightly to the right, its' single headlight showing us the way to a pleasant, warm stupor.
Little did I know, the Night Train was going to jump the tracks.
Night Train Express is a grape flavored wine. I'll tell you right now, it isn't very good. The bottle says to "serve very cold" This is probably to dull your senses. Which the alcohol content ought to do for you. Coming in at just under 18% Night Train is pretty potent for a wine. Of course, Night Train carries sulfites as part of its' cargo.
I arrived home that evening and we decided to play pool, have a few drinks then whatever else came to mind. I had to catch the Night Train.
The nastiness of the grape flavor made me drink it faster, both so I didn't have to have the taste in my mouth longer than it needed to be there, and so I could move on to better wine coolers. One should quit when one does not like the wine.
I finished my bottle of wine and felt a kinship to the long ago split up Guns N Roses. They had inspired me to try Night Train, as Aerosmith had inspired me to try Mad Dog.
(Note to self: Do not listen to rock stars who wrote lyrics about alcohol during periods of heavy drug use)
I must have been looking like I was ready to crash and burn as I was asked If I was OK. Of course I answered Yes. I wasn't feeling great, but I had made the stupid decision to buy NIGHT TRAIN to begin with, even after being warned, it probably isn't very good.
She went upstairs to go to the bathroom, I ran outside with a roll of paper towels. The Night Train blazed ahead, apparently it had a stop to make on the lawn. I had departed the Night Train. I hurried back inside and beat her back to the pool table. Of course she knew by the look of me that I had not gotten off the tracks in time. A nice "I told you so" was well deserved and in order, followed by a are you sure you're ok?. I was. To this day I have my empty bottle of NIGHT TRAIN to remind me, it is better to drink in moderation, than to puke in excess.
I had crashed and burned, however, I had learned, I wouldn't be taking the Night Train again.
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