Picpoul and Vulva Viking (you read that right) + New Instagram Account!
This is a wild one, folks.
So I needed to open an official “The Wine and Comics Pairing Show” IG account (the reasons why coming in the next post!) So I played around with the kinds of crazy things the kids do on Instagram these days, and decided to put together a really fun semi-animated “Highlights” wine and comics pairing on the account, which you can watch by clicking the link there. But I’m also going to break down the details of this pairing below:
We covered the infamous (in a good way) Bonny Doon in our Episode 1 Deep Dive, but needless to say, they are still making incredibly delicious wine and now for a fraction of what they cost in the past. This 2021 Picpoul was only $14.99 at K&L Wine Merchants here in LA. K&L also have storefronts in Redwood City and San Francisco, if you’re close to either of those. Plus they do mail orders, if your state/country allows for that.
“Picpoul” literally means “lip stinger”, because it’s a varietal that produces wines with intense acidity and savoriness. This Picpoul is quite zippy, awash in flavors of lemon, goldenberry, and herbs. And a gentle 11% abv.
We paired this with the absolutely wild, and insanely entertaining FUNGIRL: VULVA VIKING by Elizabeth Pich, which may just be the best comic title of the year. And it’s only April!
Vulva Viking begins with this gal here having a fun, face-sitting romp in the bedroom:
But then her vulva BREAKS this poor guy’s face!
He…doesn’t take it too well.
BUT…this is a HERO’S story, and so Fungirl soon channels the power of her face-breaking Vulva for the greater good of humanity:
And THAT…is a brief glimpse at the inzanity (insanity + zaniness) that is VULVA VIKING.
If you try Bonny Doon’s Picpoul, or an Elizabeth Pich Fungirl comic, let us know what you’d pair either with! Now go use your junk for the betterment of humanity, like Fungirl would do.