A Better Use of Iwo Jima

Posted By Grim

Here's something that turned up at the local grocery store:  a wine called "Jarhead Red."  It also comes in a bottle with the Marine Corps Emblem, but in honor of Time magazine I got this one:

Why is this acceptable, and the Time cover bad?  Two reasons:

1)  This uses the Iwo Jima image in its proper context:  to honor and celebrate a hard-won victory by the United States Marine Corps.

2)  According to the back:  "The net proceeds from the sale of this wine benefit the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation who provide educational assistance to the children of fallen Marines.  Please consider directly supporting the Foundation at www.mcsf.org."

If you live in one of those states (unlike mine) that lets you order wine through the mail, it appears you can buy it from here.

So is it any good?  Heck if I know -- if it was a beer, I'd hazard a guess, but wine isn't one of my usual interests.  So I'll stick to what I know, and leave writing about wine to wine critics.  Maybe they'll return the favor.

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A Better Use of Iwo Jima

Here's something that turned up at the local grocery store:  a wine called "Jarhead Red."  It also comes in a bottle with the Marine Corps Emblem, but in honor of Time magazine I got this one:

Why is this acceptable, and the Time cover bad?  Two reasons:

1)  This uses the Iwo Jima image in its proper context:  to honor and celebrate a hard-won victory by the United States Marine Corps.

2)  According to the back:  "The net proceeds from the sale of this wine benefit the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation who provide educational assistance to the children of fallen Marines.  Please consider directly supporting the Foundation at www.mcsf.org."

If you live in one of those states (unlike mine) that lets you order wine through the mail, it appears you can buy it from here.

So is it any good?  Heck if I know -- if it was a beer, I'd hazard a guess, but wine isn't one of my usual interests.  So I'll stick to what I know, and leave writing about wine to wine critics.  Maybe they'll return the favor.

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