Brine Buff Mugs

The temporary home of the international hall of brine.

'Plastic corks, then screw caps; when they come out with a flip-n-sip Chateau Petrus I'm hanging up my tastevin.'

"Let's get ready to bumble!"

Joe's 'Take Responsibility For Your Own Actions' Bar.

Bumble Bee

"I don't have the lip for saxaphone."

Cheese

'No, you're not calling at a bad time. I'm a professional wine taster - it's alwasys a good time.'

"You sure you guys don't spike the coffee?"

Battery Lighthouse

French horn.

Cross-country runners picking up water and spare batteries.

"It's a fairy simple procedure. We just take out the dead ones and put in two new ones."

'I've written six books on wine; owned my own winery and taught a wine class for two years. My next goal is to taste some.'

'You've had enough.'

'Are you sure this wine is ten years old?' - 'Yes, I remember opening it ten years ago.'

'Research shows that while the number of surfers is somewhat constant over the year, there is a sudden increase in casual bathers over Summer...'

"I've tried that one; it's a blend of 74 different red grapes - including two of the plastic decorative type."

'It's a beautiful lighthouse. However, hauling the batteries up the stairs has taken its toll on my back.'

"When a wine rates over ninety, this is not alcoholism."

"If obsessing about trash is wrong, then. . . I don't wanna be right."

Lighthouse powered by batteries.

'There's over 500,000 different wines? Bernie, we've got work to do!'

"I can hear the sea boiling."

'Lord, we thank thee for the bounty we're about to receive.'

Editor. Short. Sweet.

The Coffee Tattoo

Vacant possession.

'Sorry we don't do black decaf.'

'They are poached eggs, sir -- we grabbed them when the chicken wasn't looking!'

'Let me know if the fan bothers you...'

"This is a blind audition, right?"

'Nice lure, Ben. Make it yourself?'

Arturo Sandoval