USB “Port” Wine sticks it to the EU

Posted in USB by Conner Flynn on October 29th, 2008

USB “Port” Wine sticks it to the EUBecause of a new EU trade rule, wineries aren’t allowed to use the word “port” on their label unless the wine was actually made in Portugal. Which sucks for some wine makers. But California’s Peltier Station Winery came up with a unique loophole. They are calling their new dessert wine “USB” and they’ve even put a tree with USB roots on the label. That’s what I call sticking it to the man! The man being the EU. The fun doesn’t end there however.

A company called 6 West Design made the label and they did something special with the USB-tree on the front. It’s is made of binary code that translates to “Peltier Station.” There are also some fill-in-the-blanks on the back of the label like “an im____ant agreement” or “in your ____folio.” This my friends is how you screw the powers-that-be, instead of them screwing you.

[Gizmodo]

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One Comment to “USB “Port” Wine sticks it to the EU”
  1. Sly Hoax Says:

    Now they just need a device that lets you pour it into four glasses at once… they could call it “USB Hub”.

    Hey, it’s better than the stupid “in soviet russia” joke I was going to put here!

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