Rep. Paul Ryan Drinks $350/Bottle Wine, Orders 2nd Bottle
on 10/07/11 at 10:16 am
Booze NewsPaul Ryan is known for proposals to cut spending on programs for regular people to the bone. He was feasting and drinking expensive wine with a couple of other people at a DC eatery.
Paul Ryan | Red Wine | Bistro Bis | Mediaite – liberal version
When [Professor Feinberg] saw the label on the bottle of Jayer-Gilles 2004 Echezeaux Grand Cru Ryan’s table had ordered, she quickly looked it up on the wine list and saw that it sold for an eye-popping $350, the most expensive wine in the house along with one other with the same pricetag. Feinberg, an economist by training, was even more appalled when the table ordered a second bottle….
(that is from Rep. Ryan Tastes The Grapes Of Wrath | TPMDC .. clever title, that ..)
Libs Outraged and Stunned Over Paul Ryan’s Wine – HUMAN EVENTS – conservative version
They point out that Obama once served an expensive wine.
A state dinner is obviously a larger affair than a Congressional bar hop. That said, many of us drink “two buck Chuck” from Trader Jo.
{SOURCE: Silent Majority Portal}