12/26/2023 0 Comments Matchbook wineBut then you get to the other part, and yes, you patent-freaks, here’s some more patent speak: Having a bunch of matches rubbing together in your slim suit pocket, as opposed to letting them roll around in a match box. In a way, Pusey’s invention seemed a lot more dangerous. “The invention consists, first, in a frictionmatch device consisting of a series of splints or strips of thick inflammable paper, wood, or similar material tipped with an ignitible composition and attached to and inclosed by a suitable cover folded and adapted to be opened and closed as the covers of a book.” And yes, we know you’re hungry for some patent language, so here you go: Pusey even has a patent for the matchbook, filed under “Flexible Match” on August 6 th, 1889. Which yes, so far as we can tell, makes him an incredible man: “I have two priorities: fire and sledding.” According to the Times, Pusey invented the matchbook out of vanity, as a way to keep his suits looking slimmer (match boxes apparently made it look like his pants were playing Tetris not that Pusey knew about Tetris, and that’s really sad). Google “matchbook history” and The New York Times will cite Joshua Pusey, Philadelphia patent lawyer and dandy (as in a dude who wore suits), not only as the inventor of the bendy cardboard matchbook, but the toboggan. But the weirdest thing about the matchbook is that two dudes actually patented it. Usually phone numbers, sometimes weird passwords, every once in a while a blotch of red lipstick. And not just because, for a while there in the 1940s, matchbooks seemed to be the chief mode of communication between Private Detectives and people with information. Really, the history of the matchbook is kind of weird. OK, 15 if we’re counting all the failed attempts. Except no, it’s full of controversy, ineptitude, preventative rat safety measures, and various parties interested in owning the rights to a foldy cardboard book that contains 20 ways to make fire. That was the first thing that prompted us to look into the history of the matchbook (and yes, yawn, right?). And while lighters-bics and the Zippos your older brother used to show off-basically dominate the game now, matches are making a mini and (god save us) “retro” comeback. Ten years from now we might all be downloading Taylor Swift’s first hot divorce single into our brains, but we’ll still need some tangible source of fire if we want, well, fire to burn stuff. But try as we might, there’s one thing we can’t store in the Cloud, or find an app for, or “Like” on Facebook. Most every convenience and social experience has been scrunched up, shoved into wires, and digitized. The varietal is huge in Spain – and, in fact, I’m told the Matchbook vineyard originated with cuttings from the Pesquera region of Spain.We live in a digital age (please don’t click away, I know, every single article that starts that way is terrible). WATCH: Historic Napa Wine Tasting in San Francisco (Video)Įven though Tempranillo is the fourth most planted grape in the world, I don’t come across it too often in California. Those who don’t gravitate towards wines with acidic profiles, will likely appreciate its smooth, agreeable character. Instead this is a soft, tasty, and easy sipper. There’s no such fireworks in the glass here. But Of course! Don’t we all get into wine that way? Apparently, proprietor John Giguiere liked “starting things on fire such as his father’s wheat fields.” That (goes the story) led to rockets, explosions, random fires and calls to the local fire department. But you got to hand it to whatever marketing team put together the backgrounder. I know I’ve said before we don’t need no stinkin’ stories when it comes to wine. I’m glad they sent Stark Insider a bottle of this Tempranillo, otherwise I highly doubt I would’ve encountered it anytime soon. Matchbrook is located in the Central Valley, 30 miles east of Napa. No, this is not in Oregon – though, for some odd reason, it just feels like this wine would hearken from the state just north of California. Not from Napa, not from Sonoma, and not from Santa Barbara. Sometimes you find a gem off the beaten path. Stark Insider Wine of the Week is the Matchbook 2010 Tempranillo, Dunnigan Hills located in California’s central coast.
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