Is there anything Dolly can’t do?! (Picture: Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
If there’s one thing I’ve always known to be true, it’s that Dolly Parton can do no wrong.
She’s an incredibly talented singer-songwriter, she plays guitar, she’s got acting chops, she’s co-written a novel with James Patterson (and has also penned memoir and cookbook), she has her own theme park, she started a philanthropic foundation, she helps children get into reading, and was an uncredited producer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
More recently the 78-year-old from Tennessee launched a cookware range, a pet line (Doggy Parton), and a dazzling cosmetics business. Honestly, is there anything she can’t do?
If you were thinking she doesn’t sell wine, you might want to think again, as the Queen of country music has just launched a new alcohol range known as Dolly Wines.
There are four wines in the collection, but only two bottles are currently available in the UK: a French Rosé and a bottle of Prosecco.
Dolly Parton has launched her own wine range. (Picture: Dolly Wines)
Those keen to get their hands on the booze can do so at Asda, where they cost £9.50 and £11 respectively.
The prosecco is described as being a ‘deliciously fresh and zingy sparkling wine’ with aromas of peach and apricot and flavours of apple and pears. While the rosé is said to be ‘delicate and romantic’ with a ‘soft, round palate featuring strawberry, citrus, a touch of dried sage and underscored by a subtle saline character, finishing with a gentle acid line and lingering white strawberry flavours’ — that’s certainly quite a mouthful!
As a Dolly fan and a pink wine drinker, I knew I had to get my hands on these bottles, and I successfully managed to nab one of each to try. So after working 9-5, I stumbled into the kitchen and poured myself a glass of Dolly’s ambition.
Now, I’m not a wine expert by any means, I’m also not a wine snob — I’ll drink a glass of chicken wine just as happily as I would a glass of Whispering Angel.
I enjoy Kylie wine, and I also like a bit of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s Miraval, so it’s safe to say that I’ve got nothing against a celebrity wine, and I reeeeeaaaaaalllly wanted to love Dolly’s drinks.
But when I said Dolly could do no wrong, it turns out I was wrong. There is one exception to this rule, and it’s making wine.
There are two bottles available in the UK. (Picture: Dolly Wines)
These drinks are marketed as ’embodying Dolly’s joyful essence in every sip’, but I couldn’t taste the joy.
Dolly is vibrant, sparkly, caring, and glamorous. She’s sunshine in human form and that’s something that’s downright impossible to bottle — so it’s unsurprising that these wines fall a little short of their lofty aspirations.
The rosé was the nicer of the two products, and while it wasn’t bad per se, it wasn’t very exciting to drink. It reminded me a little of wine …read more
Source:: Metro
