Mike Ditka Enters the Wine Biz
Sports figures and wine seem to go together like Mike Ditka and Chicago. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Ditka, the legendary Chicago Bears coach now has teamed up with Mendocino Wine Company to produce five new wines including the Mike Ditka Pinot Grigio and Mike Ditka Kick Ass Red, a combination of Zinfandel, Syrah and Petite Sirah. The wines cost from $10 to $50 with the Kick Ass Red being the most expensive. The wines will be sold at Costco as well as at wine shops. Ditka has good company among football coaches with an interest in wine. Dick Vermeil produces a Cabernet Sauvignon and Bill Walsh sells his grapes to a vineyard.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jim Nov 7th 2006 1:38PM
Oh gee cant wait to taste this swill. What a pompus and ridculous idea. Hey coach stick to gatoraid and cowhide.
Jim Nov 7th 2006 4:15PM
I think this isn't so much a wine as it is a novelty beverage. I think any wine with the word "ass" in the name isn't worth taking seriously. I'd love to meet the idiot willing to pay $50 for a bottle of this.
Adam Nov 8th 2006 10:07AM
What next Dan Marino putting his face on cans of tuna??
Tom Donat Nov 8th 2006 11:28AM
Sadly, jealousy appears to be rampant.
My advice: Don't knock it until you have tried it.
Dan Nov 8th 2006 7:58PM
I would be more than happy to drink a wine endorsed by Da' Coach.
Karen Amery Nov 12th 2006 8:53PM
I was a taster for this wine at a tasting event...very dissappointed! Sold 2 bottles of the Cab...only because of the name.
tdavis Nov 12th 2006 8:55PM
we can say it will be called ditka wine or how about other brands that he can make oj wine.....lol and not to forget its selling at costcos move over winos im going to get some ditka kick ass wine.......lol
Jerry Beezer Nov 12th 2006 9:32PM
Someone already used the word "swill" is gruel still available?
Dana Nov 12th 2006 10:32PM
Actually...Dan Marino was on a beer once. Iron City Beer...it was in an aluminum bottle. Haven't seen it in about a year or so.
Royce Matson Nov 12th 2006 11:21PM
I cant wait to see if they change the name to "Ol Buckethaed,s kick ass wine"
Don Pierce Nov 13th 2006 12:07AM
I tasted this stuff. It was a lot like sucking on a very wet old football. Just kidding, none of this is true, but I can imagine, having a name like "ass" in the name. Good luck, Mike. DP
Kent Frederick Nov 13th 2006 12:27AM
I would be more than willing to try one of Ditka's wines. I've dined at his restaurants, and the food has always been great. So, Mike probably knows a thing or two about wine and pairing them with food.
For those of you who wouldn't drink Kick Ass Red, I would assume that you also wouldn't drink French wines sold under the name "Fat Bastard".
Jill Nov 13th 2006 3:14AM
Come on it's Ditka, the coach that took the Bears to the Superbowl. Chicago Bears fan here. If you don't like the wine, don't buy it and don't wine about it.
It's Da Bears winning coach. You go Ditka
RUBY DUCH Nov 13th 2006 4:15AM
DITKA,WILL LOVE THE WINE BUT DON'T CARE FOR THE UGLY WORD IN NAME. THINK UP A BETTER NAME.
Jeff Matthews Nov 13th 2006 4:29AM
Look, I am probably Mike Ditka's biggest fan. Now I dont know what the fuss is a about. He led my 1985 Chicago Bears to the first Super Bowl in franchise history. He has changed the face of Chicago sports forever with his handsome yet stern face which embraces you but at the same time tells you to get the heck out of his way. So i think the man who super bowl shuffled his way into our hearts and took a little moron boy like Jim Mcmahon to promise land and made Utah cool, can make the best wine this side of Napa Valley. If Mike Ditka is involved it has to winner. Heck i even saw the movie "kicking and screaming" and paid 8.50 plus concessions to watch it, just for ditka. He should the oscar for that one.
Anyways, Mike we are proud of you and the bears for following in footsteps and having a chance to be the new monsters of the mid-way.
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA BEARS.
Eric Nov 13th 2006 5:57AM
DITKA IN THE WINE BIZ = 1.......YOU NAY SAYERS, BROKE AS HELL FOLKS, ALREADY DOWNING HIM FOR SOMETHING THAT HASNT EVEN REACHED THE MARKET YET ? = 0....MIGHT I REMIND YOU ALL, THAT HE HAS MONEY TO DO THIS AND WONT WHINE, NO PUN INTENDED, IF IT DOESNT SELL......ALL YOU PEOPLE HAVE WHAT ? OH THATS RIGHT....NOTHIIIIIIING, EXCEPT A VOICE TO USE TO SNIVEL AND CRY ABOUT YOUR EMPTY WALLETS, AND UNVENTURING LIVES
Robert Wayne Nov 13th 2006 3:57PM
This is probably some kind of cheap wine like that ripple stuff that Fred Sanford used to drink on old reruns of "Sanford and Son".