"Pansy" Wine Launched For Australian Gays

matcom

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Fri Nov-12-04 07:29 AM
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"Pansy" Wine Launched For Australian Gays

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A NEW Zealand wine company will launch a new wine labelled Pansy targeted at Australia's gay community.

Kim Crawford Wines says the Sydney gay community drinks around $NZ4.5 million ($4.05m) worth of wine a month.

"Pansy is about friendship, kindness and generosity of the human spirit," company founder Erica Crawford said of her product.

Pansy was originally devised as a way of thanking gay friends in the hospitality industry, Crawford said.

"It's just been a bit of fun. It's actually a thank you to them, we have had great support from the gay community."

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11363578%255E13762,00.html

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Kurovski

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Fri Nov-12-04 07:37 AM
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1. In the early 80's, someone once gave me a piece of candy from Australia

Shaped like a band-aid, the wrapper portraying two children skipping down a lane.

It was called Queer-aid.

I still have the damn thing somewheres.

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demnan

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Fri Nov-12-04 08:29 AM
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2. Hmmmm

I don't know. I would guess some gay people would take offense at the name. I know that (my cat) Lily's sister's name was Pansy but got adopted by a gay man and he changed her name.

We had a dog named Pansy when I was little, but the term wasn't really used the same way it is today.

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Kurovski

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Fri Nov-12-04 08:50 AM
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3. But apparently little offense will be taken in Australia. nt

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joeybee12

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Fri Nov-12-04 08:53 AM
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4. My roommate in college started using the term ad naseum (he was gay,

and so am I). Everyone--gay and straight, got sick of the term quite quickly. It has sort of a negative undertone, but that might not be the case down under, and it sounds like the company surely doesn't mean it that way.

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