Take A Sip of Player 1, The Wine For Gamers
By Jeffrey L. Wilson On 25 Dec, 2009 At 03:23 PM | Categorized As Geek Culture | With 2 Comments

8bitvintners Take A Sip of Player 1, The Wine For Gamers

When one says the word “gamer” what comes to mind? A basement-dwelling loner who spends the majority of his waking hours leveling up? A testosterone-filled jock who high fives the brahs with each successful touchdown? A potential axe-murderer who has let the devil’s playthings consume his soul? All of these stereotypes have hovered over the hobby for some time now, but Mike James looks to add a new one: smooth operator.

A self-professed nerd and wine lover, Mr. James combined his two passions into Player 1, a wine designed for “anyone who spent time trying to save a princess or fit odd shaped blocks together.” His liquid magic comes from fruit grown in choice vineyards within Columbia Valley and Walla Walla Valley, and is aged in a selection of fine cooperage. I’m not quite sure what that means, but it sounds undeniably pimp.

Priced at a reasonable $18 a pop, the bottles feature 8-bit style labels that recall systems of days past. A bottle of Player 1 may not turn you into this, but you can at least pull off this.

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About - Founder and Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey L. Wilson’s love of all things shiny/digital has lead to jobs penning gadget- and video game-related nerd-copy for E-Gear, Laptop, LifeStyler, Parenting, PC Magazine, Sync, Wise Bread, and WWE. Besides overseeing the editorial content at 2D-X.com, the Brooklyn College grad hosts New York City’s monthly Bits and Bytes video game media and public relations meetup. You can find him at a bar sampling foreign beers, or on Twitter doing twittery things.

  • Jimmy Hoffa

    This is so cool, it hurts.

  • http://clodhop.com/ Kerry

    I added red wine to my list of drinks recently, and I’m starting to really enjoy sampling new brands.

    It would be cool if this made it’s way north of the border.