Every now and then I spot it from across the room. A bright colored lable maybe. A familiar lable amoungst unfamiliar, yes.

A real corker on Wall Street, 64-gallon bottle of wine. Brandan Keil, New York Post. January 19, 2007. Here's a bottle of red that can quench the thirst of Billy Joel, and half of Long Island, to boot. The world's biggest wine bottle - weighing in at 1,300 pounds and containing nearly 64 gallons - was unveiled on Wall Street yesterday. At 6-foot-5, the bottle - which hails from Western Australia - was the centerpiece of a show featuring all things from Down Under and part of a marketing effort dubbed "G'day USA: Australian Week." The Guinness Book of World Records named the bottle of Shiraz, which bears the label Five Virtues, the world's largest in 2005. The towering container, which contains the equivalent of 387 regular-size bottles, is a joint venture among wineries from Western Australia.

So here is my opportunity to welcome everyone to the New Year and wish everybody a prosperous 2007. If you know me, you know I stay away from the predictable. So , what better way to start out 2007 but with an update of DBB's most anticipated film, Manolete. If you frequent this site, you'll know that I'm all up on this film. I surf the internet looking for the latest on its progress. I did find a new unofficial trailer, which includes a memorable scene with Penelope Cruz eating an Apple (lucky apple). Scheduled to be released in Spain on August 29th, 2007, 60 years to the day of Manolete's death, the film debuts in the US two month after that. My goal this year is to attend the premiere in Los Angeles on October 4th. What better birthday present for a aficionado living in SoCal is there.

For those of you wondering why make this my first post of 2007. I wanted to take the opportunity to refocus the existence of darkbrownbuckets.com. I noticed part of 2006, DBB drifted from the main blog content. DBB is primarily a blog of Toros. I pledged to myself to make it more of a Taurine Portal on the web in 2007. Secondly, DBB does wine. It's our passion and second to Toros in importance when considering my/our vices. Also, I love my Futbol so DBB will continue with periodic updates on Newcastle, Palermo or Real Betis. In 2007 I will also dig into my musical interest and post more on Flamenco and the interesting culture which surrounds this lifestyle in Spain as well as my corner of the world, Chula Vista. Now just because I've pointed out these four interests does not mean I will let a silly ass video or our dumb ass President's latest blunder go unnoticed. I just vow to expand the quality of Toros, Vino, Futbol and Flamenco content. Besides, W. has the whole year to make more of an ass out of himself.

So with that I say welcome to 2007, go buy a good bottle of Rioja, kick back and watch a good soccer game. BTW, GO CHARGERS. That's my official bandwagon jump on effort!

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