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It all started so innocently.

This past cold and snowy Monday, @coolchardonnay tweeted to @benchwineguy: “Noticed your new avatar. How are the little buds doing today?”

And @benchwineguy replied: “They are cold and scared today, just like me.”

So @coolchardonnay sent the following: “We are sending our warmest wishes to all our little buds in Niagara today.”

Pleasant enough little Twitter exchange. One of the really nice things about Twitter, in fact.

Then, one of the really amazing things about Twitter happened.  Someone else joined in the conversation. That person was @RemyCharest, and all heck broke loose.

His first offering, at 12:49pm, was: “So I see you guys are all buddy buddy. #viticulturalpuns”

And at 12:56pm @coolchardonnay responded: “We are best buds.” And then it really took off.

12:57pm     @RemyCharest       And we’ll LEAF it at that.

1:03pm       @coolchardonnay   VINE by me.

1:05pm       @benchwineguy     It was almost like you two planned that?!

1:11pm       @RemyCharest       Not planned, but as you know, these viticultural things tend to happen in a ROW.

1:13pm       @coolchardonnay   Good answer! Guess that TIES it all up.

1:15pm       @benchwineguy     Cute … I wonder just how long you can continue this?

(Do I sense a challenge?)

1:18pm       @coolchardonnay   Afraid I’ve got a lot of other things to PLOUGH through. I’m BURIED!

1:22pm       @RemyCharest      Very busy too, but I’m pretty WIRED now!

1:26pm       @coolchardonnay   Good one. I’m DIGGING this.

1:40pm       @RemyCharest       Leaving hotel and wifi. Will POST more as soon as possible.

1:43pm       @coolchardonnay   CATCH you later.  (That ‘post’ pun almost slipped by me!)

2:04pm       @benchwineguy     Nice … I have to go to work now … one of us has to make sure these viticultural terms are put to use.

(Ouch!)

3:08pm       @coolchardonnay   Oh SHOOT! Maybe later.

And then Tuesday morning, before @coolchardonnay had her first coffee, the guys were back at it.

7:06am       @RemyCharest      Yeah, I’ve got nothing more to POST, sorry.

7:21am       @benchwineguy    You mean to say you can’t “MUST”er up any more ideas?

(Yes, he was straying from viticultural puns into oenological puns, but they are pretty cool too!)

7:25am       @RemyCharest      I got discouraged. Didn’t think anyone was ROOTING for me anymore.  

7:30am       @benchwineguy     And the winner by a NOSE is @RemyCharest

But @coolchardonnay couldn’t leave it alone.

12:40pm     @coolchardonnay   I’ve got a BUNCH more! There is still a lot of GROUND to COVER.

And here comes the best one of all …

5:17pm       @RemyCharest      Was that a POMACE or a threat?

5:30pm       @coolchardonnay   You win. That’s the best yet. What a FERTILE mind. (Of course, a little BS helps.)

5:49pm       @benchwineguy     LOL. That is the best one yet. Well done @RemyCharest.

We’re done (maybe) but if you are feeling inspired, TUCK in and tweet away, and don't HOEld back.  Just remember to use the #viticulturalpuns hashtag so we can PICK our favourites.

Comments

[Sherry]

Fabulous post and clever repartee. Had me giggling right through. The Niagara version of the Algonquin round table lives!