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* ''Earthly Powers'' by Creator/AnthonyBurgess: The protagonist's boyfriend likes to party this sort of talk. "From the north end of the vineyard, where the diabetic tomcat pisses against the wall."

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* Used with craft beer in ''WebComic/DominicDeegan.'' During the "Vacation" arc, Luna revealed she had turned to DrowningMySorrows at [[DarkAndTroubledPast one point in her life,]] and learned to appreciate beer as more than just a vehicle for alcohol.

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** The [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus]] Sabine sometimes taunts her enemies in combat by describing the tasting notes of the LifeEnergy she's [[VampiricDraining draining off them]].
** During the ''Utterly Dwarfed'' arc, one of the vampires working under the High Priest of Hel talks in a similar fashion about the taste of the Orders' blood, whom they'd defeated in combat.
--->'''Vampire:''' ''[drinking Elan's blood] Mmmmm!'' A simple but crisp, bold flavor, perfect for relaxing with friends. Delicious! Are the rest this tasty?\\
[...]\\
'''Vampire:''' ''[now drinking from Haley]'' Oh wow. Subtle, but with so many complex undertones. Seriously, Boss, I can't believe you ate this well on the flight up.

* A ''WebComic/SarahsScribbles'' strip presents a "ThereAreTwoKindsOfPeopleInTheWorld "joke like this, with a snob going on and on about how good the wine is, and Sarah herself saying "Hmm yes, this wine tastes like wine."
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': The [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus]] Sabine sometimes taunts her enemies in combat by describing the tasting notes of the LifeEnergy she's [[VampiricDraining draining off them]].
** Later on, one of the vampires working under the High Priest of Hel talks in a similar fashion about the taste of the Orders' blood, whom they'd defeated in combat.
-->'''Vampire:''' ''[drinking Elan's blood] Mmmmm!'' A simple but crisp, bold flavor, perfect for relaxing with friends. Delicious! Are the rest this tasty?\\

* Parodied in ''The Cat Who Could Read Backwards'', the first book of ''Literature/TheCatWhoSeries''. Qwilleran visits the Press Club, sits down next to Arch Riker and Odd Bunsen, and being permanently off the wagon, orders what is described as his "usual tomato juice." Riker comments that he must be quite the connoisseur of it. In response, Qwilleran runs the glass under his nose, then replies "An unpretentious vintage. Nothing memorable, but it has a naive charm. Unfortunately, the bouquet is masked by the smoke from Mr. Bunsen's cigar. I would guess the tomatoes came from... from Northern Illinois. Obviously a tomato patch near an irrigation ditch, getting the morning sun from the east and the afternoon sun from the west. My palate tells me the tomatoes were picked early in the day--on a Tuesday or Wednesday--by a farmhand wearing a Band-Aid. The Mercurochrome comes through in the aftertaste."