You may have read about an Australian Premier, Barry O'Farrell, who recently had to resign for not declaring a bottle of 1959 Penfolds Grange (valued at the time at nearly 3,000 dollars) he received as a gift from Australian Water Holdings Chief executive Nick Di Girolamo. When a thank you note for the bottle from O'Farrell to Di Girolamo was produced, he still professed that he could not recall getting the wine, stating, "I've accepted that I have had a massive memory fail. I still can't explain either the arrival of a gift that I have no recollection of, or its absence, which I certainly still can't explain."
A flood of snarky tweets involving wine, Jesus, and more began to hit Twitter. Here are five of the best #grangegate tweets. Warning: groan-inducing puns ahead.
Out now, the O'Farrell 2014 vintage. Just buy it before 10pm http://t.co/0W67wJLz5H pic.twitter.com/juqjTcSvi7
— news.com.au (@newscomauHQ) April 16, 2014
Is former #NSWPremier #barryofarrell the second coming? #grangegate pic.twitter.com/F3AjTTtcia
— Andy Procopis (@AndyProcopis) April 16, 2014
Anyone who can forget a bottle of 1959 Grange should be sacked anyways, for crimes against wine . #memoryfail
— Amy Cooper (@CocktailAmy) April 16, 2014
Barry O'Farrell: The Lone Granger #nswpol #auspol #grangegate #barryofarrell #icac pic.twitter.com/k2OkToTkZ3
— DA Carter / Spex (@daspex) April 16, 2014
Barry O'Farrell's resignation shows that the Penfolds is mightier than the sword . #auspol cc @leighsales
— Alex Millier (@alexmillier) April 16, 2014
