the history channel

[Thomas]

So, this guy comes into is-wine for the first time--knows next to nothing about the product but is willing to learn. At one point he blurts out a question: "what's this stuff about the wines of Iran?"

Having once lived in Tehran for two years I was surprised and perplexed; I thought maybe someone had told him. I asked why he asked the question.

He says that the history channel had a piece about Iran that inlcuded this information:

The Iranians grew a grape called shiraz, but the Shah of Iran hated it so he had it pulled up. Some enterprising businessmen took the grape to France about thirty years ago where they planted it and made it flourish.

This is all wrong information, of course, and I can only assume that either he did not understand the history channel message or the history channel he watched was actually named the histrionic channel.

This is why television does not exist in my household--seems to warp all understanding, not to mention information...