Italian wine labels make little sense

Wine:

Fontaleoni Vernaccia Di San Gimignano

Grape:

Vernaccia

Country:

Italy

Region:

Tuscany

Location (while drinking): 

A bar

Activity (while drinking): 

A game

Impression:

The wine tastes sharp, never settles. It's like a plane that lands only briefly and takes off again - like Maverick in top gun when he goes back for Cougar.  All Cougar could think about was his kids.

Food?

Yes; avocado salad (a whole avocado in fact) and blueberry pie WITH ICE CREAM.

The Scene: 

Wine Allergic Girlfriend and I at the local watering hole where Former-Housemate Extraordinaire holds a monthly quiz night.   I've alway wanted to be better at quiz night (or any trivia game) than I am.  I realize trivia is not a measure of smarts per se, but it sure seems that way when you're around a trivia whiz.  They just seem knowledgeable.  

At the table next to us--also playing the quiz--a man in a wheelchair has some sort of aid dog.  He is not blind, but the dog is most definitely in the seeing-eye dog class.   The dog wears a vest on which is stitched this notice: "Please do not pet me - I am at work."  I have never wanted to pet a dog more in my life.

One of the recurring quiz question types is the Balderdash question.  Chad gives a word for which each team needs to make up a definition.  Along with the real definition mixed in, he reads all our definitions aloud.  Then each team votes on which definition we think is the real one.   You get a point if you guess the correct definition.  But then you also get a point if other teams vote for your made up definition.   The word Chad gives is Myriander.   

Our team--Sushi Grade--defines the word as "an ancient Greek weapon similar to a trebuchet, designed to launch a multitude of arrows."  It’s the "similar to..." language that I think is going to get us the votes.   Chad reads out the definitions.   I can't remember all of them, but some gems include:

• Someone who designs labyrinths
• The path Bilbo Baggins takes from his house to the pub
• Consisting of 10,000 men
• Someone who wanders off course

Most definitions involved something to do with meandering, whereas we took our inspiration from the slightly less obvious myriad. Sadly, no one tried to do anything relating to coriander.

Our approach worked and we got a number of teams to go for the greek arrow slinger.   No one guessed the correct definition of Myriander--consisting of 10,000 men.   This seemed the most improbable to me because how often do you need something consisting of that many people?  So much that you need a special word for it?   Like you find yourself often enough going, "Hey there Sampson, I am putting together a hunting party consisting of 10,000 men -- damn I wish there was another way of saying that!"