Who's the donkey now?

After a long week at work or at life in general, there are some moments when you find yourself trying too hard to please too many people, stretched too far to the limits, and then you want to just take it easy.  Lucky for you, there's a wine for that!  And you won't believe the name.   It's "Ass Kisser" find red wine by Rocland Estate.  The cheeky name matches the full bodied wine. It's berried, slightly spicy, slightly oaked, and there's just a twinge of caramel flavor in there for the finish.  It's a South Australian table wine from the Barossa Valley.  It's the lowest rung in the ladder of wines from Rocland, and just slightly below the ratings of their finer wines (rated 90+) at a comfortable rating in the upper 80's.   After tasting the "kiss", I agree, it's an 88!   Mine was a 2007 blend of petit verdot, grenache, shiraz and mataro.  $13 in Delaware wine store.  But, wait, there's more!  If wine is not your thing, there are also "Ass Kisser " ales.   It's co-branded with the wine, but brewed domestically in California.  The Vanilla Pale Ale sounds intriguing to me.  Not sure I would mix those two elements together myself but I would definitely expect a kicked up flavor combo like this from an ale with such a name.  "XOXO".