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The Wonderful World of the Wine Glass
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Summary:
The wine glass is a frequently mis-understood and severely underrated tool of the wine consumption trade. This brief, humorous article with illuminate and educate in an effort to hoist this icon of pleasure up to.....well....something thatīs pretty high. |
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So, you"ve come to realize that your home is in one of the premier wine regions in the country. You begin to make the rounds to the various wineries, engage in wine tasting and develop a cultured palate for the stuff. Over time you begin building a wine collection and consider yourself somewhat knowledgeable on the topic. Family and friends turn to you when it comes time to select a wine for a particularly well thought out meal or event. You have become the very image of refinement and sophistication. You ascend from the depths of your wine cellar with a choice bottle of merlot, selected for its unusually productive and climatically sound year, and the fact that it has been aged in French oak to lend the myriad of peppery flavors to accent the meal. Uncorking the bottle, you smile with a confident satisfaction. You turn to the credenza and bring over a silver tray filled with glasses. Not just any glasses, but mugs adorned with the logos of your favorite National Hockey League teams. Oh, the horror. Your guests have been insulted and leave in utter disgust. Your wife faints with a mournful groan and a dramatic flourish of her arm and the dog relieves himself in your favorite slippers. You have revealed yourself as an uncultured heathen; a veritable barbarian.
Could this tragedy have been avoided? Sure it could. Had you taken but a few moments and learned of the virtuous nature of the well-developed wine glass, this ugly matter might never have happened. Fortunately for you, we will start your wine glass education here and now, before it"s too late. Before you begin an irreversible, irretrievable journey into the dark depths of what we now know is a disease. A disease called Vitis Vinifera Ignoramus. It"s too awful to even contemplate.
First, we will have a look at prices. Since you are still in the infantile stages of wine glass appreciation, you should start with a more inexpensive glass, since breaking them is common. In that vein of thought, you should also be mindful to purchase a higher number than those you intend for immediate use or entertaining. Also, if you consider a home-based wine-tasting event, perhaps with other members of your Hells Angels chapter, you might want to have enough glasses to provide several for each participant. The experience of comparing wines with regard to color and bouquet will surely bring delight to your friends as they reflect back on the moment, roaring down the road on their Harley hogs.
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