January 30, 2006
2006 Wine Expo
You probably missed it, but this past weekend was the 2006 Boston Wine Expo.
I try my best to go to these things, so I can wear a suit, get ripped and say the darndest drunkard things. But it’s cute because everyone is formally dressed and the glasses are-a-clinking. It’s a cacophony of glass, gargle and swish.
It’s also cool that you can spit the wine in a big ‘ole bucket, much like a punch drunk pugilist in between rounds. You don’t get woozy from left hooks and right crosses, but from Merlot and Cabs and Gris, oh my!
Is there anything worse that a wine connoisseur?
Don’t tell me what I should and shouldn’t drink. I’ll drink milk with ice with this cow’s hind quarter if I want!
Mmm, that’s good, or hey that’s really good - are the only acceptable responses with wine. Unless it’s vinegar, at which point - hey this dressing is great! - will suffice.
Here’s a story…
My aunt, a few years ago, was at a nice restaurant on Nantucket. She ordered fish of some species (probably a cod) and she ordered a glass of Chardonnay. To which the waiter responded in the most pretentious tone of tones: “I will bring you a glass of wine, but it will not be Chardonnay.” He then left the table in a huff.
Wow. It’s a fun story, but it saddens me to know there are people like this out there… the same that attend the Wine Expo with any other agenda than getting a buzz on b4 they hit the clube.
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