Comments on: No More Veritas In Vino?

By: Mad William Flint

Mad William Flint — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:16:18 +0000

I have precisely zero patience with “rules” about pairing wine and food.

As for knowing about wine, I just kept a list. Every once in a while I’d try one that I liked or disliked and I wrote it down. There are now several dozen and I’ve noticed the correlation (like: Wow it’s not my imagination that 2003s seem to be really something special.)

It’s definitely worth it since you’re actually collecting the information anyway, might as well keep it.

By: wavemaker

wavemaker — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:25:15 +0000

Bravo for you Kate - the whle cork sniff thing is baloney in the first place. It is intended solely to insure off the bat that the bottle isn't rancid (as happens when, say, the cork is bad and air has assaulted the wine). So sniffing the cork is just ritual for the self-impressed. And the whole swish-and-sip thing is also rigamarole. If the bottle is bad, it's all bad, so the swish-and-sip only allows YOU to discover its spoilation before your friends do too. It has been my practice for 25 years to instruct the waiter to skip the cork and taste and just pour the first glass for everyone, leaving the rest (if any) for us to serve ourselves. I despise wine snobs. wavemaker's last blog post..On Hubris and Hyperbole

By: infidel

infidel — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:28:39 +0000

Hi Kate,I dont like white wine so when Im in a place the waiter acts like its the end of the world because I didnt order the “correct wine” as the late great chef Justin Wilson put it ” the kind of wine you like is the correct wine” how true,quess I will stick with pissing of the waiters lol

By: Venomous Kate

Venomous Kate — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:43:56 +0000

I like that, too. I’ve never appreciated the attitude that I “have” to order a particular wine with a particular meal. It’s a beverage, for chrissakes, which means it should be perfectly fine for me to order whatever I feel like.

Most often, like you, that’s a Riesling or sometimes a Gewürztraminer. Reds give me migraines, too.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:41:22 +0000

Blast let me try this again – maybe I won’t be so fumble fingered as to lose the comment. Heh.

I drink only white wine because of my migraines. So I stick with a table Riesling if they have it, otherwise I get Pinot Grigio or Savingon Blanc (sorry if that’s spelled wrong – can’t ever remember it). I refuse Chardonnay because I dislike the taste. Lately “dry Riesling” has been a big thing – I really like it. (I seldom say that about alcoholic beverages of any kind).

I will never be a wine expert – but I really enjoy the wine column in the Wall Street Journal every Friday – it makes wine more fun and less like an annoying hobby for people with too much money. The people (Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher) who write the column also wrote a book which I want to get. They often talk about less expensive wines, how to order wine in a restaurant, and all the other things the big “wine” drinkers do. Mostly they say – try different wines and find some you enjoy, have fun! I like that.