A Little Smile.....

[Sqad]

The threads concerning...." what are you eating tonight?"..."what are your drinking?" always, or almost always, includes the date of bottling e.g 2014 etc.
The wines described are invariably "Bog standard " wines, so what difference does the bottling date matter?

"Showing off?"...."Pretentiousness?"....or perhaps both?

[bookbinder]

I suppose it's because someone has (apparently) shown some interest in what others are doing, so the 'others' give them all the information that will satisfy that interest.

[Mamyalynne]

I suppose there could be a few reasons - maybe to distinguish it from another year when that wine wasn't on form?


I don't read the small print, just open and pour.

[237SJ]

Maybe because the fact that the year is on the bottle means the wine is vintage and some people think vintage means Posh.

[Sqad]

:-) that is the diplomatic answer bookbinder, whether it is the BEST ANSWER remains to be seen.

[Sqad]

mamy....."bog standard wine" is "bog standard" whether it is 2014 or 2002.

Nah!...........pretentiousness.

[Mamyalynne]

I always fly first class, usually after a glass or two of my bog standard wine.

[maggiebee]

Don't think anyone would ever be interested in my chicken salad and cup of tea lol. Allergic to alcohol so what you've never had you don't miss as they say.

[Answerprancer]

Yeah well my Casillero del Diablo is a 2013 vintage so ...ner!

[237SJ]

Casillero Del Diablo Carmenere is really nice.

[ummmm]

I just look at the percentage :-)

[Mamyalynne]

My Mother told of a lady she worked with in the mill, always swanking.

One morning she arrived flapping and looking wan, when asked - she said 'Oh I feel awful, I think it was the Veuve Clicquot' - quick as a shot Mum replied 'You shouldn't come to work if you have a tropical disease, we'll all catch it'.

[Prudie]

I find everything about wine pretentious - hints of blackberry, a touch of cherry and a nod to the smoky flavour of plums coated in chocolate shavings roasted over oak leaves. But that's probably because it doesn't do much for me except make me sleepy.

[Sqad]

Mamy ^^^^ LOL

[ummmm]

Prudie - you need to drink it faster :-)

[Sqad]

\\\\\But that's probably because it doesn't do much for me except make me sleepy.\\\\......and randy.

[stuey]

I much prefer a single malted scotch to a double malted milk shake.

[Sqad]

A little story for you:

We never had wine at home and i was first introduced to it at Med School.

The first year I attended the Hockey Club dinner and sat next to Prof Francis Camps, the Home Office pathologist who was involved in the 10 Rillington Place murders. I had swatted up on my wines and guided the conversation to that subject. Prof Camps asked me which wine i preferred and i replied authoritatively................Blue Nun . Sir!........................LOL..LOL

When he got home i would have presumed that when his wife said "Have you had a good time darling", he would have relied "I sat next to this t1t who told me that his favourite wine was "Blue Nun"........LOL.......LOL

[-Talbot-]

Mamyalynne
I don't read the small print, just open and pour.


OMG, Mamya ... even with a red?
How very dare you!