In spite of the title, I really do love wine and food from Italy, France, Germany, and other countries as well.
And who among us can reject a bargain? But I also hate wine and many aspects of the wine scene.
Let me explain my top ten reasons for this love-hate relationship.
Previous articles discussed the unconscionable expense, the embarrassing lack of knowledge, no wine cellar, I can't get the ...
bottle opened, insomnia, food problems, and wine snobs.
This article discusses the smells and tastes of wine.
After more than two years of fairly intensive wine tasting, I am now able to decree more than just a floral nose when facing a white wine.
And I no longer am limited to describing a red wine as fruity.
I can taste the earth in a Pinot Noir, especially when I know that it's a Pinot Noir.
And even more so when my glass is dirty.
As they often say, there are no right answers.
Like hell there are no right answers, sometimes I just can't find them.
Nobody in their right mind would want to drink something that smells like gasoline, or would they? Yes, I know about Riesling.
I almost hope that I'll be served a white wine smelling of gasoline.
I'll be able to identify it as such right off the bat.
What about cat pee? Who would ever want to drink such a concoction? And yet some Sauvignon Blancs...
I just got a great idea for a new grape variety, let's create an offspring of these two stalwarts.
We'll introduce Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc to each other, get them a private dining room in a top of the line restaurant, and nine months or more likely several years later we will have a wine that combines the gustatory qualities of gasoline and cat pee.
With my luck the issue of such a rendez-vous would probably be, floral.
But I am somewhat relieved.
I never liked green pepper in my wine.
Lo and behold, most reviewers and fellow wine lovers seem to share my feelings.
Here are the other reasons that I hate wine, to be explored shortly: Those colors, Home brew, One more problem and yes, The Solution.