It is Christmas time and all of Singapore is lit up and ready for the season of cheer and merry making. So, to get into the "spirit" (pun unintended), I tagged along with my new best friend to the mall to buy some wine. So there we were in front of shelves filled with madira (for the enlightenment of my international audience - this is what the gods in India call alcohol) of every type known to man.
There were rows of different brands of Red Wine, White Wine (it beats me why it is called white wine when it is actually kind of yellow in colour, it reminds me of something else, but I shall refrain from mentioning it here as this is a genteel blog and I will not have anything crude appearing in it), Ice Wine (I told SM in all innocence that I am sure it is a printing mistake, they meant "Rice Wine" and all I got for my pains was a dirty look), Pink Wine, Champagne (Note: Did you know that only wine made in the region of Champagne in France can be called Champagne, see I am not just a pretty face you know, smirk, smirk), beer, whisky (Note : Only Whisky made in Scotland can be called Scotch Whisky) and there also happens to be Dry Wine ( I asked SM why is called Dry wine, she says because it leaves you dry, I pictured myself left out to dry on a clothesline, it is quite possible that such a thing will happen if I drink, cause my mom will wash me... (this is actually a literal transalation of a hindi phrase 'Dho Dala' which means to clean throughly but is used as slang to convey 'that the person was throughly thrashed ').
Before you start questioning whether I am an alcoholic let me clarify that my General Knowledge happens to be good, just because I know so much about Alcohol does not make me an Alcoholic, yours truly is a teetotaller, though enjoys an occasional glass of Port Wine. Just because I know about the ocean does not make me a fish, you know, same logic... but I digress, where as I, Ah, buying wine...
So there we were like two giddy school girls giggling away to glory as we looked at the spirits on display. SM wanted to buy some wine for the upcoming Christmas dinner and was looking for something special.
She finally settled on the Pink Wine and what do you think was the dealmaker ?
- the fact that it was bottled in 2005, thus making it a five year old wine...nope (another bit of gyaan, apparently the older the wine the better, I told SM this and she shot it down saying "I don't think it really matters, I have had really old wine and it tasted like piss". I didn't say this SM did, you are welcome to ask her your smart alec question like "Oh, so you tasted piss ah ?" and I will let her unleash her kung fu skills on you.
-the fact that the printing was smudged, showing that it was indeed stored in a deep, dark cellar, somewhere...nope
-the fact that it was reasonably priced... nope...to be honest it was quite expensive for a small bottle...
-the fact that it came from some fancy vineyard, in the heart of France... nope
Give up already ???
Ok, I will let out the secret, she bought that bottle of wine because it was PINK WINE and thought it was CUTE :-)
Nice post..bit of gyan...Noblest wine is Cabernet Sauvignon (red wine ) while Chardonnay which is sweet wine is the most populat white wine in the world... if venue is vegetrain try Soft or light red wine ...if u having patsa try light fruity red ...for Indian Food you should Shiraz...red meat must order red wine (heavier )...for more details when u come to India read chap 25 from my MBA portion ...its all abt wines :P
ReplyDeleteThe secret also reminds me of how you purchased ur blackberry...mayb you should write a post abt it :P
ReplyDelete@ Div...thanks for the gyaan..tera MBA course kaafi interesting lag raha hai :-p
ReplyDeleteand yes will write about it someday...how much we giggled that day...god so embarassing though :)