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Entertaining Tips: The Cook's Wine Cellar |
Whenever people find out that I write about wine, the first question is always "Wow. Do you make a living at that?"
The answer, people, is no.
The second question (if I get one and people don't smile knowingly and start discussing the weather) varies, usually with the intellect and sensitivity of the individual. Inevitably, no matter how subtle a conversationalist or how knowledgeable a wine lover, the questioner poses some variation of "So what do you like to drink?"
Which really, most of the time, means "So what do you recommend for me to drink?"
And this is the question that I almost always try to avoid answering ? and always fail miserably, guilt inevitably pushing me to offer some advice, even against my best instincts. It's not that I don't want to be helpful, it's that I'm afraid I can't really be very helpful. Wine is such a subjective thing that even with the time to sit and find out what wines people like and don't like (they usually can't remember), it's hard to make a recommendation.
But people still want them; and in particular, the folks who cook really seem to want them.
So here we go. I'm caving in. I don't know you at all, except for the fact that you like to cook, and you want something to drink with dinner that will go well with food. (read more)
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