Wine
Wine, the Luxuriant Centrepiece
Glasses, grasped by the hands of both the pauper and the king: it has been so from the earliest days of civilization; indeed, the very liquid is to some extent the maker of civilization. From the lips of the drinkers, myths, legends, folklore and philosophy have flowed. Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans alike built a lifestyle from this very commodity. Thus from a vine, the rich, aromatic, opulent language of man has grown.
Demystifying Wine Etiquette: Why Less is More
There was a young man who was visually debonair and moved as sleekly as his well-greased hair. He invited a lady out on a date and they sat down in nothing but grace and elegance. When the waiter approached the table the young man took it upon himself to impress his second date to be. He asks, ‘May we order a bottle of the house red?’, only for the waiter to return minutes later with a bottle of tomato ketchup and says, ‘This is our finest brand of red, Sir’.