How Wine Became Modern

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When you go to buy wine, you are, in some ways making an informed decision about yourself, or the way you're going to come off to others. This is just the common outcome of buying wine: judgement. People have all sorts of tastes, whether they're going to be so specific as how wine is matched with what foods, or what temperature it's served at, or even what sort of vessel it's served from. The point is, people have all sorts of tastes, and wine is nothing but a gleaming example of this habit. Consider just purchasing wine from a restaurant. Depending on the restaurant there will be certain ways you can order wine. There is by the glass, by the half bottle, and by the bottle. Should you ever find yourself in France, you may also notice they have an additional way, which is through ceramic pots called pichets. A pichet is generally equivalent to about four glasses or so. Therein half a pichet is more than a half bottle, and a pichet is often about the size of a full bottle. Anyway, there are these unique ways to order, but what happens when you do. Should you order wine by an individual glass, you'll notice that the price is a lot more reasonable, but also that the glass is brought out to you from the back. It was poured without you as so. In the instance or ordering a half bottle, and especially a full bottle, it's a step up. You get exposed then to a step up of service, which serves as a strong introduction to wine culture. The waiter or waitress will bring the table a set of glasses, and in front of you will uncork the bottle. After doing so they'll offer you the cork as a gesture to smell the aroma of the wine, or even as a keepsake. Next, he or she will pick up the glass of the person who ordered the bottle and they'll pour a sample of the bottle into their glass and their glass only. It is then the taster's cue to sip the wine and decide if it is appropriate for the table. If yes, the wine is divvied up between the group. If no, then the wine is turned away in lieu of another bottle. However, be warned that a restaurant will have a policy in place that may only allow you to turn one bottle away before being paid for its uncorking or for a whole bottle of wine you didn't drink much more than a drop of. It's best not to be particular about it if under a budget. After you've made it through this procedure of wine culture, you're then free to go about your evening with your regular decorum. However, if you don't usually buy wine at a restaurant, it can be helpful to know what you're getting into. Otherwise you may just be offended when the wine is poured to the taster only.


Tiffany is a wine afficionado who prefers to buy wine.

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