Wine Incomprehension
Posted on April 10, 2005
This morning we met up with some friends for a picnic in the park. One friend was entertaining his ex-boss for the day, the head sommelier for the Maldives Hilton in town to help put together a wine list for the Tokyo Hilton. Yes, they fly people around the world to put together wine lists. I'm as shocked as you are. Conversation about wine petered out before we got to the park when I jokingly commented on the AM PM's remarkable selection of chilled Suntory reds, which didn't go across as well as I thought it should have. In fact, if anyone has a time machine they don't mind me borrowing, I could really use it for the day. I promise not to alter any major events in history, but I would like to go back to my wine comprehension class and actually pay attention this time.
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Sommeliers get paid big, big bux. Startlingly big bux.
I can't handle 95% of red wines. Something in them (sulfites or otherwise) gives me a pounding headache and makes my face swell up like a balloon. Only takes half a glass or so.
::posted by: Erik at April 11, 2005 12:36 AM
I know a few people that can't take red wines. It's so common it has its own acronym RWH (Red Wine Headache).
When I'm shopping for wine alone I always come home with a red, despite rarely finishing the bottle. We have a vast assortment of Australian "we'll keep it for cooking" wines in the pantry.
::posted by: mhegge at April 11, 2005 11:03 PM
