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I just read this one… - 6/28/2021 1:07:28 PM

wine247365

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This lesson may have been shared with me from this forum and I followed it when I started hosting parties using my cellar, but I had no idea it’s from at least 1,600+ yrs ago (or 2,000 ish)…

“Everyone brings out the nice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.” John 2:9-10

I wonder how many other wine lessons have been around for many millennia!

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RE: I just read this one… - 6/28/2021 3:46:32 PM

skifree

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What, guests sometimes drink too much? Of course I am never a guest.....

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RE: I just read this one… - 6/28/2021 5:28:59 PM

musedir

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The real secret is to be sober enough to recognize when the host brings out the plonk…

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RE: I just read this one… - 6/29/2021 3:29:46 AM

Sean McGrath

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ORIGINAL: wine247365

I wonder how many other wine lessons have been around for many millennia!

Many, many! Wine is eternal.

"In vino veritas" - Pliny
"Wine prepares the heart for love unless you take too much."-- Ovid

And, back to the Bible, some extremely valuable advice on cellaring: "No one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, 'The old is better.'"

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ORIGINAL: musedir

The real secret is to be sober enough to recognize when the host brings out the plonk…

Hmmm, I might go the other way around for enjoying the evening: the secret is to get enough of the good stuff that you don't notice the plonk.

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RE: I just read this one… - 6/29/2021 4:29:17 AM

BenG

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ORIGINAL: wine247365

“Everyone brings out the nice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.” John 2:9-10

Apparently there were a few complaints that the wine tasted watery.

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