Demea wrote:
nyopo wrote:
If you want something classy to enjoy over a long period of time get a bottle of port or cognac.
What person have you ever met that liked port or cognac when they were 21? I contend that such a person does not exist.
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If you want something to share with your girlfriend get a bottle of ice wine.
WTF is "ice wine?" Is that like
this?!
1. I loved port and cognac (and brandy and muscat) when I was 21. But my parents started me off with half a finger of wine in a sherry glass once a week at the dinner table when I was 13. And a few sips out of their stronger liquor glasses every now and then at the same age. By the time I was in my late teens I was having a teeny glass of my own liquor whenever my parents had some. They also drank beer, and offered me sips of it, but I never developed a taste for it. No matter what microbrew, or "premium" my family or friends ever offered me, one taste assured me I didn't want it. I did develop a taste for different types of beer breath on my partner, though!
I recommend this method of child-raising, since I unconsciously learned to drink alcohol for taste's sake, than for getting drunk. When I got to uni I was totally flabbergasted by almost everyone else around me going crazy on the "new" freedom to drink: which meant to drink until blind drunk. I'd estimate 1/3 of first years dropped out at the end of the first semester because they totalled themselves so regularly.
2. Ice wine is from grapes grown in the snow. The grapes freeze, and the ice crystals separate out the water from the rest of the grape juice, if you pick and smoosh the grapes REALLY quickly. The resultant concentrated grape juice makes wine that is very sweet, very fruity, flavourful, and strong.
Edited, Sep 8th 2011 6:34am by Aripyanfar