[Magdalen] Coffee Cups vs Wine Glasses

[Scott Knitter]

My sometimes overly controlling partner chides me for holding a wine
glass by the bowl, as one's hand warms the wine. I sometimes comply
and switch to holding it by the stem, but at other times I tell him I
believe we're free, in this country, to warm our wines if we like.

I'm not a wine-taster; he sometimes exclaims that a wine he's drinking
has strong notes of Bing cherry and wet leaves (or something), and I
typically follow up by tasting a sip of my wine and saying it's got a
definite note of fermented grape, with an alcohol finish. Or "notes of
grape juice, fresh asphalt, and a bit o' the old farm." Just to see
him scowl.

He likes to include the term "fruit-forward." So when he tastes a
wine, sometimes I'll immediately ask, "Is it fruit-forward? Is it?" or
"That's because it's made from fruit, dear."

On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 10:26 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> I realized, reading this, that I never hold a wine glass by the stem, but
> always by the bowl. And I, too, was taught that you shouldn't look at the
> liquid while you're carrying it; otherwise it's more likely to slosh and
> spill.

-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA