Wine as a gift: when should and should not give

Imagine that your brain is connected to a device that converts energy immediately thought of electricity. If you start thinking about some stuff, like “Where touched the car keys” – the effluent barely enough to ensure that energy saving light bulbs blinked dimly China. But if you have a puzzle in front of “what to give for an anniversary Paramonov,” current pressure will be such that it will be a couple of hours to heat the garage.

In general, “that give” – ​​next on the complexity of the issue after the eternal “where do the money” and “why do men throw socks.” Personally, I usually decide it in favor of a good bottle of wine , accompanied by wine accessories and books about wine . And, of course, I have a code of unwritten rules of the wine giver. In it – the list of unaccounted for details about which is better known in advance.

Do not give wine for couples, if you do not know the taste of both

Take, for example, the wife of my friend. Even the rain man could not remember all that she does not eat, drink, or does not use in conventional combinations. Salad “Olivier” she prepared without mayonnaise. Steak – without a bow. From pizza is Neapolitan, it overlooks the martyr pick out anchovies. Meat can only be sliced, in any case not scrolled in a meat grinder. And so on. On that day, taking with him a bottle of excellent Sicilian , I was sure that my offering will be easy to face control at the highest tolerance to the table. And now it turns out that the Italian white also on the list of banned products – along with another half-dozen names. And I wish I took a fleshy red wine from Rioja, her favorite! So do not repeat my mistakes and learn in advance taste of the second half.

Do not give the right wine glasses without

If you give wine neophytes, I suggest a bet: they have no “right” wine glasses – with a large bowl. And there is low capacity crystal wine glasses, which have reached us from the days when to decorate an apartment on the wall hung a carpet, and was banned Dovlatov writer. So in the appendage to the wine glasses set boldly take the correct form. And ask your friends immediately open the box – they should immediately see the crushing superiority over the Soviet Bordeaux glasses ryumanom. Understand the main forms of help videos .

Do not give the wine a wine professionals, connoisseurs and collectors

An avid reader, no difficulty in choosing books for free, but give him a good book – tantalizing. When he came to him with Akunin instead of Laurence Sterne Laurence Sterne, or instead of Franzen , you flub. New wines are appearing every day, almost the same amount as the new books. Keep track of all this diversity – is like tracking stock prices. You have to be “in the subject line” subscribe specialized journals, many try yourself. Therefore, if the recipient of your gift – sommelier, restaurateur, wine collector, do not give him wine. First, make a mistake in the choice, and secondly, it certainly has access to many interesting wines “on their channels.” But it can bestow funky slippers with soles of traffic jams, which recently got my friend to DR sommelier – probably from the wine, which he would be rejected. That is to say, trample under their feet bad taste.

Do not give the wine that was selected on the basis of “expensive, so good”

I remember when I first bought a puppy with his father in the poultry market. Here they are, all the same breed, same size, but behave and, therefore, like a completely different way. Wine in a sense – is also a living substance, to choose him, not investing in its present any personal relationship, only for the price – is fundamentally wrong. It is better to choose a wine of a significant year for the addressee . Or in connection with the place that he wants to visit – good wine, just in Antarctica do not. Give the wine a woman? – You can select a wine farm, which runs the woman. Man? – Take something out of what? High another successful vendetta noble dons in Sicily. You can always find a connection between the individual direct producers of wine and the recipient of your gift. Good wine is still made in small family farms of specific people, it’s the same author’s product, as artisanal furniture or jewelry hendmeyd.

Do not give young wine
Youth, by Omar Khayyam and Horace – this time, “wine, roses and drunken friends.” Enjoying life here and now. This motto is consumed all at once, without discrimination, under any circumstances and for any reason. In violent times, “Wine and Roses” quantity clearly dominates over quality. But a good mature wine can be understood only by an adult, it is intended for a more informed consumer. It is assumed that people will drink it slowly , in a special day in a non-random company. As noted later, Pushkin: Serving the muses can not stand vanity, perfect to be majestic, but we advise youth ado, we are pleased and noisy dream …

Do not give if you have not tried themselves

This last rule can be safely ignored if you are invited to birthdays almost every week. If in between celebrations you’ll also rehearse … But if the schedule of holidays over the air, I recommend you turn to your wish list of wine, which you have brought a short introduction. It is difficult to recommend a film about which you know only of the reviews from critics. In 2009, Oscar was “The Hurt Locker,” but how many people were able to watch it till the end?