| Transforming your Wine Cellar from Boring to Voila |
| 15 February 2014 |
Quite often when I go to house parties, I am branded as the wine expert due to the nature of my business. I am the guy who knows wines best, well that’s what the guest who has invited me thinks!
The bottles of wine served during the course of the evening often come to me first for comments. Many a times the guest invites me to take a look at the bottle collection they have stored either in a wine cellar or more often in their store room or closet. Most of the time, these are bottles that have been collected when they are traveling and bought generally in duty free. I truly appreciate the gesture but more often than not I find the selections unexciting.
Well I don’t blame them. Let me draw a parallel of me being in a similar situation where if a fine watch importer comes to my place and I show him my regular watch selection, it would be disappointing for him considering what he sees on a daily basis for which I would have no access to, no knowledge about or would have to spend a great deal of money to acquire it.
I don’t want to be misunderstood and sound cocky. I love the fact that my hosts are super enthusiast about their wines and try to get good wines as per their wine knowledge and availability. But they can get much better wines with some basic rules and guidance. I also want to add that, I have tried some truly exceptional wines at several of my friend’s places who take great pleasure in learning and acquiring these wines – just because they are passionate about the wine and the subject. |
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