A curious - nay, downright misleading - headline on a dubious story, which reeks of wine industry self-serving. In my experience - supplemented by ample evidence of the best kind, i.e. anecdotal - women who buy red wine tend towards musclebound Australian shiraz of barely drinkable pungency (I've even known one or two who were addicted to 'sparkling Shiraz' - sorry, but there it is...). The women I know who favour white wine tend to have more taste and discernment - though, like most of the population, they too have a tendency toward buying Australian rather than, as any sane person would, French. As the great Bryan Appleyard has remarked, after forgetting his own rule and suffering the consequences, Only Drink French Wine* (argh, my head hurts). And, as the great Al Murray, pub Landlord, ordains: 'White wine for the lady.'
* I'd make an exception for certain South American reds.
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ReplyDeleteWho would have thought a journalist (of all people) would spout such utter garbage on the subject of wine? Are you attempting to keep the good stuff to yourself? Ha ha.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't let my partner within a mile of any booze aisle, as like a feeble moth she is drawn towards such things as shiny labels
ReplyDeleteThese days the gals seem to all drink rose. Blossom Hill and the Gallo one. Nasty.
ReplyDeleteGood champagne if it's white grapes. But when it comes to red: Pommard, Volnay, Gevrey-Chambertin. I lived in Burgundy, what can I say? Light wines they are not, but divine? Bien sur.
ReplyDeleteGawd yes, the 'blush' wines - targeted straight at the ladies (god bless 'em)...
ReplyDeleteDivine Burgundy indeed Susan - the whites as well as the reds...
ReplyDeleteand why not keep heading south across the Pyrenees and try a wonderful Rioja - the 2004 Muga comes up well at about twenty quid - twelve Euros in the land of it's birth
ReplyDeleteProtest I must.
ReplyDeleteBarolo.
Bardolino.
Gaja.
Where the Dreams have no End.
Brachetto d'aqui.
The nation that produces Europe's finest cars and women was bound to produce some of its finest wines.
If the French are so clever at wine production how come they called upon the Aussies to extract them from deep doo-doos.
When I say French, I mean of course French, Spanish or Italian (hem hem) - tho I think if you're drinking out, esp if it's pub wine, stucking to French is a v sound rule.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget the north south divide Nige, knocking back wine, no matter what its origin, in pubs up t'north is considered an offence or worse, effetus.
ReplyDeleteMalty: Amarone. I do love that one and just spent $16/glass in a NY resto for some. Yum.
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