On Thursday 10 Nov 2011 8:48:11 am Chew Lin Kay wrote: > In short, > should I drink my Sula 2004 chenin blanc, or use it as window cleaner? > I would drink it simply because I can't tell one wine from another. French, American, Australian, Italian, Spanish or Egyptian. It's all hooch and I genuinely believe that the vast majority of people who extol the virtues of wines are pretending because there is a degree of envy and admiration for what is thought to be the height of good culture - that is "Wine appreciation" and a person who can't play the game is afraid that he will be considered a boor.
In Indian culture (no not westernized elite culture) booze is about terrible taste but getting high. There is no traditional Indian alcohol preparation that can be accused of having a flavor or aroma that would have groups of connoisseurs discussing fine points about place of birth and caste hierarchy of grapes. Just drink it. If you like it, nothing to be ashamed of. If you don't, just spit it out. shiv
