People who know about culture and stuff...come here and settle an argument!

[MumblingRagDoll]

A year ago I bought a set of very nice wine glasses a bit like these from Laura Ashley...I got them on sale and tbh because I don't even DRINK wine, I thought it was nice of me as DH had no decent glasses to have wine and he likes it.

DH thinks I'm an oik because "You just don't drink wine from a red glass" apparently

He says that to see the colour of the wine is part of the "experience" of drinking it.

He's a fecking wine snob...he'l sit there discussing the stuff with his parents and it annoys me.

So. Am I an unclutured oik? Eh? Am I? AIBU to buy red wine glasses?

Lets keep the snobbery out of wine buffery

"MQ - what the hell is "goon"? I've just asked DH and he doesn't know."

A 3 litre bag/box of wine that they sell over there and that most back-packers force themselves to acquire a taste for

trytoloeave, I'm more than happy to judge my own group as well.

Apparently Goon is wine which comes in a silver "bladder"...

Mrs SF - I didn't comment on where you lived - that's patently obvious; in a Parisienne sa-long, dahling - I was commenting on where you were from and as you were being so disparaging about 'the Brits', I deduced, perhaps incorrectly, that you weren't from those isles.

Seriously - don't accuse people of snottiness and poncetacity unless you, yourself are totally willing to disengage from same yourself.

I thought the poncenificent salon was referenced in a methode amusement.

But I am easily influenced by grandeur.

And I'm shit at French.

I theenk some Breeteesh people do not understand ironie Francais, no?

< ow do you do ze Franche accent in text? :o >

Non mon petit choux. I try and be poncey, I fear I might just be dead common. I like wine in a bag.

Yes, wine in a bag saves having to keep unscrewing the tops off bottles. Very time saving, I find. Alors.

Also you can't squeeze a wine bottle to get the last drops out or stab it with an inappropriately large kitchen knife.

You are BU and uncouth.

Drink it from the bottle, with a straw you heathen.

I'm not entirely sure that stabbability is a genuine plus point for for the 'goon', if I'm honest.

I do find that having a very large vase indeed on hand assists in cases of unintentional stabbing, as a Plan B - Decant As Gracefully As Possible. Failing that, a washing up bowl.

I do so enjoy my wine.

The washing up bowl is also a boon to the unwary connoseuir who after imbibing to much 'wine' has a nocturnal accident. From either end.

Yabu. They are horrible.

Ha ha - this thread has given me a great laugh and some of the posts have reminded me that rampant social snobbery is still alive and kicking. Too funny!

So glad to be a member of the hoi polloi,for whom drinking wine with friends is far more important than the shade of the glass it comes in. What a massive effort life sounds for some people if they have to worry about such small things.

OP - enjoy your pretty glasses and stuff what anyone else thinks. If people come to your house and judge you for them, they're so not worth spending time with.

My dad is a long time wine conniseurre (sp) and is in his 70's now.

His conclusion about the best wine, after all these years searching?

"The stuff that doesnt cost and lot and that you like to drink"

My local Asda stocks the washing up bowls intriguingly close to the wine box aisle, with kitchen rolls and bleach inbetween.

What I had previously assumed was irritaing randomness is actually a masterstroke of pre-emptive social and spatial planning.

I must away to the Mart of Doom myself now. I shall report back on my 'goon' selection anon.

I must admit not a fan of red glasses though, purely from an aesthetic pov

I swig wine from the bottle when i'm in the studio ... since a terrible mistake where i swirled my paintbrush in my wine glass instead of my water pot.

Now THAT'S Poncy

My observation is the more a person knows ( really knows) about wine the more down to earth they are about drinking it.

Wine snobbery is more about snobbery than wine.

PortBlack - PMSL!

smash every glass in the house , then he will have to swig from the bottle or a nice tea cup

We have plastic wine glasses... and pint glasses too. Useful for when camping and DH is clumsy so all the glass glasses got smashed.
I've also seen a small child bite through a glass, not pretty, so when DD arrived I started buying plastic replacements.

DH also appreciates his wine, but figures drinking it out of a plastic wine glass is better than drinking it out of a mug. His favourite tipple at the minute also happens to be one of Tesco's cheapest.

I'm a fellow oik. I don't really like wine. I really don't like red wine.
I drink cider (proper cider.) I have some very sweet but very sturdy half pint glasses tankards which I enjoy scouring charity shops for.

Technically he is correct as one of the things that wine experts look for is the colour and clarity of the wine.

However, if he is filling the glasses more than about an inch then he is not allowing enough room for the bouquet, so you may be able to get a little sweet revenge by pointing this out. This is why sommeliers look like they're being stingy with wine measures whereas non-wine specialist waiters will fill your glass up quite full.