to think if you only drink white zinfandel...

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...you should take it with you when you visit someone's house?

Friend of a friend seems scandalised that I don't have any. I've never heard of it. No rose, but white, red, gin, vodka, lots of lovely soft drinks and mixers.

Gin galore, gorgeous glasses, ice made out of lime juice and frozen blueberrys.

I'd never complain. I'd take a drink for myself and take the host something. Feck all but a sour face.

I could have popped the shops in the time it's taken me to google what it is and write this. I'm feeling evil so I won't.

Is it fantastic? Am I missing out?

Chardonnay is a girls name. Brut Merlot for a boy.

I reckon cheeky cah will have long arms / be armswinging if she ever came again. I'm sure she feels like I should now know what to get her (more likely to get a kick up the arse). It was a last minute call asking if she could bring so and so. She was OK but our values are too different for us to be friends. I'm sure we both feel this way. We can bumble along if we need to for the sake of our mutual friend.

The guest was of course rude if she was truly "scandalised" by the wine on offer. Being a gracious guest is as important as being a gracious host. But of course, this thread has brought out all the wine snobs.

At least it gives me the opportunity to post my favourite Thurber cartoon about wine snobbery.

I quite like it as a sweet chilled drink on a summer evening even though I'm a definite red only drinker the rest of the time. She was rude though.

Reminded me of this:
Enough said

Your guest sounds a complete pain. If you know you only like a certain drink you take that with you, plus a bottle for the host.

Your drinks selection sounds fab and why oh why have I never thought of making lime juice ice cubes, thanks for that OP, they are going in the freezer pronto!

Please give me really simple step by step instructions on how to make those ice cubes in words of one syllable please. I need to buy those glasses and drink gin out of them with the fancy ice but I don't quite understand - are the blueberries in the ice cubes or separate?

Op your party sounds awesome. Send me an invite next time...?!

I got called snobbish for freezing raspberries, grapes and slices of lemon/lime for drinks -the grapes go in white wine so they don't water it down... But I've never thought of blueberries. Or lime juice cubes. Genius.

The standing joke here is that I/we will only drink nz wine. This is slightly true. In that when last in nz I went a bit nuts and ordered a lot of wine. So I now only drink nz wine because we have so bloody much of it.

Disclaimer. Other wines are available.

Step 1. I bought ice stick trays from £land.
Step 2. Used a lemon juicer on slightly past it limes - half a lime fills one stick. You could add water but I don't.
Step 3. Put in freezer
Step 4. When frozen, I move to a plastic tub.

You could freeze blueberries or fruit in the ice trays. I thread past it blueberries onto small wooden kebab sticks so I can squeeze the juice out against the side of the glass. I like the lime and blueberry combo, I'm sure there are much nicer ones. I also make lemon ones which I have with soda water. Tonic water seems more like a drink, drink.

I can't see that video on my phone. I'll need to find my tablet.

I love frozen raspberries with lime too.

I love a cheeky NZ Sauvignon Blanc.

im also jealous of your lovely glasses.

we don't have any really lovely ones. Mine are lovely because they hold wine, (but on some days i could drink wine from a jam jar...)

Who doesn't (apart from your friend) love a cheeky NZ SB? nothing nicer.

F of F turned down Oyster Bay, I could drink the whole bottle, no bother. Never met NZ SB I didn't like.

Lovely glasses are a recent thing. I love my stemless wineglasses.

I am going to make lovely ice cubes for my diet coke drinks now!

I love diet coke with lime, hate watery drinks, love it cold!

In reality, I have drunk a bottle of white zinfandel this evening that you would have been most welcome to have for your uninvited guest. I would have happily drunk my box of Country Manor with a clear conscience!

It doesn't matter whether the only thing she drinks is classy or trashy.

If you only drink one thing then bring your own supply.

If you are offered drinks from a large selection and you like none of them, be polite about it.

I don't like watery drinks either. I make ice with diet coke, sometimes I add cherry cordial. I have a jar of cherries from Aldi, I should freeze them! Frozen pineapple would be lovely too, I'll try that with lime juice.

I agree Trills cost or snobbery doesn't come into it. She knew she was coming over before I did. They could have stopped off on the way if it was so important. Making a fuss (and more than once) was rude and strange.

To cover all bases, I probably should get rose or more likely the recommended grenache. I've seen more and more people drinking pink stuff but it's not something I've tried. Gin is my summer drink of choice.

oh stemless wine glasses. i love them. so safe. so clever. we had some in NZ, which were like weebles. you could push them over, and they always righted themselves.

ive met one NZ SB i didn't like. I think it's called The Ned. its not to my taste. (however, if that was all that was on offer, i'd drink it).

Of course you'd drink it em, cos you're a fucking lady.

I'll avoid The Ned just in case.

Weebles wine glasses sound magical.

yeah.... a lady. or a bit of a wine badger....

One rung up from lambrini - she's not exactly a connoisseur but she's incredibly rude!

I don't like any wine but White Zinfandel but I'm aware that it's crap wine and I just personally don't like sour tastes so other wine is horrible. I would either take my own or drink another type of drink or just have a soft drink!

Here the done thing is to bring your own plonk if you've been invited round for a drink. But you bring enough to offer some round, so if you could drink a quarter bottle of rum (what I drink) you bring a ten glass instead. You would drink 6 beers, you bring a 10 or 12 pack. Wine is fine though, bringing a bottle for yourself is grand, as long as you offer the host a glass (usually turned down). You usually leave what's left at theirs. Can't half tell I'm Irish We always have to much booze, but somehow end up drinking it all anyway... My dp drinks shiraz at home but at a party, or in the pub will drink bass. If it's a spur of the moment, "you're here, I have booze, fancy one?" Type thing, you drink what's on offer or politely decline. If we're throwing the party, we usually get in some extra rum and beers just in case (which if not used go in the cupboard for another time). The two most popular drinks amongst our friends.

She sounds very rude and ungrateful. Loving and pinching your ice cube ideas

It wasn't a party, very small and impromptu get together.

Regardless, DH and and I would both take what we drink and extra for the hosts (whatever they drink). Most of our friends do the same.

I'd never rock up with swinging arms. I'd never complain about free drinks.

She was odd, not least because she didn't have lime juice ice.