I’ve never been a wine drinker myself, but I’ve watched them look down the bar at me with their long stemmed glass and judge. They’re the girls and guys who wear all the brands and hold their glasses as if they were real crystal. But what makes wine drinkers think that they are better than everyone else at the bar?
Is it because their glass is elevated above mine? Like, really? You’re drinking wine. The shape of the glass looks classy, yes, but it isn’t going to stop you from acting like your mum does when she gets drunk.
Is it because in movies everyone drinks wine at expensive restaurants and to quote Clueless it “makes people wanna feel like sexy?” I don’t know about you, but that house wine that you’re drinking costs less than my vodka. Yeah, you might feel sexy, but your wine still tastes like cat piss mixed with cold herbal tea.
Maybe it’s because grapes are grown at vineyards and not on farms. Maybe because grapes are grown above ground where as potatoes are not. Does the growing position of the ingredient in your drink make you better than anyone? No. No it does not.
But it’s probably not any of that. It’s probably that you have inherited wine drinking from your parents and you think because you drink an older person’s drink that is perceived as mature and classy that you are just so much better than everyone else.
Yes, you can give everyone those looks and talk about the palate of your wine and its composition and what not, but you don’t make friends with wine.
And just think, while my cheapest vodka costs $25, the cheapest wine is about $7.
So there’s no real reason why wine drinkers are snobby. They just think they are better than everyone because they drink a beverage made from grapes and made for old people.
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Mike P
Interesting
05 Aug 2020 12:08 pm (@Twitter)
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