Adept wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

Though I still drank things; just that my idea of drinking is to have enough sips to review the wine, and then have someone else finish off
the other 2/3rds of my tasting portion.

My mother's upbringing of "clean your plate!" apparently extended to
"finish your wine!" in my mind. I learned some time ago that it's OK to
pour the remainder out after a taste -- also, after 3 or 4 full tastes,
my palate is gone and they all taste the same.


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Re: Re: Birthday weekend
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Adept on Thu Dec 11 2025 08:53:35

Hi, pF.

My mother's upbringing of "clean your plate!" apparently extended to
"finish your wine!" in my mind. I learned some time ago that it's OK to
pour the remainder out after a taste -- also, after 3 or 4 full tastes,
my palate is gone and they all taste the same.

I don't remember my parents ever really drinking wine when I was a kid and it took me until my 40s to even remotely enjoy it myself.

A couple of years ago we went on holiday with my parents and my brother's family - my parents are odd, while my brother and I rarely see eye to eye on anything. By early evening each day my brain would be cooked so the wife and I would go for a quiet glass of wine down at the far end of the garden. What made me laugh was that my mum saw what we were up to and started to join us, occasionally staying around for a top-up. She evidently finds our family as taxing as I do :)

BobW
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Bob Worm wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

A couple of years ago we went on holiday with my parents and my
brother's family - my parents are odd, while my brother and I rarely
see eye to eye on anything. By early evening each day my brain would be cooked so the wife and I would go for a quiet glass of wine down at the far end of the garden.

During the lockdown in 2020, two of my neighbors started having evening
wine on their respective porches, suitably distanced. I stopped with my
dog (having a dog to walk during the lockdown was a godsend...) and
chatted with them on my way. After a while, they'd put a glass of wine
on the mailboxes between them and I'd enjoy a glass with them.

... Adding on
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My mother's upbringing of "clean your plate!" apparently extended to
"finish your wine!" in my mind. I learned some time ago that it's OK to
pour the remainder out after a taste -- also, after 3 or 4 full tastes,
my palate is gone and they all taste the same.

Yeah, that makes sense.

For me, it would be nice if I had an easier time getting the quantity that I want.

But I also know that, if one is trying to age a bottle of wine, it's not going to be reasonable to do that in a small bottle.

So tastings work pretty well for me, especially if there are other people who actively want to drink more (as has generally been the case for me with tastings. Not that I've done one in a while.).

But most of the time you can say, "please make my pour very small".

Really, the actual problem is that, if I buy a regular bottle of wine, I need to make lots of friends if I want to drink a reasonable portion of the bottle.

Which limits how much I open bottles.

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