Future Sommelier Gifts

Billy strip: wine improves with age.

'Have you tried our home-made wine?'

"And the cheese in your omelette? Cheddar, Brie, aged Gouda, Morbier, Torta del Casar, Double Gloucester, Époisses, Shropshire blue, or American?"

'We have 800 beers on tap. If you want to hear all of them, you'll have to get here earlier, we close in six hours.'

"Is there any way I can un-drink this wine?"

'Would you care to see our wine list, water list, soda list, tea list, coffee list, single malt scotch list, or beer list?'

Just the one...

1930's Lady.

'Okay, kids...time for your bath.'

'It's first flush Darjeeling darling!'

'Been toying with Bordeaux futures again, have we?'

"I'm sure you've heard of foodies - he's a drinkie."

'In the interests of full disclosure, federal law now requires me to inform you that I own shares in the winery whose product I am serving this evening.'

Nouveau wine

"You may not know this, but I've become quite the wine expert."

'This Chardonnay is so over-oaked, it comes with a 2-year service contract from Terminix.'

"House red, sir?"

"I'm feeling less stressed since I set my biological clock back an hour."

"I'm in the middle of a local wine tasting tour."

"And this is our 'panic room'. We usually pop in here after watching the nightly news."

Join me in a cup of tea!

'And this is my dad. He's the wine critic for The Herald and he can drink your dads under the table.'

Wine-tasting Tour.

'How many times did you think you could get away with using the term 'bouchon d'expedition' on the first date?'

'I wonder if we strike wine again!'

"Yeah, I'll say that's a good head, now is there any chance you can put ome beer under it?"

'Sir has made the most discerning choice to wash it down with Drain Glug.'

"Examine the bottle? Sniff the cork? At these prices why am I doing all the work?"

"Red with meant, white with fish. . . but it all goes great with chocolate!"

'Stand back! Let the wine breathe.'

"Might I suggest a full-bodied white?"

"Ewww – Cabernet with tuna fish?"

"While here, you'll have to try our food desert, too!"

Young boy shows refined taste in champagne