You know you're a wine geek when...

WINE TALK
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You bring your own corkscrew with you on your vacation. (And the gal on the beach In Kailua, O’ahu approaches you asking if you have a corkscrew - and you do!)

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And after you show your Durand to the waiter and he laughs at you, he comes back 15 minutes later and asks to borrow it because they have a problem at another table.

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Or when you see a server having a problem with a cork at a neighboring table you struggle not to offer your assistance.

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You look at the picture and your first thought is “huh, I wonder who got stuck with the second glass from the left.”

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…your camera roll looks like this.
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… you have a website called “Fine Wine Geek”.

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… the server asks you for advice on wine.
… you have more stemware in boxes then you do in cabinets.
… you have more notebooks full of tasting notes then you do personal & work notebooks combined
… you have server side filters to manage all your wine related email
… wine related email is on your VIP list

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This is a great thread! [cheers.gif]

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You know you’re a wine geek when you think a thread about knowing when you’re a wine geek is a great thread! neener

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/117333531697655/?fref=nf

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Damn dude

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Then go play on Facebook. That group turned into and bunch of “Look what I drank tonight” posts. I unsubscribed about a year ago when people were getting angry with me when I suggested they stay on topic or start a new group.

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Guilty as hell.

Worse, (and this REALLY pisses off my wife) I have stems in the boxes, in the cabinets.

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And when your nephew picks up your phone to look at photos and asks kindly: ‘Uncle, why are you fascinated with taking pictures of wine bottles…?’

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LOL! Or you try to show pictures of your grandkids to someone but all you can find are wine and food shots!

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Ken wins! Plus, he’s a professor.

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I don’t know if that makes me a winner, but maybe this does: You are in the Giacosa Winery talking with Bruna Giacosa and your Italian friend who first got you hooked on Giacosa wines, when a question comes up as to whether the winery made a particular wine in a particular year. You pull out your phone, you go to your website, you show them your chart, and they then agree you must be correct since it says so there.

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[winner.gif]

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You ask the server to put the warm bottle of red he/she just opened for you in an ice bucket.

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This is one of the few things that sometimes gets the “you are an idiot” look from the server, they are so sure they know better. Most places, even good ones, often serve reds too warm. We should stop using the term “room temp” and call it “castle temp”.