OMG. There is a couple we’re friends with. They put their glasses beside one another to make sure the other one didn’t get a larger pour.
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You own the T-shirts . . . .
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I have these same friends
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I now apply a similar philosophy to the only tests I take these days: my annual bloodwork. I have friends that diet, ramp up the exercise, and abstain for a month prior. I want to know what my numbers look like when I’m misbehaving.
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Yeah I am annoyed by labels getting moldy, wrinkled, falling off. Maybe I shouldn’t care, but the bottle is a part of the experience. A very small part, but a part.
Like if your album cover gets ruined, sure, what really matters is the record, but still …
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Perhaps even worse - when picking up your latest stash from iDealwine (who naturally know you by name now and wish you a happy new year), they ask - so if you’re not ITB, what do you do with all this wine?
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My wife closely monitors Champagne pours!
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talking about the better halves, I usually can see if she really likes a wine based on her glass being emptied faster than mine …
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Newb here, but I suspect a sign might be that you receive fedex shipping notifications and realize your wine cooler is already full, but order more anyway.
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That’s about right
Not true wine geeks, they should be able to eyeball the correct pour. They need more practice.
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I can’t speak for his friends, but I can speak for mine. My friends practice every single night they are just the biggest cheapskates in the world. They need to be certain
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I’m not sure what’s driving their irrational obsession or their psyche. Is it getting their fair share? Or ensuring that they don’t get cheated? But it’s over the top.
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I had a friend who was one of the cheapest guys on the planet. Over the decades all of us in our small “friends” group had just so many ridiculous stories of his silly behavior, not the least of which was his predictable critique of others for not being as cheap (he would insert “wise” there) as him. Sad, really.
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I had a wine-loving friend over for the first time to my place and showed him my cellar. He gazed around for a moment and pronounced “You have a problem.” Did he really have to rub my nose in it?
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I hope you responded: I think I do have a problem 
. I’m too cool.
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As I have said numerous times, “hi, my name is David and I have a wine buying problem.”
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Did you ever eat at that guy’s noodle shop?
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As a wine lover, perhaps he was just jealous of your cellar?! When I show my cellar to non-wine lovers (I don’t normally do so!), they do tend to roll their eyes a bit!
Only one wine cooler? You are not there yet, I am afraid.
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