| Almost everyone remembers their first
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| | chugging: the faster the chugging, the
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| drink of alcohol. I remember mine like it
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| | less opportunity for tasting. Wine,
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| was yesterday. Taking a sip of my
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| | however, is meant to be tasted; it's
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| father's Bud Light when I was seven years
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| | meant to be savored. Each sip of wine
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| old, I realized it tasted nothing like
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| | should provide a new experience for your
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| the root beer I frequently drank, mixing
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| | taste buds, making your beer bottles boil
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| it with vanilla ice cream in large
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| | with increasing jealousy in the process.
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| plastic cups. As I concentrated on not
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| spitting the beer back in the can,
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| | Enjoy the Variety
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| knowing very well this would send my
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| germ-a-phobic father rocking in the
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| | While there are several different types
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| corner, I swallowed the beer with my nose
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| | of beer, most beer tastes relatively the
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| plugged and vowed to never drink again.
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| | same with some just not being quite as
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| | bad as others. Two different bottles of
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| This vow was broken in my late teenage
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| | wine, however, can taste dramatically
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| years when beer bongs and keg stands were
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| | unalike. Wine drinkers are granted with
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| calling me, chanting my name in unison
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| | the ability to pick from a variety of
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| and performing the "slow clap" portrayed
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| | years, types, and flavors. They can
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| in inspirational moments in movies. But,
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| | choose red wine or white wine, wine from
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| the truth is, I didn't really like beer
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| | places as far as France or as close as
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| then and I don't really like it now. From
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| | Oregon. And, once engaged in a little
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| the cheap stuff filling the kegs of frat
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| | wine tasting, wine drinkers can find a
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| houses all over the world, to the more
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| | wine they really love.
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| expensive wheat beers served with an
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| orange, they've always tasted the same to
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| | Embrace the History and the Culture
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| me. They've always tasted bad.
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| | Wine, in addition to being full of
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| That is why, after college, where beer
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| | taste, is packed with culture and
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| was just short of flowing from dorm room
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| | history. From the exportation of wine in
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| faucets, I decided to climb the corporate
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| | the 1st Century AD to the forbidding of
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| ladder of liquor consumption, with the
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| | the planting of vineyards by the King of
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| next rung up being wine.
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| | Spain, learning about wine allows you to
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| | learn about the history of our world.
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| Initially I made this choice because of
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| | Drinking different wines from different
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| the health benefits of wine. Unlike beer,
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| | regions also allows you to learn about
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| with each pint providing more belly fat
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| | the values of those particular regions.
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| in alcohol's version of 8-minute abs,
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| wine possesses several things beneficial
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| | Behave Yourself
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| to a person's health, with particular
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| concern to the heart. But, health
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| | When drinking wine, you need to act like
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| benefits aside, I took this plunge
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| | you're drinking wine. Now, I'm not saying
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| because wine is so much more than
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| | you need to speak with an English accent
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| alcohol.
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| | or hold your wine glass with your pinky
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| | sticking out at a 90 degree angle, but
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| However, taking the plunge from beer to
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| | wine demands a certain sophistication
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| wine wasn't easy. While beer is junior
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| | that beer refutes: when drinking beer,
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| varsity, wine is varsity. With wine,
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| | the more barbaric the behavior the
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| you're playing with the big boys and
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| | better. With wine, however, your behavior
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| there are several rules to keep in mind
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| | should contain a certain sense of
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| for a smooth transition.
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| | sophistication, behavior that points to a
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| | bottle of Pinot Gris and says, "She's
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| Don't Play Drinking Games
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| | with me."
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| From Quarters to Century Club, beer was
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| | When it comes down to it, beer and wine
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| made for drinking competitions, being the
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| | are on different sides of the alcohol
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| game piece passing Go and collecting two
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| | spectrum. Beer, in hindsight, is kind of
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| hundred dollars. But, playing a drinking
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| | like the sippy-cup that prepares you for
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| game with wine may result in praying to
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| | the real thing. Wine, however, offers so
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| the porcelain God later in the evening.
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| | much more, and teaches you, above all,
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| While beer is made to be swallowed in
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| | why alcohol really is a median of nearly
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| large amounts, with the occasional belch
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| | every culture.Jennifer Jordan is the
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| being the only thing needed to make
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| | senior editor at With a vast knowledge
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| someone getting sick feel better, wine
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| | of wine etiquette, she writes articles on
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| isn't. Wine, simply put, is not a toy.
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| | everything from how to hold a glass of
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| | wine to how to hold your hair back after
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| Wine should be sipped, not chugged
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| | too many glasses. Ultimately, she writes
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| | her articles with the intention that
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| I have a theory that someone like me,
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| | readers will remember wine is fun and
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| someone who hates beer, was the
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| | each glass of anything fun should always
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| idea-person behind the concept of
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| | be savored.
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