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It’s a hard life being a wine fanatic during your college years. First of all, people think you’re pretentious or a poser when you order a glass of wine while you’re out. There’s just no way to explain to them that this is your passion; swirling this timeless beverage around in your mouth brings you great excitement and engages all of your senses, while the dude next to you shotguns a beer without so much as thinking about what goes into its production, what flavor notes it has, how much hops have been added, etc.
Secondly, no one ever wants to pitch in for some wine at a party. Why would they spend their money on that? They want Keystone, or if their feeling classy, Burnett’s flavored vodka. Worse yet, they agree to pitch in, but suggest boxed wine instead, which is downright insulting. So you either end up drinking the alcohol that the majority has selected, cringing as it hits your palate and sweeps down to your stomach making you feel queasy, or you go broke buying your own damn wine only to be called pretentious again.
So when last week’s alcohol tax increase of over 100 percent went into effect on the first of the month, a wave of despair passed over me. This will effectively push a bottle up another dollar, not only further discouraging my friends from pitching in for the multiple bottles of wine I’m serving, but it’s also going to eat up my hard-earned money.
What’s a wino to do? If you were smart, you bought six bottles before September 1. If you didn’t, don’t fret; you still have the opportunity to. Many grocery stores have lots of “sale” prices on wine which is keeping them at or around their pre-tax-hike price to help wine consumers ease into the new price bracket.
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Last post: Sep. 11, 2009 at 5:04 pm
Timbo (unregistered user) said on Sep. 11, 2009 at 5:04 pm:
"drinking the alcohol that the majority has selected, cringing as it hits your palate and sweeps down to your stomach making you feel queasy" Overdramatize much? There are tons of good beers that are just waiting to win over avowed winos if you give them a chance.
Fact is, there are also decent cheap wines, you just have to wade through a lot of vinegar to taste them. In fact, I believe that your ballyhooed Barefoot brand wines (which I don't entirely care for, but whatever) are still extremely cheap. However, in the final analysis, the answer to your problem is clear: if drinking your hooch of choice is too dear you should moderate your taste or your rate of consumption.