Wine-ology

And that was a memorable party. There were champagne bars all over the place — in the lobbies, in the pool area, and in private suites. They estimated about 3,000 sippers, which is a lot of bubble-water hospitality, in anybody’s wine-ology.

“‘No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new,’” said Sicily, “‘for he sayeth, The old is better.’”[…]“My memory’s just as good as in my teens. I never dreamt I’d remember that wine-ology parable.”

Ash cautioned wine and food fans to ignore “smelliers,” his less-than-kind term for pompous wine snobs who intentionally intimidate those without a degree in wine-ology.

Matthew McKinnon from Unique Wines, purveyor of premium wines, will be visiting Uptown Art and instructing an introductory wine-ology class.