Re: Wine and dinner
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There is so much bad advice (and good) in here that someone should try to sort it out. I volunteer.
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Actually your advice is terrible.
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2. If you are in a chain restaurant, odds are the wine is not worth ordering. Higher end, it might be worth a shot
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This is wrong, especially for those just getting into wine.
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Less chance of getting something undrinkable.
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Very rarely will one get something that could be described so strongly and most often it will be due to a bad bottle and should be sent back.
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3. Never order wine before ordering food. They need to match, no one can order wine properly without knowing what they're going to eat.
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This is a huge exagerration. Yes wine's can and should be paired to foods but they do not have to be. For a beginner this is totally unnecessary beyond very basic red with beef type matchings.
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(The exception will be if you know you're ordering steak. If you order steak in a restaurant regularly, you are too boring for words.
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Makes no sense.
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4. If you're in a place you dare order wine
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Dare???? It's not [censored] russian roulette it's a bottle of damn wine. What is so [censored] daring?
Just terrible advice throughout.
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