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    #11
    Originally posted by norrahe View Post
    Wine society is probably worth it but you do need to know your stuff.

    If you're not a wine buff and don't really care then Laithwaites would be fine, as Zippy says try the bin end cases.

    A tasting course isn't really going to give you enough experience or knowledge. Try signing up for a WSET course

    Or find yourself a good wine merchant and benefit from their experience and suggestions, I'd suggest these guys in Olney, not too far from you.
    WNS. It's only for certain types of people. Let the pikeys that Norrahe has aluded to, scrape the bin ends.
    What happens in General, stays in General.
    You know what they say about assumptions!

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      #12
      Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
      I'm thinking about doing a wine tasting course
      Why?
      "A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It’s the s*** that happens while you’re waiting for moments that never come." -- Lester Freamon

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        #13
        Originally posted by Freamon View Post
        Why?
        He needs to be able to decide between Black Tower and Tescos own liebfraumilch.
        What happens in General, stays in General.
        You know what they say about assumptions!

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          #14
          Originally posted by Freamon View Post
          Why?
          He obviously needs a course in how to taste wine.

          1) Take one glass of wine
          2) Sip one glass of wine
          3) Can you taste it?
          4)Yes?
          4) Here's your wine tasting certificate
          "Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch." - Orson Welles

          Norrahe's blog

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            #15
            I mix red & white to make Rose.

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              #16
              Originally posted by Freamon View Post
              Why?
              Fun, and my own personal edification.

              HTH.
              Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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                #17
                Originally posted by norrahe View Post
                He obviously needs a course in how to taste wine.

                1) Take one glass of wine
                2) Sip one glass of wine
                3) Can you taste it?
                4)Yes?
                4) Here's your wine tasting certificate
                Feel free to list your wine tasting credentials here Norr.
                Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
                  Feel free to list your wine tasting credentials here Norr.
                  WSET qualified to intermediate level dearie!
                  Also been trained by a Michelin starred sommelier who also happened to have won the international sommelier award that year.

                  "Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch." - Orson Welles

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by norrahe View Post
                    WSET qualified to intermediate level dearie!
                    Also been trained by a Michelin starred sommelier who also happened to have won the international sommelier award that year.

                    You forgot your Diploma in condescending, your PHD in patronising and your NVQ in being up yourself.
                    Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
                      You forgot your Diploma in condescending, your PHD in patronising and your NVQ in being up yourself.
                      Don't forget the post doc in being superior

                      How's the HND in inferiority complex coming along?
                      "Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch." - Orson Welles

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