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I would say you dodged a bullet. I dated many foreign girls and it was always fun to discover the cultural differences. There are similar faux-pas in France b
by BrandoElFollito 7mo ago
I would say you dodged a bullet.
I dated many foreign girls and it was always fun to discover the cultural differences.
There are similar faux-pas in France but, really, nobody with an ounce of common sense cares. You like your red wine cold as I do? Someone will maybe mention that you will be loosing some aroma znd that's all. You add sugar and ice? This is probably not a drink for you and you will get some laughs but that's all.
I eat my starters after the main meal in the company restaurant, nobody cares.
You are there to have pleasure, this is not West Point
- craftkiller 7mo ago> You add sugar and ice? One of my favorite alcoholic drinks is port + ice, which it sounds like the only difference here would be that wine + sugar + ice would be much weaker in terms of alcohol content.
- lloeki 7mo ago> You like your red wine cold as I do? Fun fact: "chambrer le vin" i.e getting (usually red) wine from storage temperature to "room temperature" comes from a time where said room temperature was well below 20 degC (more like 13-15 degC), not the comfortable 20+ degC that people like to enjoy these days.
- BrandoElFollito 7mo agoThanks for the reminder about our traditions. Now, I like to drink it straight from the fridge, i.e. about 6°C :)
- lloeki 7mo agoHeh, whatever works. A sommelier friend of mine says that the best way to taste wine is the one you enjoy; if you want to have a glass of chilled powerful Haut-Médoc with some delicate fish, have at it.