I Know Kung Fu

Have you ever sat in a restaurant when someone studies the wine list, then looks up with a smug smile like they have just proved Fermat's Last Theorem?

There is a thin line between the 'wine bore' and applying some practical knowledge with little fuss. This year I have started to realise that there is an endless amount of information to 'absorb'. You cannot just plug into 'The Matrix' and come out saying 'I Know Kung Fu'. My voyage of discovery on the wine lake is turning out to be slow, graceful and most enjoyable.
I managed to catch an episode of 'The F Word', and watched Gordon Ramsey give Sir Cliff Richard a blind tasting. Cliff dissed his new own brand wine 'Vida Nova' (from the Algarve), which was very amusing. He likened it to vinaigrette, and then rediscovered some interesting Anglo-Saxon words when he was shown the label.

I think I will give that wine a miss. Perhaps he should take a leaf out of Paul Newman's book, marketing it as salad dressing instead. 'Cliff's Own' vinaigrette dressing. Nice.