Well the winefly has actually landed in social media in 2014. This will be the winefly’s frst blog.
So bear with me while I fnd my creative wings in this new medium.
The winefly was born out of a love of wine, of course, but also to create a sense of anonymity. I posted so many wine related memes and quotes on my social media that people were starting to question my sobriety. But no more, I can do this at my heart's content because the winefly is there for me to live out my passion and humour, sometimes crude, in the wonderful stories that are in wine through wine and sometimes caused by wine.
That said, my manifesto: Wine Consumer not Connoisseur
Die Wynvlieg: Is a person drawn to wine, fies from glass to glass, loves to explore, but isn't fussy or stuck on rigid rules. She just loves the experience
Most of us attended a wine tasting and were told to smell notes of berries (the strangest one I have come across was cat pee by the way of googling) but did you, did you really? Swirling madly like trying to summon a wine genie it sometimes eludes you. On some occasions you just sit there nodding and thinking, less smelling more tasting. And then it tastes awful or not.
So let's look at a couple of wine myths:
1. You MUST swirl and spit
Swirling can aerate but in my case I create a whirlpool of wine that splashes out of my glass in great volumes. I need to get more practice with this one.
And spitting?? Unless you are driving the wine farm tractor later, why waste a perfect good wine? Or sometimes that is the reason why some people get on the wine farm tractor….
2. Red Wine with red meat, White wine with white meat.
All my friends know that I go both ways, red and white and sometimes rose. Personally I prefer a crisp wine with the braai and my steak. I am not the type of wine drinker that can stomach a heavy red on a summer's day. Cab does not really bring pool parties to mind. Similar to my ouma’s chicken pie in winter, crispy white just will not do it when its freezing outside.
3. Expensive is always better
Don't judge me please but I can not justify buying a bottle of wine for more than R500, and that is already a high price tag. Then you get your lekker odd bin wine that you love. You write down the number, share it with your friends and hunt it down until you can no longer fnd it in the shops.
The fun in this is trying the next new wine which you may love or not. It may be expensive and it may not be.
Drink the wine you love and love the wine you drink.
What is your opinion on ‘wine rules’ fellow fies?