Speed Bump by Dave Coverly for November 15, 2019

Some liar that sommelier is.

It’s an almost 3,000 year old tradition. The only reason that wine is ‘classy’ and beer is ‘plebian’ is that the Roman masters like wine and the German slaves liked beer.

Hic cup What ever you say, hic cup

I’ll pretend I read this cartoon. (Actually I just looked at the picture.)

I just ask for Jack ! They know what I want . Don’t have to do all that reading.

pretty sure that’s how it works

He looks a little confused, on cloud wine.

Bring me a pretentious little vintage with hints of elitism, privilege, and arrogance…

Dude, just don’t put fruit in the beer.

Or you could take it to the ultimate level and pretend you’re a sommelier. At that point, you don’t have to pretend anymore because your “expertise” is all imaginary anyway.

Just bring me the twist off cap to sniff.

We usually choose to spend our entertainment $$ by eating out at places where the food is excellent. Very few of the waiters are at all snooty or difficult, though a pretty fair percentage will say something like “Um, I dunno. I like the Sylvan Seven Syrah, but let me get our wine person to talk to you” which works well for me. The worst ones are the ones who pretend… or just don’t care. With those, I ask if they can send the Maitre D’ to talk about the wine… and then when he or she arrives, I talk about waiter. And the wine.