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You're At A Wine Tasting. Can You Fake Being Knowledgable About Wine?

You're attending a friend's destination wedding at a winery, and part of the weekend's itinerary is a wine tasting. You're going to have to BS your way through this thing well enough to convince all the other fancy-pants guests that you know about wine. You ready?

Uh oh, the wine steward is asking what you'd like to try first: red or white. She says there's no wrong way to do it, but you secretly feel like there is. What's your plan of attack?

Whew! It seems like that was the "right" answer. "Good choice. Most people prefer to start with white," the steward says. She pours you a glass of chardonnay. What do you do with it first?

Nice! The steward compliments your technique: "You can swirl the wine to check for qualities like viscosity, hold it up to the light to get a good look at the color, or take a big sniff to get a sense of the aroma." You're now invited to take a sip of the chardonnay. What words might be good to throw out there to describe it?

You take a sip, but notice that nobody else has tasted theirs yet. The bride's judgmental friend Jessica is clearly side-eyeing you. The steward kindly explains: "Before you sip, you can swirl the wine to check for qualities like viscosity, hold it up to the light to get a good look at the color, or take a big sniff to get a sense of the aroma." You're now invited to take a sip of the chardonnay. What words might be good to throw out there to describe it?

Good! Chardonnay is often described as oaky or buttery, with occasional sweeter notes like caramel or vanilla. The steward nods and smiles, and everyone else nods in agreement. Do you drink the rest of the remaining wine?

White wine is generally lower in tannins, and if you were tasting raspberry and clove in your chardonnay, it'd be a very strange chardonnay. There are no "wrong" answers here, but everybody kinda looks at you funny. Do you drink the rest of the remaining wine?

It turns out both of those options were fine. Some people are drinking all of theirs, others are pouring it out. Just depends if you like the wine or not (or how drunk you want to get). The steward asks if you would like to try some red now, or stick with white.

The steward pours you a glass of merlot. You take a sniff and then a sip. What words might be good to throw out there to describe it?

"Usually people like to start with white, but that's fine," the steward says. You kinda believe her, but you also sensed a bit of a ~tone~. She pours you a glass of merlot. What do you do first with your wine?

Nice! The steward compliments your technique: "You can swirl the wine to check for qualities like viscosity, hold it up to the light to get a good look at the color, or take a big sniff to get a sense of the aroma." You're now invited to take a sip of the merlot. What words might be good to throw out there to describe it?

You take a sip, but notice that nobody else has tasted theirs yet. The bride's judgmental friend Jessica is clearly side-eyeing you. The steward kindly explains: "Before you sip, you can swirl the wine to check for qualities like viscosity, hold it up to the light to get a good look at the color, or take a big sniff to get a sense of the aroma." You're now invited to take a sip of the merlot. What words might be good to throw out there to describe it?

Success! The steward nods. Seems like that was a good way to describe merlot. She asks you what type of red wine you'd like to try next. Oh no! Which one of these is definitely a red wine?

Whoops. That clearly wasn't the right answer. The steward is giving you a quizzical look. She asks you if you'd like to try any other red wines. Oh no! Which one of these is definitely a red wine?

Yes! Malbec is a red wine, while Pinot Grigio and Riesling are usually white. From here on in, you should be able to coast through the rest of the tasting.

Damn! Malbec is a red wine, while Pinot Grigio and Riesling are usually white. Oh well, from here on in you should be able to coast through the rest of the tasting.

You made one too many faux pas, and now everyone knows you're not a fancy-schmancy wine snob. Ah, what the heck. Who cares? At least you have booze.

They're all on to you

You managed to BS enough to make everyone think you're super cultured and worldly and know all kinds of trivia about wine. Finally, you can enjoy your booze in peace.

You passed!

You had a few blunders, but for the most part you didn't do anything truly odd that would make people think you're a weirdo. Hey, not everyone is a sommelier, ya know?

You did...OK

You blew into the glass?? That was a weird choice. Nothing you can do will allow you to recover from that, you've definitely failed to BS your way through. That's fine, at least you got some booze.

You failed!

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