Happoshu etiquite

[ramchop]

Dinner guest brings Happoshu. What do you do?

I suppose this is similar to bad wine etiquite (of which I'm probably guilty of as I'm completely ignorant when it comes to wine).

[Taro Toporific]

I suppose this is similar to bad wine etiquite...

When you meet the Buddha on the road, drink him.

BAD WINE 202
...at about 8:30 in the evening, we found ourselves in one of our favorite casual restaurants, Kabul...playing it safe I ordered the Columbia Crest Grand Estates Merlot 1998. Our appetizers were being served when Linda took her first sip and I saw her nose curl. You try it, says she, wondering if she has developed a hypersensitivity to the presence of TCA* in wine. She was right. There it was, a subtle odor of moldy newspaper, just enough to taint the flavor of the wine. What to do? It's not like I could ask the owner to taste it since he has religious issues with wine. In the end, I was just too tired to try and explain "Cork Taint" to the local Afghan community while dinner got cold... so we drank it.

*Cork taint is caused by a chemical called 2,4,6-Trichloroanisole "TCA"

[ramchop]

Well the happoshu was indeed drunk, as was I. I put it down to being severely out of practice (not that the wife will let me out of the house ever again).

BTW, Marvin, I owe you a drink.