No Spitting

A wine tasting event at the Burlington Hotel in Birmingham (bought for us as an engagement present) saw the end of my stint of abstinence last night. There were some gorgeous wines, some wacky wines and some not so nice wines. The weirdest thing we tried was a red sparkling wine from Australia made using the Champagne method... apparently they love it with their Christmas dinner. I also discovered that my idea of what certain grape varieties taste like is very new world centric, and that my experience of French wine has been adversely effected by my wallet.

I wonder how long I can go without for from today? I was really starting to enjoy the clarity of thought not drinking can bring.