Some of my (many) thoughts on wine...

Jesus drank wine. And if you've ever attended any sort of Jewish celebration, you know the wine flows. Come to think of it, most everyone can agree that wine is a good thing. Who am I to disagree? And while usually it is very easy to appear classy (perhaps even feign class) by sipping from a wine glass at dinner, happy hour, or any other time, even wine can be tacky.

Some things to avoid:

• If you're bringing wine as a host/hostess gift, bring red wine. Bringing white wine means you either have to chill it (and then your suggestion is, "Here, we should drink this. I have better taste than you) or you don't chill it (and then you're saying, "We can't drink this, so you'll be stuck with it. And I don't even like it that much"). There are exceptions of course - if you happen to know the tastes of the host, if you were told to bring white, etc. But generally, play it safe.
• White Zinfandel. This isn't even a real wine - it's sweetened white trash alcohol. Rose is fine, even trendy. White Zin is not.
• Sending back wine at a restaurant. Exception of course if the wine is actually bad, but other than that - really, who are you?
• Franzia. Enough said. Though certain authors of this blog may (or may not) have played Franzia dodgeball. Judge away...