Things that all men should know.

[Sunstroke]

I personally feel a nice Makers Mark goes well with a steak. I don't turn my nose down to anyone who wouldn't know what that is or someone who wouldn't drink it.

On the rare occasion that I drink, I prefer a good bourbon or a very old scotch. Makers Mark is an excellent bourbon...

[CF DolFan]

I don't know much about wine and am not too worried about finding out myself. My wife doesn't drink wine so there was never a need to learn.

It cracks me up when we go over to a friends house and they want us to drink wine and we say no thank you.  They act as if we are missing something in our uncultured lives. It's almost like we insult their cutured existance. That and also I refuse to smoke the occasional cigar with the "boys." I see no reason to do that either. If I wanted to smoke cigars and drink wine I wouldn't need these special occasions to do so.

[Philly Fin Fan]

I think a lot of people are misinterpreting "how to order a bottle of wine".
I don't think they mean "how to order for a woman" or "the difference between a pinot grigio and a chardonnay" or "knowing every bottle of wine that has come out of Napa Valley".
I think what they mean is that if you happen to be at dinner, and you want to order a bottle of wine, that you don't look like a dumb ass and say "just give me whatever". You should be able to look at a wine list and know what it is you are looking at, if thats your choice.
It's the same as saying you should know the difference between Scotch's and Vodka's.

[Buddhagirl]

Philly hit it right on the head.

My guy doesn't order for me. But, he can look at a wine list and not mispronounce things and look like a dumbass while ordering it.

And, no I don't want a wine snob, either. 

Do I think a guy that knows his wine is more valuable than another? No. It's just something I think a man should know. 

Why is it that the wine things bugs you guys?  I don't get it. You're ok with everything else, but the wine. 

[bsfins]

probably because we're talking on a Sports message board,where they drink Beer...not wine....

[ADeadSmitty]

probably because we're talking on a Sports message board,where they drink Beer...not wine....

Credited.

[Sunstroke]

Why is it that the wine things bugs you guys? I don't get it. You're ok with everything else, but the wine.

probably because we're talking on a Sports message board,where they drink Beer...not wine....

In order to give proper representation to all fringe groups within the Inebriation demographic, I think that the following items are more important than knowing your Bordeaux from your Ripple:

* Be able to guage within 0.5 grams the weight of any bag of ganja by sight, without touching it

* Be able to squeeze one bud from a bag and project:

~~ overall quality of the reefer and potential brain cell body count
~~~ within two hits how many lungfuls of mother nature's finest the bag contains
~~~~ ancillary figures calculated individually for joint, bong and pipe smoking, with potential usage strategies to extend shelf life
~~~~~ real world translations to the data above after factoring in between 15-30% social shrinkage

[Philly Fin Fan]

In order to give proper representation to all fringe groups within the Inebriation demographic, I think that the following items are more important than knowing your Bordeaux from your Ripple:

* Be able to guage within 0.5 grams the weight of any bag of ganja by sight, without touching it

* Be able to squeeze one bud from a bag and project:

~~ overall quality of the reefer and potential brain cell body count
~~~ within two hits how many lungfuls of mother nature's finest the bag contains
~~~~ ancillary figures calculated individually for joint, bong and pipe smoking, with potential usage strategies to extend shelf life
~~~~~ real world translations to the data above after factoring in between 15-30% social shrinkage

I wouldn't know a bag of ganja from a bag of oregano.

[JVides]

Wow...I can do all of these!
( I consider knowing how to order a bottle of wine as  not looking like a 'tard when the sommelier asks what I'd like to drink and knowing the generally accepted "white wine white meat, red wine red meat" axiom.  You know, the basics.  I certainly don't sit there like a dork sticking my nose into the glass as I swirl the wine about, commenting on its "oaky" qualities.  That's just gay)

[Phishfan]

Taken the way you guys look at this, wouldn't it make sense for someone that likes wine to know how to order it? Why should all men know it then? If we aren't going to drink wine, I don't need to know how to do it. I am pretty in line with Stroke though as those skills are more suited to my leisure activities.

[bsmooth]

What about those of us who can't drink wine? It makes me sick. Dos this make me less desirable?
As far as the shot thing goes, that is stupid. I am more impresed by someone who can correctly order a drink i.e. "I want a Macallan neat".

[Buddhagirl]

What about those of us who can't drink wine? It makes me sick. Dos this make me less desirable?

For me?  Yes.

I kid. It just makes you less manly in my book.  :) 

[bsmooth]

For me?  Yes.

I kid. It just makes you less manly in my book.  :) 

I am less manly because my body cannot properly absorb the sulfites contained in wine?

[Buddhagirl]

No.  The little smiley face should've been an indication of the fact that I was kidding.

An allergy is an allergy. Though organic wines have far less sulfites than average ones and usually none added.

Also, I didn't say you had to drink it. 

[Jim Gray]

I would like to add the following to the list of things a "real" man should know

* how to play poker (a couple of the standard games)
* know a little something about cigars
* know something about single malts...be able to pronounce 1 correctly when you order