Comments for Tasting Room Confidential http://marikane.com/wordpress Mari Kane's Vancouver Wine Blog Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:01:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The Wine Tax Calculator: More Fun Than Games by BC Liquor Distribution Branch to Sell Out http://marikane.com/wordpress/the-wine-tax-calculator-more-fun-than-games/comment-page-1/#comment-1901 BC Liquor Distribution Branch to Sell Out Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:01:05 +0000 http://marikane.com/wordpress/?p=35#comment-1901 [...] law activist, Mark Hicken of the Vintage Law Group told me, “I think that it causes a conflict of interest for government to be involved in the [...] [...] law activist, Mark Hicken of the Vintage Law Group told me, “I think that it causes a conflict of interest for government to be involved in the [...]

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]]> Comment on If Chinese Can’t Drink Wine, Where’s The Market? by mk http://marikane.com/wordpress/if-chinese-cant-drink-wine-wheres-the-market/comment-page-1/#comment-1831 mk Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:49:24 +0000 http://marikane.com/wordpress/?p=1983#comment-1831 I got some input last night from a Chinese woman who was drinking red wine and admitted to feeling flushed. She said wine is not part of Chinese dinner culture. At a big meal everyone focuses on the food and chowing down, during which time there is not much table conversation going on. She theorizes that if they were drinking wine, they might sit back and talk more, but no. She said this is why Chinese restaurants have such pathetic wine lists - hardly anyone orders. As for the whiskies and cognac, she said those are knocked back purely for the buzz by people who can presumably handle it. I wonder if there is a different reaction for grape-based wine and cognac as opposed to grain-based liquor and beer. The other thing I wonder is, if those with mixed descent are able to handle wine/liquor better, especially if they have some Irish drinking genes. Thanks for your comments! I got some input last night from a Chinese woman who was drinking red wine and admitted to feeling flushed. She said wine is not part of Chinese dinner culture. At a big meal everyone focuses on the food and chowing down, during which time there is not much table conversation going on. She theorizes that if they were drinking wine, they might sit back and talk more, but no. She said this is why Chinese restaurants have such pathetic wine lists – hardly anyone orders.

As for the whiskies and cognac, she said those are knocked back purely for the buzz by people who can presumably handle it. I wonder if there is a different reaction for grape-based wine and cognac as opposed to grain-based liquor and beer.

The other thing I wonder is, if those with mixed descent are able to handle wine/liquor better, especially if they have some Irish drinking genes.

Thanks for your comments!

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