Wine Service, gender and age

[sara]

I want to draw your attention to my thread in the Philadelphia forum on Salt restaurant--I think it may interest many of you, especially those in the industry.

http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=33747

[Carema]

Was not sure if I should reply here or in the Philly forum. Since I have never been to Philadelphia and been here often, thought I would reply here.

A couple of points I just want to mention.

A $175.00 Malbec is outrageous. Was it the Hobbs Bramare? If so the mark up is out of control)

Malbec to Shiraz is not an easy bridge, especially after noticing the food choices (mainly not so Shiraz friendly)

Malbec tends to have extremely low acid with a muted earthy character- Shirazes tend to be more in your face oftetimes with RS, acidities ranging from low to medium high and bright focused fruit.

The birthday girl could have excersized more decorum, especially after you (the host and taster) ok'd the wine. It puts the server in a spot if you say ok and then another says, horrible like mucus.

What kind of mucus? Mucus as we know is a viscous slippery secretion chock full of mucin and protein.

Clear easy gluey kind like allergies, or the wretched green yellow sick kind that comes from a viral load? Snails often trail muscus, that is a little more briney of a mucus.

All in all sounded like a bad experience. But as a person who waited upon people for years, large birthday groups excersizing conflicting opinions can be hard to deal with. If you are sure your group behaved with a modicum of manners, then the restaurant was truly at fault. Upon reading the narrative, I felt there might have been a little of both going on. However since you all were so very young, there is plenty of time to have other meals at other places with more gracious hosts. To be honest, since you had the decency to choose the wine and attempt to find her something she liked, she could have least demured to your choice even though it reminded her of seasonal allergies or sickness.

[Craig Camp]

What kind of mucus? Mucus as we know is a viscous slippery secretion chock full of mucin and protein.

Clear easy gluey kind like allergies, or the wretched green yellow sick kind that comes from a viral load? Snails often trail muscus, that is a little more briney of a mucus.

LOL

[tommy]

carema saved me a lot of typing. and more importantly, a lot of thinking.