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Forgot to tell you guys I moved to LA for a really great job I was offered.Originally Posted by mordecai 
I was invited to a horrible wine bar last night, which has the layout and noisy crowd of a place that serves hard alcohol, but all of the bartenders are made to dress up and act like sommeliers. So you're leaning over a bar, which has no menu, being grilled by some 20something who wants to know what kind of "notes" you enjoy in order to best choose a wine for you. "What??" "NOTES! I ASKED WHAT KIND OF NOTES DO YOU LIKE?"
After asking if they had a Sancerre, he yells something incomprehensible and gives me a glass of some other white. I point out that isn't what I asked for, and he responds that their only Sancerres start at $35 a glass and that this is "essentially the same". I don't know whether I looked poor or smart, but likely insult aside, I did opt for the cheaper wine (which was from Chablis, incidentally
). It was awful, and nothing like any Sancerre I've experienced. After pouring the glass, the bartender proceeded to swish it and smell it before sliding it over to me. I asked why he was smelling my wine and he responded "WHAT?" "My WINE, why are you sniffing MY WINE?" "To check the notes and for quality!" "I think the person drinking the wine usually does that." "WHAT?" "Nevermind."
I was invited to a horrible wine bar last night, which has the layout and noisy crowd of a place that serves hard alcohol, but all of the bartenders are made to dress up and act like sommeliers. So you're leaning over a bar, which has no menu, being grilled by some 20something who wants to know what kind of "notes" you enjoy in order to best choose a wine for you. "What??" "NOTES! I ASKED WHAT KIND OF NOTES DO YOU LIKE?"
After asking if they had a Sancerre, he yells something incomprehensible and gives me a glass of some other white. I point out that isn't what I asked for, and he responds that their only Sancerres start at $35 a glass and that this is "essentially the same". I don't know whether I looked poor or smart, but likely insult aside, I did opt for the cheaper wine (which was from Chablis, incidentally
). It was awful, and nothing like any Sancerre I've experienced. After pouring the glass, the bartender proceeded to swish it and smell it before sliding it over to me. I asked why he was smelling my wine and he responded "WHAT?" "My WINE, why are you sniffing MY WINE?" "To check the notes and for quality!" "I think the person drinking the wine usually does that." "WHAT?" "Nevermind."
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