Are men allowed to drink white wine?

[Prufrock]

Is it OK? See I love red wine, but it gives the most god-awful, the-birds-are-swaying-and-the-trees-are-singing hangovers and I have decided it isn't worth it. So, is it OK, outside of a culinary setting, for me to be sat here drinking Sauvignon blanc, with a Chardonnay in the fridge, or does it raise questions of my masculinity?

EDIT: Please, no cheap jibes, this is a serious consideration.

[William the White]

Is it OK? See I love red wine, but it gives the most god-awful, the-birds-are-swaying-and-the-trees-are-singing hangovers and I have decided it isn't worth it. So, is it OK, outside of a culinary setting, for me to be sat here drinking Sauvignon blanc, with a Chardonnay in the fridge, or does it raise questions of my masculinity?

EDIT: Please, no cheap jibes, this is a serious consideration.

Depends whether you're peeling a grape at the same time...

[Montreal Wanderer]

Is it OK? See I love red wine, but it gives the most god-awful, the-birds-are-swaying-and-the-trees-are-singing hangovers and I have decided it isn't worth it. So, is it OK, outside of a culinary setting, for me to be sat here drinking Sauvignon blanc, with a Chardonnay in the fridge, or does it raise questions of my masculinity?

EDIT: Please, no cheap jibes, this is a serious consideration.

You have the weirdest hang-ups, young man. The answer is yes.

[Verbal]

White wine is far and away the cheapest way to get absolutely shitfaced, a tool I have utilised many a time in my current spendthrift days. Agree with the hangovers though, argh. Just drink some water before bed. In sum, ofcourse it's alright.

[Lord Kangana]

never heard of Thunderbirds then Verbal?

[Verbal]

I hav not, ma 'Lud, unless you're referring to the puppet show...could you elaborate?

[Prufrock]

White wine is far and away the cheapest way to get absolutely shitfaced, a tool I have utilised many a time in my current spendthrift days. Agree with the hangovers though, argh. Just drink some water before bed. In sum, ofcourse it's alright.

Bloody good. However, my favourite thing about white is I don't really get hangovers. If i drink red, i wake thinking I'm called Gerald and that I fought a real life rhino with my hands tied behind my back, whereas white just makes me feel like my head is wrapped in a duvet and that nothing is really real. As for the spendthriftiness, to me, it raises questions about what the feck are the french? I have bought said bottles of white wine for a combined sum of just under a fiver, and, unlike the stuff you can get for similar pennies en Angleterre (and i am thinking of the Co-op's 'Spanish wine', with a helpful map of all of Spain to show you whence it came) which tastes like paint stripper and drip-trays, it is actually nice. The same place where i can get such value, is the most consistenly beautiful city I have ever seen, a city where i can get where I want, when I want, without having my face stuck in a bankers armpit, where I can get a freshly baked baguette for 50p, where I come across the most immaculate female-folk in the history of staring, is the same place where I haven't been to uni in nearly over two months because they've got a bit peeved about something (they haven't actually told us what) and downed tools. Who are these people?!

[Lord Kangana]

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Other people are discussing this too. young wippersnapper.

[Prufrock]

never heard of Thunderbirds then Verbal?

Im guessing Thunderbirds is some form of cheap beverage, possibly of the cider variety? If we are on that plane, of getting spoon-eyed (I love how English gives you the capacity to put two unrelated words together, seperated by a hyphen, and it automatically means drunk)for next to nothing, the best method I have found is to combine White Lightening, and Lambrini. Seriously, it tastes like sugar, and you don't recall the next week. Not only that, you are so drunk you forget to take your wallet, and thusly cannot spend money buying random Bulgarian girls you have never met drinks because it seems a good idea at the time. It always seems a good idea at the time.

[Bruce Rioja]

You're in France, fool. Go and find a Montrachet and then come back on here to apologise.

Edit: For your food accompaniment - Moules Marinier and a fresh baguette. Heaven!

[Verbal]

White wine is far and away the cheapest way to get absolutely shitfaced, a tool I have utilised many a time in my current spendthrift days. Agree with the hangovers though, argh. Just drink some water before bed. In sum, ofcourse it's alright.

Bloody good. However, my favourite thing about white is I don't really get hangovers. If i drink red, i wake thinking I'm called Gerald and that I fought a real life rhino with my hands tied behind my back, whereas white just makes me feel like my head is wrapped in a duvet and that nothing is really real. As for the spendthriftiness, to me, it raises questions about what the feck are the french? I have bought said bottles of white wine for a combined sum of just under a fiver, and, unlike the stuff you can get for similar pennies en Angleterre (and i am thinking of the Co-op's 'Spanish wine', with a helpful map of all of Spain to show you whence it came) which tastes like paint stripper and drip-trays, it is actually nice. The same place where i can get such value, is the most consistenly beautiful city I have ever seen, a city where i can get where I want, when I want, without having my face stuck in a bankers armpit, where I can get a freshly baked baguette for 50p, where I come across the most immaculate female-folk in the history of staring, is the same place where I haven't been to uni in nearly over two months because they've got a bit peeved about something (they haven't actually told us what) and downed tools. Who are these people?!

Ok did you want advice or are you just showing off?

Good effort if you don't get hangovers off the White, gives me horrible ones. And my uneducated pallete is quite happy with Tesco's finest, for some reason.

[warthog]

If it's not ok to drink white wine then I'm in serious bother.

As for hangovers, the best way to avoid them is not to drink so much. Failing that the choice of tipple helps. Dark Rum is the worst, followed by Brandy and red wine. Drinking water before going to bed is a good idea, but when you're shit faced you won't bother.

Strong cider is the cheapest way to get slaughtered. You can get hold of two litres of Merrydown (7.5% by volume) for £4 if you know where to shop. It even tastes nice too and is the ideal accompaniment for a kebab.

This concludes Warthog's guide to alcohol abuse.

[TANGODANCER]

You're in France, fool. Go and find a Montrachet and then come back on here to apologise.

Or trot over to Spain and sample a Valdepena.

[Prufrock]

White wine is far and away the cheapest way to get absolutely shitfaced, a tool I have utilised many a time in my current spendthrift days. Agree with the hangovers though, argh. Just drink some water before bed. In sum, ofcourse it's alright.

Bloody good. However, my favourite thing about white is I don't really get hangovers. If i drink red, i wake thinking I'm called Gerald and that I fought a real life rhino with my hands tied behind my back, whereas white just makes me feel like my head is wrapped in a duvet and that nothing is really real. As for the spendthriftiness, to me, it raises questions about what the feck are the french? I have bought said bottles of white wine for a combined sum of just under a fiver, and, unlike the stuff you can get for similar pennies en Angleterre (and i am thinking of the Co-op's 'Spanish wine', with a helpful map of all of Spain to show you whence it came) which tastes like paint stripper and drip-trays, it is actually nice. The same place where i can get such value, is the most consistenly beautiful city I have ever seen, a city where i can get where I want, when I want, without having my face stuck in a bankers armpit, where I can get a freshly baked baguette for 50p, where I come across the most immaculate female-folk in the history of staring, is the same place where I haven't been to uni in nearly over two months because they've got a bit peeved about something (they haven't actually told us what) and downed tools. Who are these people?!

Ok did you want advice or are you just showing off?

Good effort if you don't get hangovers off the White, gives me horrible ones. And my uneducated pallete is quite happy with Tesco's finest, for some reason.

Sorry I digressed (is that a word? It looks wrong). My question came to be, because there is a wonderful wine bar cafe thingy I frequent, at 2 euros a glass (I might as well show off while I'm at it, Paris is bloody lovely) where I am the only bloke who drinks white, ALL the girls drink white, and ALL the guys red, and I am often the recipient of cheap jibes about my masculinity as a result. It wasn't so much advice i needed as reassurance, I'm not a wrong-un am I?

[CrazyHorse]

Is it OK? See I love red wine, but it gives the most god-awful, the-birds-are-swaying-and-the-trees-are-singing hangovers and I have decided it isn't worth it. So, is it OK, outside of a culinary setting, for me to be sat here drinking Sauvignon blanc, with a Chardonnay in the fridge, or does it raise questions of my masculinity?

EDIT: Please, no cheap jibes, this is a serious consideration.

Only tarts drink white wine. FACT!

[Bruce Rioja]

You're in France, fool. Go and find a Montrachet and then come back on here to apologise.

Or trot over to Spain and sample a Valdepena.

Great call, ripe yet smooth. Lovely. Maybe also a white Rioja, although I'd say that a white Rioja doesn't do anything for white wines in the same way that a full-bodied Rioja does for reds.

[Bruce Rioja]

Only tarts drink white wine. FACT!

Because real men drink?



Stand by for something ridiculous like Castlemain xxxx or some or other smoothflow

[TANGODANCER]

You're in France, fool. Go and find a Montrachet and then come back on here to apologise.

Or trot over to Spain and sample a Valdepena.

Great call, ripe yet smooth. Lovely. Maybe also a white Rioja, although I'd say that a white Rioja doesn't do anything for white wines in the same way that a full-bodied Rioja does for reds.

Not your total red wine afficionado, but Marquess de Cacerey is a very pleasant change.

[Bruce Rioja]

You're in France, fool. Go and find a Montrachet and then come back on here to apologise.

Or trot over to Spain and sample a Valdepena.

Great call, ripe yet smooth. Lovely. Maybe also a white Rioja, although I'd say that a white Rioja doesn't do anything for white wines in the same way that a full-bodied Rioja does for reds.

Not your total red wine afficionado, but Marquess de Cacerey is a very pleasant change.

If you mean Marques de Caceres, Tango, then yes - a fine drop. I'm sure that you'll find any Faustino easy on the palate, too.

[Prufrock]

Is it OK? See I love red wine, but it gives the most god-awful, the-birds-are-swaying-and-the-trees-are-singing hangovers and I have decided it isn't worth it. So, is it OK, outside of a culinary setting, for me to be sat here drinking Sauvignon blanc, with a Chardonnay in the fridge, or does it raise questions of my masculinity?

EDIT: Please, no cheap jibes, this is a serious consideration.

Only tarts drink white wine. FACT!

See, it's people like you that trample all over people's self esteem until they kill children. You wait for the headlines tomorrow. It's all your fault.