Anything More Fun Would Be Uncivilized

Me, host a gathering devoted to vulgar pursuits like the playing of games and the watching of DVDs? What do you take me for, a Hell’s Angel?

Regardless of whatever is in fashion among the pimply, pudgy masses, I refuse to lower myself to such banalities. When I bring guests into my home, the affair is always devoted the elevating the higher faculties of man’s nature, not indulging the most trivial and slothful excesses. The entertainment is limited to fine wine and spirited conversation, structured by the pre-party study guides I have distributed in advance. I know I’ve succeeded when my guests are so occupied with being elevated that they don’t have time to laugh.

So don’t enter my sitting room expecting to see the WineWorks DVD or the Wine Teasers Wine Game. True, each in its way does provide something of an educational component. Winemakers, tasters, sommeliers, and restaurateurs opine on the appreciation of wine and provide insights into how to deepen one’s appreciation of the oenic arts on the WineWorks DVD. The Wine Teasers game prompts players to answer questions and discuss the broad strokes and finer points of wine education. Which is all well and good in its way. But civilized people simply cannot waste time engaging in such deadening, dispiriting indulgences as watching videos and playing card games.

Right? We can’t, right? Not even for one night?

WineWorks DVD:

• Your complete video guide to wine
• Play time 1hr. 32min.
• Contains the most extensive collection of interviews from wine industry experts
• Featured experts from Napa Valley and the Pacific Northwest include winemakers, professionals tasters, restaurant owners and wine industry suppliers
• Also features the first person in the world to attain both Master Sommelier and Master of
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• Wine professionals provide their insights on the entire spectrum of wine appreciation
• You will learn the history of wine and see how wine is produced, understand how to appreciate wine, gain valuable “insider” knowledge
• Bonus featurettes: Barrel making, Cork production, The wine glass, wine tasting
• Wine lovers from novice to connoisseur will enjoy the extraordinary wine production footage and savor the breathtaking beauty of the wine country

Wine Teasers Game:

• The fun way to learn wine.
• Whether it’s 2 people or 20, your next gathering will be filled with laughter and learning!
• More than just a trivia game, Wine Teasers wine game combines questions, hints, chance, and even the occasional diabolical maneuver to provide the most fun wine learning experience possible!
• Wine Teasers is perfect for wine-tastings, informal get-togethers, staff training, and even personal reference for learning or when shopping for wines
• The game comes with 100 question cards, each with its own hint and discussion paragraph; 30 wine bottle cards, 2 score markers and rolling dice. Plus instructions, pronunciation guide, wine descriptions food parings and more
• 2005 Version