A few days ago, I was going through my usual wine consumption ritual – view the color and clarity, sniff the aroma, swirl the glass, and was getting ready to taste when I suddenly heard, “Mommy, can I have a sip?” I looked down to see the big blue eyes of my four and a half-year-old daughter staring up at me. “Um, no. This is an adult drink.” Strange – she had never shown an interest before other than looking at the Eurocaves and asking if those were full of “adult beverages.” I saw the disappointment in her eyes and said innocently, “would you like to smell it?” I showed her how to swirl the wine to bring out the bouquet (it wasn’t pretty). I figured she would lose interest immediately. She did not.
She took a deep sniff and declared, “I smell cherries, chocolate, and strawberries.” Holy crap – we were drinking an Archery Summit Pinot Noir 2002. Did I have a sommelier in training? Should I give the blog over to her since her palate was so much more evolved than mine? I did what any good mom and wine lover would do – I bragged to my friends and on Twitter all week.
wine consumption ritual
A week later, I poured a glass of Failla Viognier and handed it over to her. She sniffed, she swirled. I held my breath. Finally, she declared, “I smell cherries and chocolate and strawberries.”
Seems those childhood experts are right about kids picking up the darndest things. And so I wait for the next college scholarship opportunity.
Thats so cute. My 12 year old likes to sniff and pontificate. The funny thing is he automatically reverts to a pompous voice and changes his demeanor…I wonder, where does he get that, I don’t do it like that and none of our friends do.
He doesn’t have a desire to sip yet. Hopefully I won’t have to start keeping my eyes on any open bottles.
Josh
That’s hilarious. I love the pompous voice and demeanor! You need to get that on video and post to your blog 🙂
cute!
This is a great story. It is funny what kids pick up on. It would have been a little unnerving if she had come up with a perfect Viognier profile when given the chance. 🙂
Josh, I agree that you need to get some video footage of the pompous wine snob demeanor. Sounds classic.
Great post! Morgan = wine chick in training.
* Future wine chick, I mean. After she turns 21, of course! 😉
She has been to too many of our wine clubs!