History of Riesling

[mrdutton]

When I was 13 to 16 I thought that McDonalds, Burger King and Burger Chef were pretty neat places. Best of all was the Dairy Queen near the beach that sold 5 burgers for $1.00. Now that was a gourmet meal fit for any hungry east coast teen surfer dude.

Quite frankly, I think these places now have a core consumer group that is not anywhere near like the typical consumer that I am.

I shun those places now.

Fine dining...... well that is something I don't shun at all. However, the owner of my favorite fine dining establishment here in Virginia Beach gently reminded me that I may not frequent his place enough. This happened when he "innocently" reminded me that I only dine there about once every year.

However, the manager of the local "family restaurant" is on first name terms with both myself and my wife................. and this place has far more patrons on any given night than my fine dining spot..... Trust me on this one.

Funny, but I shudder less over buying a case of wine for $150.00 than over paying $200.00 for four of us at a good restaurant. But I don't buy many $50.00 bottles of wine and I don't think most of the rest of us do either.

Thats my humble opinion.