Wine and Children???

[Kcwhippet]

Being of Eastern European extraction, we didn't have much of a wine tradition when I was very young. However, I was given sips of beer with the kielbasa and sauerkraut, and the pirohi starting when I was about three. A few years later on, my father discovered wine and switched from beer. So, we grew up with beer and wine as part of the evening meal, and my sister and I now still continue that regimen. I did the same with my own kids, offering them wine mixed with water when they were younger, then straight wine (in small amounts) when they were about twelve. Of the three (they're in their late twenties/early thirties now), two still have a glass of wine with their dinners and the third has an occasional wine. They do have an appreciation for fine wines, though, since they chipped in and got us the 97 Whitehall Reserve Cab and the 97 Insignia for Christmas. I guess we did something right with them.