Nothing says up-and-coming socialite like understanding wine. It’s universally recognized as classy and a sign of being a fancy-pants. (From my description it should be fairly obvious that I am not apart of this up-and-coming sect…at least not yet). So for those buddies who aspire to be the crème-de-la-crème socialite, they better know something about wine. You can offer these buddies wine tasting package, trips to vineyards, and the like if you happen to be incredibly wealthy and/or produce wine yourself. Still, eventually any upwardly social mobile person will have to put in a little self-study to truly be able to break into the “cultured” crowd. A perfect way to help them put their ascent on turbo-speed is to assist them with their wine homework with a wine journal.
With a wine journal a budding connoisseur can keep track of wines s/he has had, impressions of the wines, and the occasion for which they drunketh from their goblet. It can even be a sort of scrapbook for saving labels…oooh, especially if you can get it signed by someone famous.
Where to go
The bookstore! Anything that has paper as it main component can probably be found at the dependable bookstore. With that standard, stationary stores or stores that sale writing products would be another good place to look (Think: Levenger).
A few online resources include:
The Wine Enthusiast (http://www.wineenthusiast.com/)
Wine.com (http://www.wine.com/)
Wine Journal
(Image from wine.com)
(Image from wine.com)
There’s also the option of creating a handmade journal. This would be more decorative and personal than store-bought journals, thus showing your support for your buddy in climbing to the top of the social scene (even if you include a few jokes). Socialite or bust!
