You Know You’re a Wine Snob When…

…you find yourself ‘aerating’ your milk by swirling it aggressively in the glass. Heather Hope

… you unscrew the bottle cap from a Bud Light. And you sniff it. Jerry Pierson

…you bring your own stemware to a restaurant.

…you refuse to drink out of the box and insist on putting the wine in a glass.

Carol Prucha Evans <— oh SNAP, Should I admit that Carol is my mom?!

….you use a points rating system for the drinking water: 98 points, 2010 vintage ala tap water, some mineral taste on the palate, little to no nose and not dry at all, very quaffable and inexpensive…. Gary Krimont

…you carry a corkscrew in your pants pocket! @WLarryC

… you take some of your wine bottles to a friend’s apartment for recycling so the garbage guys won’t think you have a problem. 😉 Naomi Whitmore Pollack

…you bring your own aerator to a restaurant @HipsForHire

…when its Riedel or nothing else! @abryksa

…when you won’t drink a bottle of wine less than $20. @DaveBenjamin

…When your friends refer to you as “The Cork Dork”Jeff Morrow

…you must precurse a statement by saying, “I’m not a wine snob, but…”Jason D. Brumley

…you start making cute things for the house out of all the corks you’ve collected. Steven Petersen

…when you scoff at the fact that a resturant only offers “house red” or “house white.”

… It takes you longer to take the first sip than it did to pour it in the glass. Ariana Emery Burgess

… you fly 1500 miles to drink your favorite wine instead of drinking it at home!!!! Scott Miller

…every time you purchase a bottle of wine, you then check Wine Spectator online for the rating.Emily Campen-Mrachek

… you post a question on FB and twitter asking what makes other people a wine snob 🙂 Tom Black <– Oh JAB!

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THANK YOU Twitter and Facebook Fans For… well… writing this blog post for me! I put the question out there “You Know You’re A Wine Snob When…” and got an amazing response. Any response with an @ symbol and a name after it is the Twitter handle of someone I follow on Twitter. All other responses have a link to Facebook accounts. ‎What a stellar Social Media Community I am involved in!