Rogue Sommelier

Red Wine Stains your Teeth.  But you'll live.

Ahhhh.... Amour!  Is there nothing we won't do for love?  Wine can help us boorish geeks better than any box of candy... unless your date is a refugee from the circus side show.  But DANGER lurks.  Red wine will stain your teeth.  Sure it cleans off when you brush, but you'll end up looking like Bella Lugosi for most of the evening.   Now its more than likely that your Mom DIDN'T tell you the basics of "wine on a date"... so heed these words of warning:

1. If your plans call for you to... ahem... perform after dinner, consider lower alcohol wine.  Look into German white wines.
2. When pouring wine... you, the pourer always go last.  Sucks. Eh?
3. No screw cap wines in the restaurant or on a date.  You cheap bastard.
4. Despite the fact you spent WAY too much... don' think you have to finish the bottle.
5. NEVER force the other people to have another glass if they don't want to.  The luminance of your personality should be enough.  If its not... you're in trouble anyway.