Wine and Dresses

The idea of comparing wine to clothing came to me as a result of something I read.  There is a gentleman by the name of Michael J. Gelb who has written a book called Wine Drinking for Inspired Thinking.  Seriously, of all things… we have never met yet I am almost completely positive that this guy is my soul mate.  In the book he makes a list that says that if a certain wine [insert varietal here] were to be an article of clothing, it would be this [insert type of garment here].  For example, if Cabernet Sauvignon were an article of clothing, it would be a twice-worn pair of black leather pants.  And I say, hopefully a pair that Jim Morrison had on.  This got me thinking. Yes, about Jim Morrison in leather pants, but almost more importantly, about wine and dresses.

So, back to the musings of my soul mate Michael and how his ponderings pertain to my recent purchase.  If my new dress were a glass of wine it would be a Kir Royale. First of all I should explain that a Kir Royale is actually a cocktail, yet one of the two essential ingredients in it is a healthy dose of Champagne. Champagne is wine and therefore I am totally right. As always. Goodness I’m bad… why are you still reading this? The other ingredient in a Kir Royale is a black currant liqueur called Cassis. What you do is you pour one ounce of chilled Cassis into a Champagne flute. You then take your Champagne and fill the glass. Here’s the important part: when you pour the Champagne you need to pour it ever so slowly and carefully over the back of a spoon and down the side of the glass. If you are steady-handed and patient, you will end up with a layered effect where the Cassis stays at the bottom of the glass while the Champagne floats on top.  And that is why if my new dress were a wine, it would be a Kir Royale. The bottom of the dress is black and the top of it is vanilla coloured.  This makes perfect sense to me.