Wine Rack

I love wine. I was somewhat of a late bloomer when I got into understanding the differences in flavour — I was about 24. Since then; and I don’t mean to sound snobby, but I won’t drink a bad wine. I don’t mean that it has to be expensive — I will usually pay about £5.00 — £7.00 for a bottle — but I won’t drink the cheap and nasty rats piss that clogs up the bottom of supermarket shelves — there is just too much good stuff to be had.
I was lucky — I learnt the basics about wine from a friend of mine who owned a wine merchants. He has since moved on, so I have to make stabs in the dark when it comes to choosing a new wine. So when I went into Wine Rack in Thames Ditton I was a little disappointed that the (very helpful) young man who was serving me didn’t have much of a wine knowledge. Several times I asked him what a particular wine tasted like, and most times he didn’t know — hadn’t tried it. I heard another customer having the same problem when she asked him for some recommendations.
I wish that Wine Rack made their employees try out some of the wine! I know that they would like to — at least I hope that they would. Still, he was very nice, and between us, we managed to pick up a selection of good wines for my dads birthday party.
The best part of my visit to Wine Rack was that they were doing a 40% off offer, so I picked up four crates of wine for almost half price. Although I was happy with my choices of Cabs, Merlots, Sauvignons and Pinots; it would have been good to have a bit more input from the staff.