[LivinLOS]

Both me and my housemate are partial to wine.. When I first arrived here the selection was truly awful and prices sky high, its improved a little but still not reached levels to be happy about. We still buy a bit, but its usually of a quality I would class as basic plonk back home.

I personally can appreciate all kinds of verity and think you get interesting wines worth trying from many countries (the fun is in trying so often) Tho I have to say I am very partial to a good bordeaux and although its often a marketing spin I like a fresh light fruity nouveaux beaujolais especially in the first few bottles (or on a warm afternoon) that you open, my buddy and constant wine drinking partner in slime (his uncle ran a wine importer, we could raid his place for entire cases sometimes) in Holland was a fan of some really heavy wines like Grand Cru etc to me I prefer them once the tastebuds had dulled a little or with rich / strong foods.

Another drawback here is wine is stored badly and seems to have a very high % of souring.. I was in Deli one day and saw a bordeaux at 1200 baht which puts it in the 'treat' price.. I bought it home and opened it up and it was superb, best bottle of wine I had drank in Thailand, reminded me how much I loved wine and left me with a terrible thrist in my mouth when the bottle was finished. Next day I went back and bought 2 more to share, after building it up to my mate we opened it and the disappointment to discover both bottles were like vinegar. Of course back home you would return it, here not a hope !!

I also agree with JB above that I find the actual high / drunk from good wine is extremely pleasant, its talkative without being boorish, its energised without being hyper. Different drink has subtly different highs and wine is a very social pleasant tipple.

Yes Nels I suspect you may miss it but you adjust and forget (until someone posts a thread like this and makes you thirsty)..