How often do you have a glass of wine.?

I said upthread that I rarely drink..... reading this thread, though, made me really fancy a glass of sherry, and I've just found a bottle of amontillado in the cupboard, hurrah! Bottoms up

I had a glass of sherry last night, simply because I fancied one. Enjoyed it very much! ( One of my "occasions when I fancy a drink") ?

I have had three small sherries this week on different nights and they were delicious with a cube of ice.

My two grandsons gave me a hot water bottle with the cover saying ‘Nan loves US, SHERRY &TENNIS’ well they got that right.

?? I wrote "she took the sherry" - sorry!

I've just remembered a very strange girl who we had to dinner once. We handed out sherry beforehand (this was in the 1970s) and poured wine with the meal. She never said just "no thanks" - she took the but left it standing, and then started to rant about drinking alcohol when we poured the wine.

We would have thought nothing of her saying "no thank you, I don't drink alcohol" (which would have saved us wasting that glass of sherry) but she made such a drama of it, as if she was expecting us to pin her down and pour it in her mouth.

It may be the circles I move in or I may be oblivious to it, but I have never experienced anyone being looked down upon for not drinking alcohol.

There's always at least one person in the group who is driving or just doesn't fancy any alcohol and will order water, Coke or juice and no one thinks anything of it.

Annsixty, you definitely don't sound a lush, & heaven knows you're more than earning your right to anything that helps you. Anyone who'd judge you a) isn't worth bothering about and b) has clearly never dealt with taking care of a family member or spouse with dementia. Anyone who's been there understands. You can feel like you're drowning ... then you notice that corks float ...! All the best to you.

It is from Aldi though .

Not me merlotgran. I buy the strawberry and cherry 9% wine. Tastes like juice

Was it you who bought up the entire stock in Aldi then, NannyTee?

That's me on the naughty step then . I think I'll also keep my consumption quiet.

I don't know what Aldi is trying to tell us but for the third week in a row their wine shelves are practically empty shock

Only one bottle left of my favourite merlot which was at the back of the bottom shelf - so it stayed there.

No boxes of anything and although there was gin there was no slimline tonic.

I thought it was the customer who was supposed to be doing Dry January and Frugal February, not the supermarket!!

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I drink wine on a Friday and Saturday. One bottle is never quite enough Both me and DH prefer red but I quite like a crisp dry white --if there's nothing else going--I avoid drinking on a school night as I would find it too hard to get up early for work and I never drink when I have the grandchildren.

Drinking alcohol isn’t a big part of my life I enjoy some sparkles from time to time but that’s about it I just don’t have a taste for it. My in-laws however who are every day drinkers find this odd! They seem to think I am somehow depriving myself and make a big deal out of getting me to have a drink when I am with them. Just cannot understand how I can possibly not want a drink!

annsixty You thoroughly deserve to try to relax with a couple of glasses of wine. I do the same. We have had a terrible few years and sometimes a glass or two of what we fancy can bring our stress levels right down. OK, I know it's not the answer and I know the dangers (my father was a violent alcoholic who gave his family a terrible time) but I think I know what I am doing. I have friends who tut-tut at anyone who enjoys a drink. I always think 'walk a mile in someone else's shoes' before you judge.

annsixty I don’t think anything you’ve posted suggests that you are a lush. A few glasses of wine a week isn’t a problem for most of us. It’s different if you start as soon as you get up or use as a constant crutch then you may very well have a problem. Perhaps I’ve misjudged this thread. I’ve treated it as lighthearted. The occasional wine is for me one of my life’s little pleasures. It’s almost the only adult pleasure I have and unless it impacts on my health (reflux/interferes with medications) I never intend to give it up.

Any wine kept for more than 2 days must be revolting. If I am going to have some left over (rare!) then I freeze it and keep it for cooking.

After my hip replacement my French surgeon post operative notes included drinking a glass of red wine everyday.

I am struggling to fit in the alcohol free day this week.

Thankyou Witzend it is good when someone understands having dealt with it themselves.

Having gone through so many years of dementia with both FiL and my mother, annsixty, would just like to say you have no need to justify a few glasses of wine to me.
Sending heartfelt sympathies.

I feel I must reiterate for those who haven't read the whole thread and think I am a lush with no regrets or knowledge of the danger of alcohol, my H has Alzheimer's, I deal with the situation on my own.
My D and S have complex problems of their own and I make it known to them that I am fine.
It is a hard and lonely job and a few glasses of wine, three evening a week, with a meal helps me cope and is the only thing we both have to look forward to.
I don't know why I need to justify myself but felt the need.

Just to add, my dd has never been much of a drinker, but recently while playing with the toy kitchen at nursery, Gdd (2 and 3/4) was asked by one of the staff what she was doing in her kitchen.

'I'm having a glass of wine.' (!)

Must surely have come from Granny, since I do often take and cook the dinner when visiting!

I usually have a small glass while cooking the dinner. Dh used to have a large glass of red every night, but gave it up when he was trying (successfully!) to lose weight.

I usually prefer a white, pref. NZ Sauvignon Blanc, and because unless we have guests it's just me, I will only buy the bottles with screw caps - one in the fridge lasts me quite a while.

OH belongs to a wine club and orders wine by the case. He'd drink a few glasses with food every night but we had a chat about it and now only drink alcohol from Friday night until Sunday night and have the other days of the week alcohol free. I never drink when the grandchildren stay over of if I am likely to be needed to help out. I am happy with sparkling water, hating most soft drinks as they are too sweet. I do enjoy a crisp dry white though. In our house a bottle of wine only holds three glasses. Not good.

I rarely drink wine. The odd small glass of Damson gin of an evening.
If I go out my preferred tipple is usually a 330ml bottle of the Italian beer Peroni, which I really do like. I don't drink red wine it gives me a headache. A light white wine is about my limit these days.