Wine is a catalyst to conversation, a social lubricant and an opiate for the senses. So, though it may help to know a little bit about wine, it’s best really to know a lot more about something else, and then to drink wine and share your knowledge in a social setting, whilst listening more than you speak, so as to keep the things going and learn more. Christopher Hitchens was ranked by the Economist in 2006 as one of the world’s greatest living conversationalists, and one may think that that is an odd thing to be. But really it’s not, we can only learn more and help people understand through conversations. (more…)