Bars which only serve
wine. For some reason they are often poorly lighted and have unusual
decor. Usually they have several varieties of wine available by the
glass.
In a wine bar you will find several types of people, I break them down into four groups:
1.)
Wine Snobs: These people will order many different types of wine through out the evening. They will comment to those around them about the "
body" and "
nose" of the wine. They will also use vauge, meaningless terms to descripbe the wine such as "
sassy yet
piquant" or "
arrogant yet
flaccid".
2.)
Yuppies: These people go to wine bars because they're a bit more socially acceptible in their circles than the dives they went to while in
college, while allowing them to avoid the youth crowd that hangs around in
coffee shops. They often drink
Chardonnay even if they don't like it.
3.) Philosophy Majors: Although this group also includes young
philosophers in general who will drink large quantities of whatever wine they can afford and sit around debating the nature of
nothingness and the futility of the
cosmos.
4.) The Uninitiated: These are the folks who've never been to a wine bar before, or only go to one rarely, they include
couples who thought it was a neat "
date"
idea, or someone who saw the word "
bar" and stumbled in.