Sip Sense

• Respect the grape. But never fear the wine stain — wear it as a badge of honour.
• Water is wine’s sidekick. A sip of each keeps the party balanced(ish).
• The best wine is the one already open. Don’t overthink it.
• Share bottles, share stories. Wine multiplies when laughter is involved.
• Every country has its own beer. Every traveller's duty is to taste them all (responsibly…ish).
• Sip, don’t chug. Unless someone challenges you. Then chug with dignity.

• Delayed train = longer happy hour. Destiny clearly wanted this.
• Jet lag is just an excuse to drink wine at breakfast.
• Maps lie but wine bars never do. Follow the corks, not the compass.
• With wine time zones don’t exist. Wine o’clock is universal.
• Lost luggage = hotel curtain couture. Fashion is what you make of it.

Our Sacred Don’ts

• Don’t sabre champagne with a butter knife. Haircuts optional, heads not.
• Don’t use rosé as sunscreen. Pink shoulders are not a fashion statement.
• Don’t mistake the spittoon for gazpacho. Please.
• Don’t tell locals you prefer boxed wine. That’s how international incidents start.
• Don’t attempt yoga after your third glass. Trust us.

• “Where the wine goes in, the truth comes out.” (Romanian proverb)
• “Wine is bottled laughter.” And sometimes bottled karaoke regret.
• “In wine there is wisdom. In beer there is freedom. In water… there are bacteria.”
• Age and glasses of wine should never be counted.” (Old saying… probably invented by someone on their 4th glass.
• "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” (Ben Franklin…allegedly, but we’ll allow it)
• “A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine.” (Which explains why we’re always indoors with a bottle.)
• “Sip happens.” (Modern proverb, source: your tipsy uncle)
• “Give a man a beer and he wastes an hour. Teach a man to brew, and he wastes a lifetime.”

• Enjoy wine or beer to make stories, not enough to become one.