I decided to change things up for this week’s quiz, but it is multiple choice, so you have a shot regardless.
You’re sitting at a small authentic restaurant in Paris with a good friend. All of a sudden, your friend addresses the waiter in perfect French, and proceeds to order. You do not speak a word of French and never knew about your friend’s hidden talent (you suspect that he/she might be a spy or a prostitute, but you do not ask for fear that he/she might have a gun or may be charging you by the hour). After a few moments, this shows up at your table:
Your friend also ordered a carafe of wine to go with it, which makes you dismiss your previous thoughts almost immediately. Not because you feel any less concerned, but you know now that you are going to get your drink on and you can deal with the other stuff later.
So here is the question: Which of these glasses will likely accompany the wine?
Glass One
Glass Two
Glass Three
Glass Four
Extra Credit:
1. What did your friend order to eat?
2. What wine did he/she order?
3. Did you ever ask your friend about his/her secret identity?
the drunken cyclist 
I will go with glass #2, and the wine was Pinot Blanc from Alsace
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You ordered a tarte flambee, and ordered a glass of reisling from Alsace that you drink from glass #1.
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Cheater, I know where you are right now! But you got part of the answer wrong….
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We tasted today with Genevieve Barmes owner of Barmes Buecher in Wettolsheim, and she claims that Pinot Gris is the correct Alsacian wine to pair with tarte flambee. So, she agrees with you that reisling is not the best pairing with this traditional cuisine for whatever it’s worth.
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It was not the wine choice that I considered ‘wrong’!
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As a first-time visitor, why not make a fool of myself. Although the pizza seems very white, what appears to be bacon is tossing me for a loop. Given Paris is norther France, a foresee a crisp wine from Alsace in glass three.
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I think we may have a ringer here….
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… no way … Google is everyone’s secret source. 😉
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I was trying to get a Google proof question like Talkavino! I guess I gave out too many hints…
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Well, I guess if you would rename the picture file into something which doesn’t contain “Alsacienne Tarte Flambe”, the level of difficulty would greatly increase 🙂 But I still think it is very difficult to guess the correct glass…
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Very good point! I have much to learn about this Blogging thing, Obi Wan!
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