Skip to main content
Esquire Classic
Issues
Topics
Contributors
Sign In
Subscribe
POTABLES
Do People Snigger When You Order the Wine?
A short course to transform you from novice to semi-connoisseur
May
1
1971
Roy Andries de Groot
Do People Snigger When You Order the Wine?
Roy Andries de Groot
May
1
1971
View Article Pages
POTABLES
Do People Snigger When You Order the Wine?
A short course to transform you from novice to semi-connoisseur
May
1
1971
Roy Andries de Groot
Sign In to read this article
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic - The Official Esquire Archive
Every issue Esquire has ever published, since 1933
Every timeless feature, profile, interview, novella - even the ads!
85+ Years of outstanding fiction from world-renowned authors
More than 150,000 Images — beautiful High-Resolution photography, zoom into every page
Unlimited Search and Browse
Bookmark all your favorites into custom Collections
Enjoy on Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile
View Full Issue
More From This Issue
FICTION
Courting Disaster (or, Serious in the Fifties)
May
1971
By
Philip Roth
Articles
The Sociology of Dumb
May
1971
By
Chris Welles
Articles
On Watching Parsifal With Molly
May
1971
By
Otto Friedrich
Personality
Up, Uppity and Away
May
1971
By
John Neary
FICTION
A Death on the East Side
May
1971
By
Herbert Gold
Articles
Mercury Is Heavier Than You Think
May
1971
By
Jay Holmes
Unlock every article Esquire has ever published.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
every timeless profile, interview, short story, feature, advertisement
, and much more!
More From This Issue
FICTION
Courting Disaster (or, Serious in the Fifties)
May
1971
By
Philip Roth
Articles
The Sociology of Dumb
May
1971
By
Chris Welles
Articles
On Watching Parsifal With Molly
May
1971
By
Otto Friedrich
Roy Andries de Groot
FEATURES
Burp!
JUNE 1977
By
Craig Claiborne, Gael Greene, Roy Andries de Groot, 2 more ...
WINE FESTIVAL, 1974
What Can You Do About the Soaring Price of Wine?
JANAURY 1974
By
Roy Andries de Groot
Departments
The Movable Feast
FEBRUARY 1975
By
ROY ANDRIES DE GROOT
POTABLES
POTABLES
ESQUIRE’S CLASSIC DRINK # 7: VODKA
MAY, 1956
POTABLES
The Thirsty Sportsman's Choice
JULY 1970
POTABLES
Wine Lovers Go Native
NOVEMBER 1941
By
LAWTON MACKALL
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic
Everything Esquire has ever published