| If you are one of those people who happen to be | | | | Step 3: Add in Other Wines and Experiment |
| matched with someone whose beverage tastes | | | | Once you've got your beer drinker opened up to |
| don't match yours, I can sympathize. I've been | | | | the idea that wine is not all bad, it's time to try |
| happily married to a beer drinker for almost 10 | | | | for a wider variety of wines. You can gently |
| years now. I longingly watch couples in | | | | introduce them one at a time, matching them |
| restaurants share a bottle of wine over dinner or | | | | with meals that pair well with the wines. You can |
| debate the virtues of one wine over another. | | | | offer a robust red with a good steak or a nice |
| Nothing seems as romantic to me as a shared | | | | yet intense Chardonnay with poultry or cheese. |
| love of wine. Therefore I have taken on the | | | | Another suggestion is to try several different |
| tremendous task of trying to turn a beer drinker | | | | types of wine by visiting a wine bar or attending |
| into a wine enthusiast. | | | | a wine tasting. These are both great ways to |
| Step 1: Add Variety to His Beverages | | | | sample without committing to a bottle and you |
| If your beer drinker only drinks beer and the | | | | are usually guided by someone with a decent |
| occasional mixed drink, you can't expect to turn | | | | amount of wine knowledge, who should be able to |
| him on to wine overnight. It is a gradual process | | | | tell you about the wines you are tasting. He or |
| with the first step being to add some variety to | | | | she should also be able to make suggestions of |
| what he drinks. There are now fruit-infused beers | | | | things for your now-reformed beer drinker to try. |
| on the market. They are the perfect drinks to | | | | Don't Give Up |
| offer to the beer lover. It incorporates the beer | | | | This is not a process that takes overnight. It may |
| drinker's love of beer with a little something | | | | take months or even years to move from one |
| different. You may also want to offer him some | | | | step to the next. From time to time, the beer |
| malt beverages that are a little sweeter or lighter | | | | drinker may even slide backward, especially after |
| than a beer. | | | | trying a particularly strong wine that he (or she) |
| Step 2: Start Introducing Sweet Fruity Wines | | | | doesn't care for. My beer drinker was making |
| Once your beer drinker has developed a taste for | | | | great progress until we went to a wine tasting |
| the fruitier beverages out there, it's time to add in | | | | where he was tempted by an extremely |
| wine. Start with something light and fruity like a | | | | expensive wine. It also happened to be a very |
| Riesling that has a hint of apricot, peach or | | | | dry red wine. For someone still on Rieslings and |
| pineapple. This will probably be the most palatable | | | | sparkling wine, it was too much, too soon. I still |
| kind of wine for him. Discuss the flavors in the | | | | haven't given up though. The process continues |
| wine and ask whether he can distinguish them. | | | | and one day I will get to sit and enjoy a bottle of |
| White Zinfandel is also another great beginner's | | | | wine over dinner with my reformed beer drinker. |
| wine. | | | | |