…you’re tasting wine with a few family members (who are not wine geeks they are merely having a glass) and you’re swirling, smelling, tasting, and you begin to describe the fruit and other nuances in the wine and then your brother in-law looks at you and says, “Dude…you’re gay!”

No, it just means you're gay.

Always trust the brother-in-law's gaydar.

.....when you swirl any glass in front of you (water/juice) and smell before you drink.

The “gay” comment your brother in law made – totally inappropriate.

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Originally posted by Rothko:
No, it just means you're gay.

Always trust the brother-in-law's gaydar.

When your monthly budget of necessities includes:

Mortgage
Electricity
Gas
TV/Internet
Water
Insurance
Wine

My wife still gives me looks when we discuss financials.

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Originally posted by DoktaP:
.....when you swirl any glass in front of you (water/juice) and smell before you drink.

And you swish about just about any beverage when drinking.

All true,

And none of your friends and relatives will buy wine for you anymore, for fear it is not exactly right.

When you can't talk about wine with anyone other than geeks online.

When dining out, everyone hands the wine list to you.

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Originally posted by Sticky2:
When you can't talk about wine with anyone other than geeks online.

LOL

When you always seem to notice a retailer or website posted the wrong score, or uses an older review of the wine.

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Originally posted by pape du neuf:
All true,

And none of your friends and relatives will buy wine for you anymore, for fear it is not exactly right.

Oh thank goodness when that happens. My good friends show up for dinner now and bring craft beers or fresh produce--they finally have gotten smart enough NOT to bring wine.

You know you are a wine geek when you have more decanters (regular, duck shaped, magnum, etc) than most people have coffee cups in their house

When you cruise past the "wine bar" at the local airport, glance at the wine by-the-glass list on display, and feel sorry for the patrons who are sipping their glass of swill.

When you stop at any wine retailer, no matter how small, on the off chance that you may find a great wine that everyone elso has overlooked.

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Originally posted by indybob:
When you cruise past the "wine bar" at the local airport, glance at the wine by-the-glass list on display, and feel sorry for the patrons who are sipping their glass of swill.

I feel like this at almost every wine bar...

When you're starting threads on a wine board titled "You know you're a wine geek when..."

When you're replying to a thread on a wine board titled "You know you're a wine geek when..."

You bring your Riedel's when camping. I much prefer being called a geek than a snob. I've never been called gay, not that there's anything wrong with that.

When your throwing away your empty wine bottles at the local recycle center and are looking into the 20' dumpster while doing so to see what others in the town have been drinking, only to be disappointed to see just bulk/cheap bottles of wines scattered about.

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Originally posted by Primordealsoup:

When your throwing away your empty wine bottles at the local recycle center

You have to actually take your items to the recycle center? Wow, where do you live?

When you find yourself giving wine glasses as gifts to your good friends so you won't have to drink out of some crappy glasses when you visit the following time.

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by Primordealsoup:

When your throwing away your empty wine bottles at the local recycle center

You have to actually take your items to the recycle center? Wow, where do you live?

It's only 2 miles or so from the house, so I go when the bottles pile up (about once every other week.

When you look at the clock and it's only 9am and you are thinking about what wine to have tonight (or maybe today as it is the weekend after all).

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Originally posted by Primordealsoup:

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by Primordealsoup:

When your throwing away your empty wine bottles at the local recycle center

You have to actually take your items to the recycle center? Wow, where do you live?

It's only 2 miles or so from the house, so I go when the bottles pile up (about once every other week.

Do you have to take ALL of your recyclable items to a center?