In a review of a restaurant the reviewer mentions that Spanish wine is
"headier when the food is spare." I am not exactly sure what he/she meant by
"headier." Is Spanish wine earthier, unsophisticated, heartier, unaged? I
have never drank Spanish wines, and was wondering what would be a good daily
wine that is "headier."

Thanks

Tom

"mary" > wrote in message
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> In a review of a restaurant the reviewer mentions that Spanish wine is
> "headier when the food is spare." I am not exactly sure what he/she meant
> by
> "headier." Is Spanish wine earthier, unsophisticated, heartier, unaged? I
> have never drank Spanish wines, and was wondering what would be a good
> daily
> wine that is "headier."

That sounds like a lot of bovine ordure to me. "Headier when the food is
spare"? That reads to me like "If you eat less you'll get drunk more
easily". Not exactly an astounding conclusion, is it?

FWIW, I find Spanish wines to be roughly similar to most of the rest of the
world's wines with respect to intoxication potential.

Tom S

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 17:30:49 -0500, mary wrote:

> In a review of a restaurant the reviewer mentions that Spanish wine is
> "headier when the food is spare." I am not exactly sure what he/she meant by
> "headier." Is Spanish wine earthier, unsophisticated, heartier, unaged? I
> have never drank Spanish wines, and was wondering what would be a good daily
> wine that is "headier."
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom

Maybe header was referring to the body, how it is more of a heavy wine.
Which I seem to find more in a Spanish wine.