Tonight.. on a very special UM Presents, join us as Urban Monarch agents go deep undercover to peer into the seedy world of wine tastings.

By ‘deep undercover’ I naturally mean ’standing near the cheese plate’.  As for ’seedy world’?   Replace with ‘upscale country club’.

Nevertheless, we will be there.

If past experiences with Greg, free vino and an ample supply of single women is any indication of what to expect, we’re in for a fun time.

In honor of this outing I thought I’d brush up on my ’sure to impress the ladies’ wine trivia dorkery.

Swish swish, spit spit, my sweets.

5 things you may not know about wine:

1.  How many gallons of wine are produced from one acre of grapevines? About 800

2.  How many gallons of wine are in a single barrel? 60

3.  How many varieties of wine grapes exist in the world today? Over 10,000

4.  How many calories are in a four ounce glass of red wine? Approximately 85

5.  When did winemaking begin? The Mesopotamians were credited with producing the first wines in 6000 B.C.

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