Wine at lunch?

I love having a glass of wine at lunch.  I have touched on this topic before, but today with a new angle; politeness.  Just this morning I caught part of a discussion about politeness in our current society.  Are we more or less polite than we used to be was the basic question. The consensus seemed to be that we are less polite, mainly to due to the electronic device that is now semi-permanently attached at the end of our arms. Well, I have a solution; Wine!Go to any of our local wine tastings and you are going to find people talking, to each other! And they are enjoying themselves! A cell phone comes out every now and then, but a wine glass has temporarily surmounted its place. It is such a novel and amazing concept, talking to one another, that I want to foster it.Most wine tastings are in the evening, causing many to be stuck in this modern, non-polite world for hours on end. Therefore an intervention is needed, right in the middle of the day. The solution:Lunch!Many, due to occupation, are not allowed to consume alcohol while on the clock. I feel you, I spent 12 years in that kind of hell, and I’m sorry. For everyone else who can [have Wine] at lunch then this is for you. There are only two rules to Lunch Wine.First rule: Don’t let someone in your lunch group order a beer. If you are allowed to drink during your work day then don’t have a beer. This is one of the few times when the perceived “sophistication” of wine is to your benefit. Having a beer in the middle of the day gives the impression of laziness and poor decision making. Wine does not come with that baggage. Don’t believe me. Try your own experiment and ask the folks around your work place how they feel if they hear a co-worker had a beer at lunch. Then ask the same if they had a single glass of wine.Second rule: Do not have more than one glass. The stigma that surrounds alcohol at lunch roots itself in the possibility of you getting drunk or at the minimum not performing upon your return to the office. One glass of wine will not make you “sloppy.” If it does then don’t drink. By all means have a coffee and don’t mess it up for the rest of us.Having a glass of wine at lunch does many good things. It will help keep you off of your phone, thus you will be more social and attentive to your lunch guests, a very polite gesture indeed. Also people drinking wine look better than those not, and it has been proven that red wine aides in digestion. Therefore the result of you having wine at lunch is that you will physically feel better and come off as more positive and more polite.My favorite place to have a glass of wine at lunch in Pensacola is Carmen’s Lunch Bar & Tapas. The last time that I was there I was fortunate enough to try a wine that was soon to be but not yet on the menu; Cabriola by Borsao 2019 Spanish red blend. It paired perfectly with my lunch choice, and my lunch guest, who had the same wine, was impressed with my recommendation. We spoke about the business at hand and I only interrupted the occasion once with my cell phone to take the picture for this post. So, if you can, do us all a favor and have a glass of wine at lunch.  You just might make the world a better, slightly more polite, place.