Water or wine? These will basically be your only options for beverages with a meal in Italy. In homes and restaurants, the only beverages offered and served will typically be water fizzy or still or wine this might be red, white, rose, or sparkling.
At the esteemed institution of higher learning, the tradition of sconcing involves that someone drinks a quantity of ale or other alcohol as a penalty for etiquette blunders. It is derived from a custom of a monetary penalty for social breaches in the s.
Drinking is complicated in Korea. Drinking etiquette is highly complex in Korea. In particular, there are a lot of rules and rituals around letting elders drink first as a show of respect. For instance, if an older person offers a younger person a drink, social rules dictate that the younger person should stand up or kneel and accept the beverage with both hands, and that the beverage should be sipped facing away from the person who offered.
Sometimes a toast to life, health and happiness is more than enough. The coming days will bring plenty of opportunities to toast with a good glass of wine. Ancient Rome: a question of trust Some think the act of toasting began in the 4th century BC, but for a rather different reason than why we do so today.
Greeks and Romans: more drink! Celebrating a victory Another origin theory of the toast dates back to the 16th century. Adding burnt bread to the wine used to toast your pals is par for the course, but breaking convention by toasting with an empty glass? That would be bad form. According to Roman etiquette, there was little point in raising an empty glass to wish someone good cheer. Fast-forward several centuries and the question of raising a toast with an empty glass becomes a regionally important one.
In some countries, a toast made with an empty glass is not only poor manners, it's also thought to bring bad luck. In others, toasting with an empty glass is an acceptable alternative [source: Etiquette International ]. In many countries, including the United States, toasting with an empty glass is preferable to refusing a toast altogether. Furthermore, filling a glass with another palatable liquid — water, juice, a soft drink or seltzer water — is a viable option that any mannered maven would appreciate.
President Obama has used water to toast dignitaries during state events. Traditionally you should turn away from them when you consume the drink, though again, this is increasingly infrequent. Dropping ice cubes into a glass of wine throughout most of the world will typically elicit reactions ranging from surprise to shocked indignation from our snobbier friends. Perhaps things would be different if we lived in Japan, where a new wine drinking custom has taken off.
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