Wine vs Soju

Saturday night Michelle had a bunch of her friends over for a Housewarming/Christmas/Wine Party. It was a cozy quiet affair with loads of finger foods, amazing baking and with everyone bringing a bottle of wine there was huge a variety to sample from. Wine used to be difficult to track down and when you found a kind you liked you made sure to buy as many as you could. But thankfully it's no longer this way.

Recently I read (on the front page of the newspaper nonetheless) that wine sales in Korea were on the rise. Some of the reasons for this were because of a more global Korea, a well travelled citizenry and a change in people palates and tastes.

What made me laugh was the author credited the developed palate to the lowering of alcohol in soju making Koreans more attracted to weaker drinks. There is no way that wine and soju can be compared. Soju is harsh and manly. Wine is calming and complimentary. Soju is used to clean grease off tables and frying pans, in cases of emergency it can be used to sterilize medical equipment or to corrode open locked doors. Wine should never be wasted like this. I'm not opposed to using it for cleaning but you must make sure you are drinking it.