I knew my love of wine was getting out of hand when I opened the fridge one morning to reach for the milk and my hand automatically landed on a chilled bottle of Sauvignon Blanc.
I wasn’t shocked that my reflex was to embrace the bottle.
It was that there was opened wine left in the fridge.
After a small medical tweak (I am on medication for a couple of weeks), it became time to feel guilty and recap my alcohol intake.
Yawn.
So I am having to adjust my style.
Annoyingly, wine goes with everything I own.
The challenge is this: when alcohol is back on the approved list, which refreshment — and how often?
Here is the plan.
White wine is, in fact, grape-flavoured water and is to be treated as a special occasion, otherwise known as Friday.
Red wine is for deep conversations over pasta or roast dinners and is reserved for cold nights at home.
Gin and tonic is medicinal and is allowed after 6.00pm on hot evenings.
Vodka is from a potato.
Potatoes have no fat, sodium, or cholesterol, and contain more potassium than a banana.
Therefore, vodka daily.