In the fascinating and weird department, consider this from Hardy’s Wine, an English company, that I guess sells wine:

The research also suggests that traditional wine terminology is baffling consumers, with 1 in 8 thinking that a sommelier is a French perfumer and 10 per cent of people believing it’s a female pig farmer.
Almost half of Brits also confess to a lack of confidence when choosing wines in a bar or restaurant.

Holy crapper. A pig farmer. I thought it was a vessel used in Sumerria in biblical times.

The research from Hardys wine also shows that the average British wine drinker believes they are more knowledgeable than they actually are. In fact they would get more multiple choice questions on wine correct, if they randomly guessed!
Whilst it’s no surprise that more women enjoy drinking wine (74%), its men who know the most about it - 68% of wine experts are men.

Read the whole release here….