Generally, the funeral of ordinary people in the UK will only invite relatives and friends, not real relatives. Food will indeed be provided, but most of them are arranged by the funeral company. The funeral company will arrange some coffee, sandwiches, bread, juice and champagne at the funeral location. In the evening, the funeral company will arrange restaurants to provide meals, but you need to register in advance, because many people do not like to eat such meals.
What kind of wine do Londoners like to drink?
Londoners like to drink a variety of alcoholic beverages. Here are a few common alcoholic beverages:
Beer: Beer is one of Londoners’ favorite alcoholic beverages, especially English beer and Indian Pale Beer (IPA). There are many well-known beer brands and bars in London, such as Fullers, Shepherd Neame, and Harveys.
Red Wine: Londoners like to taste high-quality red wines from all over the world, such as French Bordeaux, Italian Barlow, etc. Some of London’s high-end restaurants and wineries will offer precious red wines.
Spirits: Londoners enjoy a variety of spirits, such as English national liquor whisky (e.g. Chivas, Glenfiddich, etc.), brandy (e.g. Hennessy, Martell, etc.), and gin (e.g. Gordon, Lamborghini, etc.). These spirits are usually mixed with lemonade or tonic water to drink.
Cocktails: Bars and restaurants in London often offer a variety of innovative and classic cocktails, such as Martinis, Manhattan, Alexandria, etc. Some bars also create specialty cocktails according to their own recipes.
Champagne: Londoners enjoy tasting champagne on special occasions, such as French Champagne, English sparkling wine, etc. Some high-end restaurants and bars will offer precious champagne.
It should be noted that the drinking habits of Londoners vary by region, occasion and time, and here are just some of them.
Champagne glass clinking etiquette?
Small banquets, where three or five friends get together, drinking has become an indispensable part. In the depths of the love, you can’t help but clink glasses with each other. This has become a habitual action of people when drinking. But even these small details also have important cultural etiquette. For example, drinking glasses should clink the belly of the glass, not the mouth of the glass. Then there are those contents, let’s find out together. Don’t pour too much wine
Unlike beer and Baijiu, drinking fruit wine gives people a more elegant feeling. Pour a little less wine each time, and drink slowly, which is conducive to sobering up, and it is also an embodiment of elegance. And if the wine is poured too full, it is not only visually unsightly, but also easy to spill the wine when clinking glasses, which will greatly reduce the artistic conception of drinking fruit wine. Generally speaking, the wine can be poured to the width of the glass, and if the champagne glass is used, it is more suitable to pour it to 3/4 of the place.
The action should be light
When clinking glasses with goblets, you don’t need to use too much force, and a light touch can produce a crisp sound. Therefore, when clinking glasses, you must master the strength and the action must be gentle, which is also in line with the elegant artistic conception when drinking fruit wine.
Don’t toast
After clinking glasses, many people are used to “deep feelings and stuffy mouthfuls” to express respect for others. But in Western culture, there is no such saying, drinking more and less is purely their own will.
Wine, as a drink that needs to be carefully tasted, if you drink it blindly, it is difficult to feel the complex flavor of the wine, and a bottle of good wine is wasted. Of course, if everyone else at the banquet insists on toasting, it is more important to take care of everyone’s emotions when the amount of wine allows.
The word Toast in English comes from the habit of drinking a glass of wine together. In ancient England, guests had to take turns drinking the same glass of wine to show their respect for the host. When the glass was passed to the host, there was only a little wine and the bread used to serve the wine. Therefore, bread toast gradually extended to mean “toast”. In modern times, the custom of drinking a glass of wine together gradually became obsolete, and everyone had their own wine glass, replaced by raising the wine glass together to celebrate.
Clinking glasses satisfies the sensory experience
Before clinking glasses was invented, the ceremony of toasting included four senses: sight, taste, smell, and touch, except for hearing. The sound of clinking glasses can just make up for the missing hearing, making the sensory experience of toasting more perfect.
Clinking glasses expresses appreciation for wine glasses
Unlike other glasses, drinking goblets is an art, and people begin to appreciate the beautiful sound made when tapping goblets. The more melodious the clinking sound, the more delicate the wine glass is, and “clinking glasses” is also regarded as an appreciation and affirmation of wine glasses.
These are some precautions about drinking clinking glasses. These are mostly the precautions about wine. If it is Baijiu, it is another matter. With these skills, I believe you can also incarnate a small wine hall expert and show elegance and professionalism. If you know any other glass clinking etiquette, remember to share it with everyone.
