April 18, 2005
Laguiole is French for Snob
About 8 years ago I was in a wine shop and I was immediately drawn to this beautiful wine key. I asked the guy who worked there about this piece of artistry. Turns out it was handmade by a famous French cutlery house, Laguiole. Beauty like this has a price and the thing ran about $125. I couldn't afford it so I told myself that the first "real" wine job I got I would buy myself one as a reward. Each of my last three jobs were wine-related yet when it came time to buy, I couldn't justify the expense.
Last week we were in a group meeting and everyone else at the table had a Laguiole except me! One girl found one in a box that had been lying around her house for over a year. She received it as a gift from a supplier and didn't think it was a Laguiole and just tossed it aside. I think it was at this point that I said, "Man! I would do almost ANYTHING for one of those!"
The guy sitting next to me asked, "Anything?"
His job previous to our little group was working supplier side for a well known wine group. Turns out he had a couple of branded ones just hanging around at his house. If I didn't mind getting one with the name of a winery on it, I could have it.
Of course I told him to stick his branded wine key up his ass. YEAH RIGHT, the beautiful thing has been with me all weekend. I might sleep with it under my pillow tonight. Best part, it was free! Good thing, too, since they seem to have gone up in price.
Posted by kerewin at April 18, 2005 11:01 PM