DS wine guide helps you get started drinking wine immediately

by JC Fletcher { Nov 6th 2007 at 9:50AM }

... by including wine! Square Enix's Wine no Hajimekata DS (Beginner's Wine DS) will ship in two packages: the standalone game, and what will no doubt prove to be a very popular limited-edition set containing a bottle of Dourthe No. 1 Bourdeaux. The bottle and game come packaged together in a very handsome box, which will no doubt lead to the open-and-drink/keep-LE-package-pristine dilemma.

This is exactly the kind of training game we like to see: it is a handy reference to a subject that not a lot of people know about; gamers, in particular, may not be well-versed in this particular area of the culture. Being non-drinkers ourselves, we can't tell one glass of wine from another, finding them all kind of disgusting. A little education would probably help in that department, a little.

Of course, we imagine the people raging about Manhunt 2, who assume that all games (and "games," we assume) are for children, would begin breaking glass with their screeches if they saw a DS game that included alcohol.

Tags: square-enix, training, wine, wine-no-hajimekata-ds

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

troy @ Nov 6th 2007 10:29AM

I used to feel very similarly about wine and alcohol, finding it disgusting. When I was in high school and worked in a grocery store someone broke a bottle of wine and I had to mop it up and the overpowering stench nearly made me vomit many times. I don't drink wine very often at all nowadays but it doesn't repulse me the way it did at the time. But it is not to be sniffed before drinking!

RokFelipe @ Nov 6th 2007 12:07PM

Since this game talks about alcohol (and include alcohol in it's package), it shouldn't be AO rated?

Edge @ Nov 6th 2007 12:39PM

If you want some pretty good, very simple wine, Fransia is available at just about every supermarket. The chillable red is really good.

And if you want a simple drink that will ease you into wines, try mixing red wine with 7up or Sprite.

As long as you get past the fact that it's sold in a box, it's a good wine.