Theatrical wine

The enthusiastic young bar maid at the National explained to us that it was much better value and much more convenient to buy a bottle rather than muck around with wine by the glass. That way you did before the show and the interval in one go, without needing to burn up valuable drinking time in the interval in the queue.

She had a point, but I did notice that we were the only people she managed to sell this particular line to.

The wine was undistinguished, drinkable and weak. Fair enough for £20, but BH was not impressed with plastic cups. While I thought that as plastic cups went, they were quite good, with cunningly curved lips doing quite a good imitation of glass, on the lips if not in the hand.

As it turned out, the barmaid was right. A bottle covered the occasion nicely with no need to smuggle a near empty bottle into the second half.

PS: I was surprised at the poor choice of wine at the National. Other arty venues, for example the Tate and the Globe, do much better in this department.

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