Hunky Valentino Gives Us Wine 101 « Beyond Black & White

After the couple of days of e-battling over No Wedding, No Womb, your blog host needs a break. Those ‘defenders of foolishness’ are going to drive me right down a Merlot bottle. But before my sloppy decent into becoming a reeking wino on Skid Row, I thought I’d learn a few things from the VERY tall, handsome and sliver-tongued Tommy Valentino.

Valentino is an event planner, proud father ( he is taking care of his son all by himself, kudos to him stepping up!), lover of beautiful black women, and expert on all things wine.

Learning wine etiquette comes in handy when you venture into rainbow man dating. Take a trip to a local winery for a tasting (alone, or maybe with a non-black girlfriend), and you just might bond with a rainbow dude over a Cabernet. And since both of you are drinking ‘liquid courage,’ you might relax a bit and let some magic happen. But not TOO MUCH magic!–don’t let me catch you in bed with him the next day with your hair disheveled and those little swirly things on your boobs like strippers used to wear back in the day!

Now, that I’ve set the ground rules, I will unleash Valentino upon you. Try not to gush and throw your panties at the computer screen. That’s just tacky.

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foosrock!

Just like "men are from mars and women from venus" isn't red wine for men and white for women?. I know I do prefer white as not only does the taste leave my tongue in it's normal state, as oppose to red which makes my tongue feel like I've just been to the dentist, but I get positively hyper, while any reds send me to snoreville, pronto!. Not a great idea to drink while on a date......

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Eugenia

Depends on the woman, I have a good female friend and her whole life is red wine. My future mother in law and sister in law love it. Wine in general will send me into the drunk zone way fast, so I think it's your taste buds that make the difference. I also hate chocolate, I think my taste buds are sensitive to strong flavors. LOL.

I'm not a big wine drinker, makes me drunk really fast. Although there are wineries all over Washington we make some fabulous sparkling wine here too. And I love the winery tours and local wine bars. But I must tell ladies if you have local mircobreweries in your town, check them out. I met a lot of guys in my single days at the microbreweries and by learning how to brew beer. I do love a good microbrew, don't look down at beer it's got a wonderful culture and checking out breweries and beer festivals is a great place to enjoy some great beer and make a good look at some rainbow men.

Jacquie

To piggyback what HarleyQ2, there is the African American Vintners Association based out of Sonoma, Ca. I do not know if they still have the event, by during the late summer, they have an event at Copia. There are about 2-3 panel discussions and afterwards, each vintner has a booth. Sipping on various wines, eating vittles, and listening to some goooood jazz, it's a good and educational time in the valley of wines!

Ooops, just looked at the site and the event has already passed. But there are links to each vintner's site.

http://www.aaavintners.org/

Salud!

Christelyn Karazin

That's awesome! I had no idea there was such a thing. Thanks for dropping this info. :)

HarleyQ2

Ladies if you can, take a trip to Northern California wine country. I went to school up there and it's beautiful. When the grapes are ripe for the picking it smells divine!!! You can go from one winery to the next and enjoy a nice evening and a leisurely drive through Sonoma, Napa, St Helena... Cheers!

Lever

I thought you were exaggerating. But, when he started with the "we're not going to manhandle the wine?" I was SLAIN.

Lemme finish this video. You WILL keep him as a regular, yes?!

DEFINITELY. ;)

lafemmenoir

Oh.my.god.
I don't even dring and I want a drink! Can we bottle him up?

*drink

LOL no kidding! Whew lawd.

He's a hottie...yum!

Tell me about it! Gotta keep reminding myself I's married now! :)

Tommy Valentino

Thank you for both your interest in wine & romance... We're all just regular people doing extra ordinary things for each other. I have a little saying... "From heart ta head to hand ta paper, that's where sincerity breathes" I think Ms. Christelyn and I both agree, we've only just begun! Join me on facebook... build ya comfortability, ask questions, play around and see what all the talk is about. Valentino Consulting will always capture the moments that envelope our lives...

Rebecca

The wine thing is totally true.

I'm not new to IR dating, but I am sort of new to the world of dating as an "adult" so to speak (as in I'm just out of college and seeing someone completely established in the working world and on his own, etc.)

One of the first questions he asked me was if I liked wine and if I wanted to go wine tasting with him. LOL

Welcome to the community, Rebecca! Nice to know I'm grabbing them young. ;)

I've been reading all of the BWE/IR sites for a little over a year now...I cannot remember how I found them, but I am so glad I did. And yours is awesome BTW!

I dated interracially (mostly in secret) while in high school, but my family wasn't exactly a fan. When I went to college, I thought I would try exclusively dating BM at my school, you know, the "good ones" that go to college and are going to lead our people into the Promised Land. *snorts laughter* Seriously, my godfather, mother, and her friends sat me down before I went off to school to give me the "find a black husband while you're in college" talk. Needless to say it didn't work out with the two guys that I tried, because quite simply they didn't know how to come correct in a normal, healthy relationship.

What I find terribly ironic about that misguided conversation my mom's friends had with me is that the only one of their childhood girlfriends happily married with children is married to a WM. (She was not present during that conversation; as I am sure she would have had different advice for me!)

And now I'm dating someone who happens to be white, not because he's white, but because I like him. End of story.

Niki

"And now I’m dating someone who happens to be white, not because he’s white, but because I like him. End of story."

*APPLAUDING* That there is the point of it all, really! You sound like you have your head screwed on straight!

Co-sign! Don't keep this site to yourself though! Tell your friends, your family, and YOUR MAMMA about us!

Hi Niki! It's been alot of fun for me to welcome you to Valentino! Ya so sweet! Anything you need, ya know where ta find me! LOL :)

ink

Wasn't sure where to post this, so I decided to put in the most recent entry. Your thoughts are going global.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/08/10/black.church....

Sorry, just read some snippets of the article after I posted it and saw that your friend Deborrah Cooper was in it.

GIRL! Do not apologize! This is AWESOME! Thanks for alerting me. I just called her. She's still at work but will be on this afternoon. There is a new day dawning for black women's empowerment: Haters, watch out! *loads ammo*

Golden Silence

That was an interesting read (the video was something else, though), but why did the article focus on churchgoing black women only pursuing black men? Here we go again...

Ali

I LOVE this post. What a great idea. Christelyn, please write faster - I am so ready to plunk down big $$$ for this book. Not just for my reading pleasure, but I want to send it out to my single girlfriends and relatives as holiday presents. They might find it off putting at first, but your writing style is so refreshing and witty, I feel like they'll at least be open to reading it.

Well, the publisher is giving me and Janice a year to complete the book, and they plan to release in early 2012 (seems like eons from now). However, I believe we (and they) have the resources to push it up if they see a demand.

Aabaakawad

2011

I wish...that typo should have said "2012"

Yeow, turn-around should be much faster then that these days.

The subject will be passé by then.

Hodan

is it me or the sound is muted? I can't hear what he's saying...but he sure has beautiful hands.

Hodan, I just tried it and the sound is great. You must listen--his East Coast accent makes me melt into a puddle.

I'll try it again when I get home then.

Lisa MB

I thought the accent thing was just me. :)

Oh no. Every time I talk to this guy I forget for a second that I'm married. ;)

Valentino is great! I immediately "liked" him on his public FB page and watched a few of his videos. He's even responded to some of my comments on wine. He's VERY easy on these eyes and there's nothing like a man with a passion for a subject! He should seriously have his own show. I know I would watch!

Niki, that's what I told him too! At the VERY least, he should get a You Tube channel.

Bunny77

My guy is definitely a wine aficionado, so having some knowledge of wines was very helpful for me when we were dating! He used to visit wineries alone when he was single, so I co-sign the advice to go to wine tastings to potentially meet good guys.

See! Men going to wineries alone are just so ripe for the plucking. :)

vonnie

lol, you have SUCH a way with words, when is this damn book coming out??? I'm beyond ready for it. About to watch the video now, get some eye candy AND wine? this must be my birthday

http://socialitedreams.wordpress.com

This is the first of a series, so it'll feel like your birthday at least two more times!

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