Wine Snob & Wine Dad Hats

Wine culture has a snob problem and the snobs know it. Wine Folly keeps a running list of the most eye-rolling wine snob moments, including the taster who smells and swirls the water he pours into his glass between sips, and a Wine Berserkers thread collects the man who pulls out a decanter and declares in a loud voice that the wine needs decanting. These hats belong to the other kind of wine dad, the one who is in on the joke. Wine columnist Vanessa Price recommends pairing a white Sancerre with Cheetos, and Atlanta Magazine has run its own Cheetos and Doritos pairing guide, so I PAIR FINE WINE WITH CHEETOS is closer to expert advice than confession. The designs run from the badges WINE DAD and WINE SNOB through an amateur sommelier, a decanted box, a two-bottle collection and a very confident review of the Olive Garden house red. Gift guides for the wine-loving dad are a standing Father's Day and Christmas genre, and they lean toward tools over bottles: aerators, decanters and glasses. A hat that says the wine needs to breathe and the wearer needs a glass fits right alongside them. Every design is custom embroidered on an unstructured dad hat. Wear one to the tasting, the tailgate, or the dinner where somebody asks you to explain the legs.