"What is this?" The frost giant peered over, eyeing with curiosity the bottle in Catherine's hand, "Is this wine?"
"Yep." Catherine nodded with a grin, "It's good stuff...brought it over from human society."
"You better not be lying to me." Blue Hand stroked his bald head with a cautious look, "Isn't wine always stored in those round barrels? What you have in your hand isn't a barrel, is there really wine in it?"
"Of course, it's wine and very good wine at that." Catherine patiently explained, "Typical wine is indeed stored in barrels during the brewing process, but once the brewing is finished and the wine is ready to be cellared, keeping it in barrels for an extended period of time isn't feasible. It must be transferred into these crystal bottles. Because barrels allow more air in than crystal bottles do, and to prevent the aromatic scent of the wine from escaping during the cellaring process, you'd rarely find good wines left stored in barrels for the long-term."
