This thread is an excellent example of why the wine industry is at fault for many folks not 'getting' the issue of what a wine tasting is.... or perhaps a better way to say this is that many folks out there just feel alienated & intimidated with the concept of a wine tasting and all it entails.

The industry is to blame because the past few years have found the entire issue of wine getting overly complicated, presumptuous… and just overall more difficult than is necessary. Too many folks in the industry are trying to sell wine education, wine books… and IMO the entire industry is forgetting the most important aspect of wine, the most appealing and welcoming angle.

Wine is something that needs to be related to the Good Life, to the happy & important moments of our lives… to sharing a nice moment with our significant other, with our friends, with our family…. with colleagues to celebrate a great deal we just closed, or to toast to a great business year.

The last thing that wine needs is for lead tasters at these wine events to walk up and Preach from the Pulpit. Folks don’t want to hear about graphite, wet saddles, freshly cut grass, flesh, and those darned vanilla, chocolate and leather notes…. Enough of these darned descriptors and please let’s have people speak their mind when they stick their nose into a glass of wine.