Originally Posted by Showbizguru

That's just the sort of half-baked winey nonsense I was on about.

I've had wine costing a few euros out of an industrial-sized vat in a dusty roadside bodegas in Spain that's gone into an empty half-gallon milk container that has been far superior to any hundred dollar piece of Napa Valley hype.

American wine buffs actually believe their own nonsense whereas the French know they're just continuing a centuries-old con trick.

But the best example of all is Australia. They steam-rollered the traditional French dominance of the market by producing cheap,fruity drinkable plonk that everyone loved.

And then they got ideas above their station, put up the price and produced bespoke this and boutique that.

Result ? The Chileans sneaked in unnoticed. And that's why they produce the best good,cheap,fruity plonk loved the world over.

Snobby wine is a con originated by wine makers and promoted by restauranters to artificially hike up the value of average plonk and thus their profits.