Originally Posted by
slawecki
they are "label" drinkers. the pseudo pshsticates who know fine DOM, or great Crystal, or some other label, but turn their nose up at salon, particularly after tasting that garbage. saloon?? dreck.
amen !!!! ^
Originally Posted by
Showbizguru
The great thing about wine is that you can pass on your pearls of wisdom to the uninitiated that have no doubt been garnered from lots of swishing and swirling and sniffing and sommeliering as a " wine professional " and I can open a bottle of two-buck chuck and pass judgement on it.
Neither of us is right or wrong because apart from being bollocks wine is subjective.
And opinions are like a-holes ...everyone has one.
Interesting.... so then, in your opinion, would
you be able to tell the difference between a Charles Schwab Chardonnay and a $50 bottle from a respected grower under conditions of a proper blind tasting...?
Originally Posted by
onthewineroute
There really is no such thing as snobby wine, just snobby people.
Agreed... ^
Also, the internet is full of opinionated 'wine experts' that become quite the novice when you encounter them in the real world, and they are 'forced' to say their tasting notes out loud...
