Well... I have a friend who introduced me to wine, but he does not like
pinot noir, except in a very few cases. We "discussed" this several
times, and he finally said that nearly all pinots tasted "metallic" to
him, were distasteful. Seems his palate has an ultrasensitivity to
something in pinot.
So, it's entirely possible that one's ability to discern between
different types and quality levels of wine (or anything else, for that
matter,) is quite different than someone else's. And it's quite
possible that a $50 bottle of wine just really isn't that good. IMO,
while California produces some great wines, but in general they are
over-priced and over-hyped.
BUT... you come to my house and I GUARANTEE you will be able to tell the
difference between a $5 bottle and a $50 bottle. Typically when people
say that, icharacteristic it's not in the context of a real test. I.e.,
they have a memory of a wine from a previous ocassion, then they have a
different wine several months (or even longer) later, and their sensory
memory just isn't developed enough to be able to recall the previous wine.
There are a lot of schlock wines out there (particulary true of
chardonnay), just as there are many crap beers. I enjoy a GOOD beer,
but I don't write all of them off because Genesee Light is truly awful.
Earl
R. Jackson wrote:
>Yeah, I was on a job a few years back and the label kept buying $400
>bottles of wine to impress us all. Finally we were in Sydney one
>night and the promoter said, "So, what's your impression of this
>Penfolds Grange Hermitage?" I looked at him for a second and said,
>"Tastes like wine, which is to say it tastes pretty nasty." He said,
>"Yeah, I'd rather have a beer, but they keep buying all this wine."
>
>I'm sure there are people who can discern vinegary and nasty from
>bitter and nasty and find something to celebrate in the process, but
>I've never developed the ability to tell a $5 bottle of wine from a
>$500 bottle of wine. I'd be just as happy with a glass of
>Manischewitz if I have to drink the stuff to be sociable. ;-)
>
>On Jun 26, 2005, at 8:00 PM, Marc Lawrence wrote:
>
>
>
>>I cringe at the taste of most wine except for the fungussed
>>and the fortified.
>>
>>
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