David Williams reports on a UK Wine and Philosophy
conference in Harpers-wine.com -
http://www.harpers-wine.com/newsitem...ewsID=1667&i=1 -
he quotes philosopher Roger Scruton, who among other things
says

‘Australia is a big problem. It is a landscape that has been
dragged from
hunter-gatherer to farmer in 200 years.’ Australians have
generally not, therefore,
‘built into their wine “le gout de terroir”’, choosing
instead to make wines at 14.5%
alcohol, and to brand them for sale in ‘the moron market’.

I've read (and made) some generalisations in my time but...

Martin