Steve wrote on Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:41:02 +0000:

> aesthete8 wrote:
>> Is there any great wine that is supposed to be enjoyed
>> strictly by itself?

> Who it it that dictates how wine is supposed to be drunk?

> Side-stepping that question for a while, I think I would
> probably prefer to drink a great Sauternes (OK, I mean Yquem) by
> itself.

> Also, in Italian there is a concept "vino da meditazione",
> which I believe is basically a wine to be enjoyed slowly by
> itself, usually a sweet wine - a passito or recioto.

I know a number of people who say they don't like white wine but who
will drink a good bottle of red wine *before* a dinner where red is
inappropriate.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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