§ Lauksna § wrote:

> There are a couple of stores that have tasting[s] every Saturday. However, I
> have a crippling fear of looking like a complete and total ass

If you'd go to an ice cream tasting would you have the same anxiety? If
so, then you might suffer from a different problem than 'inexperience'.
Wine is a matter of taste. If you say, "I do not like it, can't really
tell you why" is just as good as, "I do not like it because it lacks a
firm finish". There's exactly 0 (zero, zip, nil, nada, null) *objective*
evidence that a person disagreeing with you on the taste of wine is more
correct than you. Just go and find some wines you like, keep tasting new
things, forget the rest, it's bull. You'll find (a.k.a, develop) your
taste as you go.. and it changes as time goes on.
When I'm told what "most people like" I remember that most people also
go to McDonalds.