"Mike Tommasi" > skrev i meddelandet
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> On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 04:56:53 GMT, Mike >
> wrote:
>
> >§ 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
>> ... 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.
.....

> The initial barrier to tasting is something that comes from the
> sommelier culture, one that has developed ritual at the expense of
> fun, objectivity and discovery beyond the merely encyclopedic.

Hear, hear. Also, one should never miss the opportunity of creating some
diversion and merriment with the spectators by comitting a well-executed
prat-fall. Adds class, it does.
Hey, anybody hear tried Romanée-Conti with Cocal-Cola (just kidding!)?!

Drinking wine is for fun, and because you like it, and you do it quite often
socially (very rarely do I empty a box of my Alsatians alone in the cellar).
Ever noticed that a good wine tastes even better in the company of good
friends?
Drinking wine is not for collecting brownie points or honour badges. OK, you
_can_ do it, but ... put it like this, how nice will your new jacket look
with a lot of honour badges stitched to it?

Cheers!

Nils Gustaf
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