On Friday, June 17, 2016 at 12:56:15 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" <dsi1om> wrote in message
> ...
> > On Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 2:56:17 PM UTC-10, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> >> On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 10:10:11 -1000, dsi1 > wrote:
> >>
> >> >On 6/16/2016 2:34 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> http://fortune.com/2016/06/14/wine-c...htmlws-main-bb
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >All wines should be tasted blindly. My guess is that most people taste
> >> >wine with their eyes i.e., by reading the label.
> >>
> >> By the price... like the emporer's new clothes, they're ascared to say
> >> a high priced wine is lousy. I've always maintained and still do that
> >> no wine on the planet is worth more than a buck a glass, it's all
> >> fermented grape juice... worth no more than a sour pickle or a cup of
> >> kraut. The most costly part of a bottle of ANY wine is its bottle,
> >> cork, label, transportation, and advertizing... the wine itself has no
> >> real intrinsic value, no more value than rotting fruit. The different
> >> wine flavors have no more value over each other than the different
> >> flavors of jellybeans.... should grape jellybeans cost more than
> >> orange jellybeans?
> >
> > That sounds about right. Blind taste tests are a scary thing for wine
> > connoisseurs because the price of wine has little to do with the taste and
> > it make them look like fools. Now please excuse me, I have to go kill
> > myself.
>
> I would be very happy if you didn't!
>
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