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Primitivo?

miles wrote:
> wrote:
> > miles wrote:
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I used to read what he wrote, and then I found in my own wine-drinking
> >>> that he was full of crap. He praised wines that sucked, and disparged
> >>> wines that are attractive. he believes, erroneously, that Italian wines
> >>> should be judged in the same way that F_____ or American versions of
> >>> F______ wines are judged. That's incorrect. Italian wines are totally
> >> For an individual person why do they have to judge any wine in
> >> particular fashion? You make it sound as if everyone should love wines
> >> that are rated as attractive and dislike wines that aren't. Neat thing
> >> about people, they have different tastes. For me, my judging method is
> >> rather simple. I try a wine and I like it or I don't. I don't care at
> >> all whether it got a 99 or an 89 rating in some magazine.
> >
> > Great. But do you read the magazine or pay attention to what is in it?
>
> Sure but only to compare TN's. Not to tell me if a wine is good or bad
> though. I compare the TN's for similarities of TN's for wines I know I
> like. IOW's I like Karley Warrior Fire Zin. If I see a particular
> writer make TN's about it good or bad, and then make a similar TN's on
> another Zin it's likely the two are similar and I might like it.