Monday, November 9, 2009

The infectious wine snob



This weekend, back to back incidents have given me a little perspective on my effect on my friends in regards to their wine snobbery. Not once, but twice, I had people close to me make comments about Yellowtail and 2-buck chuck. while both of these wines are pure plonk and a hindrance to the credibility of fine wine everywhere, I'm a little concerned that I have created a culture of wine criticism around me. I am a critic of practices of dumb-ing down wine. I have a good palate and recognize good wine in a very broad sense and can easily imagine all real world applications. I recognize a great inexpensive wine,and don't for a second feel that all wine needs to be expensive. That said, yellowtail and shaw are crap because they are a confection and sell a lifestyle, not because of their price. Maybe I need to be a little more diligent about explaining this side of it.

2 comments:

  1. I'd be the last one to stick up for Yellow Tail, but AT ITS PRICE POINT it is one of the best Shiraz on the market. As for 2 Buck Chuck? Well, if all you care about is getting drunk...

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  2. It's too bad that the wines that are at Yellow Tail's price point that are actually good aren't more accessible. Keep up the good work Ampleography!

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