Sunday, November 21, 2010

A Wine Whiner


Oenophiles often wax poetic about their august wine tastings: "This Reisling has a buttery undertone." "This Chablis is quite flinty." "This Bordeaux has just the barest hint of cherries … or apricots … or almonds." I’ve always found this quite curious. If I am paying $85 for a bottle of wine, why can’t it just taste like a good wine? If I want the taste of cherries, I’ll just buy a $1.25 can of Dr. Brown’s.

3 comments:

George W. Potts said...

Alright ... it's been a long time since I paid $85 for a bottle of wine. But if I did ...

DEN said...

George would have us believe that he is not a snob. He may no longer perceive the buttry undertones, but his opinions always exude a hint of cherries, parsnips and gassey superiority.

George W. Potts said...

But, in the spirit of Christmas and gassey superiority ... every time DEN passes gas, an angel get's its wings.