[Dutch Boy]

I drink Black Opal Shiraz from time to time. It's cheapish $5.99 to %6.99 and bottle to bottle consistancy is very good. It didn't have a high rating but I don't care.

On a wine tour I once asked what makes a good wine. The tour guide responded with "The one you like." I've had some highly rated wines that tasted nasty and some lower rated wine that was absolutely yummy. I keep track in a wine log with my own rating system. I can never taste all the things that other can taste in a wine. I simply go by; Do like it? and rate it -2 (tastes like kerosine) to +2 (so good I think about the next day). It's a cheesy system but it keeps me from buying a nasty wine a second time.

[RipSawyer]

The tour guide responded with "The one you like."

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Makes sense to me! I have far too much backwoodsman in my soul to drink something I hate just so I can be "in with the in crowd".