[smokingfrog]

LA Wine Shopping Examiner

[Texas Eagle]

About the only conclusion I can come to about wine is that the nastier it tastes, the more expensive it is.

Give me a 10 dollar bottle of Copperidge White Zin and I'm good to go.

[JoeProBono]

Wine Slob

[Yossarian]

It’s quasi-intellectual idiots like this who scared a lot of middle-class people away from voting for Kerry in 2004, and now you’re working 14 hours a week at Petco while your house is on the brink of foreclosure.

Oh, yeah, I'm sure that Jean-Francois Kerry would have had the political strength to overpower the Congressional Black Caucus and actually force some oversight down the throats of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac....

[Beowulf9]

Gotta remember Fred Sanford and his contribution to the wine community. Ripple.

[kcvl]

Benjamin Mennell is a director and screenwriter based in Studio City, CA. While growing up in Ohio, he developed a love for good wine and has since been a stalwart adventurer on an endless search for the next divine bottle of vino. Contact him: bjmennell@yahoo.com

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[editor-surveyor]

But snobbery is so much fun....

[incredulous joe]

Let the market find its way. In the current economy I been bumped into perfectly good ~ and some exceptionally excellent ~ wines that I never would have tried had I not been priced out of the market by Rich Guy and his trophy wife.

[Hugin]

Two buck chuck works for me.

[RC one]

I don’t consider myself a wine snob but I’m quite “into” wine. I like making it. I like drinking it. I like studying its history. I like tending my grape vines.

[Finny]

A few decades ago, living in the then up-and-coming Ca. Central Coast wine country, I was involved for several years in a nationally renowned annual wine auction. I got to interact and sometimes party with both the wine makers and the wine snobs. What struck me most: the better the wine maker, the less snooty and snobby he was. The award-winning wine makers were farmers, down-to-earth absolutely humble folks. The buyers, on the other hand ... were a hoot because they often personified the stereotype of the pretentious wine snob.

It was the same thing I'd observed in classical music and the difference between the professional musicians and the folks that made up the audience. The classical musicians were mostly (some exceptions) irreverent partiers behind the scenes. The typical classical symphony underwriter/supporter/audience member would have been shocked if they'd known how "uncouth" and wild their musicians were!

[cva66snipe]

After careful research in areas of large wine consumption I’ve notice one wine seems to be the choice of many. It sells very well and does not require a large sum of money. This wine seems to have a unique quality not found in other wines even ones in it’s class. A glass or two can take you from mellow to rowdy thus from that comes it’s more common name. I nominate Mad Dog 20/20 as the wine of they year :>} Do I hear a second on this?

[Daffynition]

I have a modest collection, but would never consider myself a wine snob.