bigfan wrote:
DannyB wrote:
I took a Women's Studies class in college. Got an A. It was cathartic.
Took Wine Tasting, got an A, still dont know shit about WINE

There does seem to be a bit of an "Emperor's New Clothes" vibe when most people talk about wine. You just have to drink what you like. If that's Cameron Hughes, so be it.
A friend of mine is the wine maker for a small boutique vintner in California. This guy knows more about wine and the technical aspects of making it than anyone I've ever met. I was out at his place a couple weeks ago. You should have heard the conversation between him and the sommelier when we went out to dinner. It was like listening to two doctors discuss brain surgery. We ended up drinking a bottle of 1985 Groth. Fucking awesome. My friend didn't think it was at its peak yet.
The guy that owns the winery where my friend works is just a guy like me who enjoys drinking it. The cork in their wine says "Trust Your Palate". He told us a story about when my friend first started making his wine. My friend had gone through his process over months, tasting various combinations from different barrels, different percentages of what he calls "filler grapes" added to the Cab, and he narrowed it down to four samples. He had the owner and his wife come into the tasting room to try the samples. They both liked Sample #3. So my friend says, "Well, this is your winery and your name is going on the bottle. If you think #3 is the one, that's the wine we're gonna make." The next year he goes through the same process, brings the owners back into the tasting room. They both like Sample #2. My friend says, "That's an excellent choice, but the wine we are going to make is Sample #4." The owner looks at him and says, "Wait a minute, last year you brought me down here, I made my selection, and you told me it was up to me, and that we were gonna make the wine I picked." My friend smiled and said, "No, last year you just happened to pick the wine I was gonna make."