What the !@#$%^&*!? has happened to California Chardonnay? (A rant)

[Thomas]

Good digressing Randy. I suppose you could say I am in the traditional Italian camp.

This is a good subject for a Rant forum: why do so many people bypass the simple, yet wonderful, pleasures of fresh, inherent food qualities and create complexity and nuances? Is it something to talk about? Is it a display of savvy or "class?" Is it dead senses that need to be slapped hard to awaken?

The Starbucks syndrome: not just a good cappuccino or espresso but a small, medium, large extra latte with double cream, cocoa and small biscotti stuck on the side of the paper cup in which it all comes and in which the taste is obliterated anyway.

Shall I move this to the Rant?