Stuart Pigott on Why _I_ hate most wine...

[Botafogo]

Steve, your average Baseball geek is ten times geekier than any wine geek and those guys use acronyms, statistics and poetry to talk about something MUCH less intersting. Yet, all of that has entered the national vocabulary.

I find that using musical, architectual and anatomical comparisons helps folks to relate as well....

PS: I got over 500 personal e-mails about The Zen of Shibui article, it really struck a nerve in a lot of folks.

"While I see Stuart's points, I think that making them publicly seems to set up an Us vs. Them division that can only leave "them" feeling resentful and excluded"

Steve, he made it "public" in the magazine of Slow Food which is going to an audience who eat stuff like that for breakfast.

Go yee and preach the Gospel that the heathen may be saved.... Roberto

[This message has been edited by Botafogo (edited 05-20-2005).]