Stuart Pigott on Why _I_ hate most wine...

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Berto:

I'm that dreaded double-whammy, the baseball geek/wine weenie, so I get what you mean. I'm sure I induce snoring with that kind fo stuff; fortunately, it's usually my family that catches the brunt. As for Slow Food, having been a sometime visitor to them and full-time sympathizer, I know that some of those folks around here are exactly the sort of "them" I wrote about. They're terribly opinionated about dining but don't know a lot about wine and tend to drink what Stuart would call his White Bunny. One of my best friends is one of those and he gets a bit prickly about that subject of being told what's good and mediocre in wine. I dunno, I just try to stay away from airing my own thoughts about what constitutes a good winebad wine, anymore. Even some people I expect to understand get a little offended at having their habits/tastes questioned.