Why MEN??

[Thomas]

Nancy,

In my old tasting room we mainly served couples, but the men rarely made the buying decision; they did that only when they were with male friends, sans any women. I do not know why, except to guess that women in married couples appreciate wine more then men (talking about the general public here, not us wine people).

Bucko got it right. Men seem more competitive, in every thing we do, whether we know about the subject or not. Of course, Bucko and I are excluded.

One of my observations in both the tasting room, and having done scores of tastings for the trade, is that among the general populace women display a better palate than men, or should I say a more descerning palate. When I made wine I used my wife's palate as the final say before settling on a blend or a bottling schedule; same as everything else, isn't it?

Incidentally, there are a lot of fine female winemakers in the US, and there are a lot of fine female wine salespeople. Also, a fair number of wineries are owned by women, but we men still hold the majority; same as everything else, isn't it?