A sad day in Dirtville (file under "ass" redux)

[Thomas]

Silly me; I was about to ask who is Lara Croft...

Not sure, RAD, if I agree that perfection can come in many different shades; as an artist, I know that perfection is merely a desire, hardly ever is it a reality. But we are not talking perfection with wine; we are talking essence of the product.

Like Roberto, I think wine is a living organism that carries the stamp, or at least it should, of the place from which it was grown and produced. If all wine were manufactured, as many are these days, to appeal to one taste, consistently, then all wine will ultimately taste the same. And although these same-tasting wines might be as beautiful as Lara Croft in the eyes of some beholders, the fact remains that they would reflect neither a place nor a producer but a synthetic, yet marketable idea. What a tragedy that would be.