Rant: Is it just me?

[Bucko]

I know that this has been bandied about before, but I'm firing off another blast.

Tonight I opened two wines from Handley Vineyards, a winery from Mendocino who has always been a personal CA favorite. Unfortunately, these two wines seem to have fallen victim to the OBBI (Oak Bomb Blitzkrieg Insanity). OBBI Wine Kenobe cannot save these wines.

What the h3ll is going on in CA and Australia? Does anyone listen to the customer who complaints of these oak laden disappointments? Are winemakers oblivious to the fact that their wines are horribly overoaked? Do they even care? Do the consumers even care? Am I standing out in the middle of the field barking at the wind? Has everyone fallen victim to the OBBI Wine Course 101, where overextraction and overoaking is step one in the winemaking course?

Thanks, I feel much better now.........

Bucko