wine snobbery

[n144mann]

Okay guys, I need some input here. I recently have been accused of being a wine snob...more than once....and it is starting to make me uncomfortable. [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb/frown.gif[/img] I have never thought of myself, or wanted to come close to being a wine snob. Yes, I like nice wines, yes I like to be served my wines correctly, proper temp. ect, and yes, I do ask my retailers to go out of their way for me to get me what I want rather than buy the junk already on their shelves, probably more than most....but do these things make me a wine snob??? I never try to tell others what is right for their palate, always try to show interest in others opinions about wine, because I often learn something from listening to them, and I am always very polite when/if I disagree. Do I sound like a wine snob??? Or just enthusiastic about my interests???

What in YOUR minds makes a wine snob???

[This message has been edited by n144mann (edited 07-17-99).]