Maybe I'm weird, but...

[winoweenie]

Can't let this subject go by without a birds-eye-weeners-view. Mach, you are indeed onto the one path that'll lead you to a marvy life of a wine drinker that is independent, knowledgeable, and completely satisfied with what's in their glass. ALL wine-writers aren't bad, ALL expensive wines cannot be supplanted by wines at a fifth their price, and regardless of the divergant views on this board, the 5 growths were established a whale of a lot earlier than Big Bob started his critiquing. The classification of 1855 established the status of wines with the simpliest and fairest of all measures...What the consumers were willing to PAY for them. There's no question that there are anamolies in every vintage, but when a great wine from a great vintage is cellared for the requisite time magic happens. The perfume don't be there in them new dudes on the block. The major problem that most wine-drinkers encounter with the better wines is that they're drunk WAY too young. Keep on Keepin'-on and you'll have lots of fun. Please don't encourage Boto or he'll drill us wif' annubber discourse. WW