Poll/survey.....???

[stevebody]

Culi,

1. 3-4 bottles per week, with at least one being something I've never tried before and one being a really nice bottle, price no object; usually a Sean Thackery Pleiades or a Barolo or Gigondas.

2. The more I learn the more I realize there is I don't know; to be perfectly honest, probably average.

3. For several years, back east, I was a beer columnist for several newspapers, including the Charlotte Observer and the Greensboro News & Record, so I probably know more about beer than wine but hardly drink beer at all anymore. Wine is just a lot more interesting, even given that I live here in Microbrew Heaven. I usually will try any beer I haven't sampled before but I rarely find those, now. I also LOVE single-malt Scotch but rarely drink that at all. Bowmore - just the plain, unadorned stuff - is my favorite...love those Islays! I'd love to know more about Scotch but, even though I can afford to drink them, now, I'm too damned cheap to do it. Every time I think about popping $120 for a bottle of great Scotch, I think that I could have 3-4 really nice wines for that. Wine is just really groovy...