The recurrently "snooty" Wine Spectator

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thank you all for your responses; tis a humbling experience. I agree most with those that begin by thinking of wine tasting as an experience fraught with repeated frustrations, and set against the occational gem; the "bouquet" of sucess (the cheese never ceases!) It is these individuals who complete the story of each wine tasting with the phrase "that was fun." If you'll pardon my ponitificating for a moment: these are the true wine connoisseurs. All other wine critics appear to be taking themselves too seriously as of late.
Take Matt Kramer of Wine Spectator for example. In the June 15th issue, he gives an interesting definition of a wineconnoisseur (in his warm, fuzzy, caustic manner) "the best definition I know of connosisseur is someone who can say, 'This is a great wine--but I can't stand it.' " Oh really Matt!!? It seems that Matt Kramer has inherited the golden senses of an ancient wine master, i.e., he knows what a good wine is even if he hates it (its kind of existential don't you think : ). Ingenuis--how does this work exactly? And all along, I thought wine drinking and editorials where supposed to be subjective experiences. Anyone care to chime in?