Have my tastes become expensive? Help!

[stevebody]

Girl,

I think I know what you're talking about and I need to put an oar in here.

This thing of finding a string of wines you don't like in a seming unbroken string is a phonomenon that will, eventually, happen to everybody. I've tasted maybe 450 wines in our sample tastings here at Esquin in the recent months and just exactly four have lit me up like New Year's. On a recent rtip to Tennessee, I tasted over 50 samples that had been stacking up at my restaurant and NONE of them stood out. One good suggestion: seek out public tastings. Many wine shops have them and even some restaurants. Go to as many as you can find. It's a great, low-or-no cost way to sample wines and find stuff you like without courting financial ruin.

Next, give your palate a break for a while. Drink something else and wait until you have a serious urge to taste wine. In the reds, I bet what you're reading as "dry" is acidity or just lack of balance. My fiancee says that all the time and that's what the wines have in common. I read your list and I'd suggest a bottle of Pepperwood Grove Syrah. It's very nicely fruity, has some interesting bacground flavors, tastes like Syrah, and is easy to find. I think the low acidity and generous fruit may be to your liking.

Keep trying! There's a wine out there with your name on it.