foray into france

[Bucko]

......what remained was mostly subjectivity.....

Bingo. Wine is like a yard sale -- one man's trash is another man's treasure. I don't like a lot of wines because they are not my style. That doesn't make them bad. To summarily dismiss ANY region of the world is just silly IMHO.

Do I like the lofty levels that CA, OR, and some WA wines have reached? No. Do I buy them? No. I can buy wonderful Rhone, Bordeaux, SUD, and New Zealand wines at a fraction of the cost. Do I denigrate other regions? No. Many folks love those wines. Look at WW. He is a CA Cab fanatic. Has a damn nice collection of them to boot. That is his bag and more power to him. Look at Foodie searching the world for QPR wines for his Is Wine shop. Good for him. Same for a host of others here.

I've been around the wine game for well over twenty years. When people start painting with broad brushstrokes, they usually manage to get paint on themselves.......

'nuf said on the topic for me.