And the winner is.............

[mrdutton]

Drew, you made some very good points.

I found great pleasure today in being able to enter a wine shop, have a long detailed discussion over price points, tasting notes and qualities of various wines with the shops wine consultant.

Two years ago I'd have shied away from such a discussion. The terms I so commonly use today, such as ACIDITY, BALANCE, FRUIT, DRY, SWEET, VELVETY, SILKY, MOUTH-FEEL would have flown swiftly over my head not to very long ago.

I got that information from this Wine Board, from the people here, from reading books and from reading some of the mags; one being the one not receiving much critical acclaim in this thread.

In my post above, I was kidding. But behind all humor is a modicum of truth. I don't read all the articles, just a few - those that catch my interest after reading the first few paragraphs.....

Mostly, I do just look at the pictures......