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So, let’s talk about the 5 most horrifying ‘deadly sins’ of wine snob behaviour that need to stop now
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**CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO:
0:00 5 Horrifying Wine Snob Behaviors
1:35 Name Dropping
3:19 Know It All
5:18 Correcting Pronunciation
7:22 Pride & Prejudice
10:11 Dissing Wine Because Of..
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33 Comments
I have worked at a number of properties with interesting wine lists who refused to sell white zinfandel, in the United States. These guests are happy to buy a bottle. They settle for a Kir Royale in a recommendation dripping with condescension. Snobbery is bad business.
Do agree with your point
I think I am going to pour a glass of Cristal from my cellar and listen to this video.
I can’t pronounce Mourvedre.
9:17… This moment was so sweet & fun! You gave me a good laugh! Cheers :)))
I rarely subscribe to anything on youtube. Very informative and refreshing approach to this channel.
I would add not using the spit bucket to pour out wines that aren't to your taste and just criticizing it the whole glass. The winery wont be offended. by you not liking a wine. But they WILL be offended by your nasty behavior.
My wife watched a Danish reality program about some rich women, who were out to eat at a restaurant and asked for that good Champagne called brut…
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Great video! I love the sense of fun in the topic. I'm not a wine pro (and won't ever be) but I do love learning about wine. What makes it important to know about sur lie, or how much time in the oak, type of maceration? How does that translate into the final product, ie the quality of the wine? How would a normal consumer use this info to make decisions about what to purchase? As I said, I do love learning about these things, but ultimately in my sphere (the consumer sphere) nobody is really interested. Certainly not wine tasting room staff. Just some genuine questions as I continue my wine learning journey.
I lead a blind tasting group where I encourage exploration of alternative styles, less common regions, and less common varietals. I also try to downplay the big names that Americans who can afford them love to buy as well as the popular brands of the moment. In this effort to promote less snobbery, I'm sure it comes across as totally snobby.
Dear Agnes… Yet another brilliant video of your… Really likes It👍😁 now i Will go for mu cianti sassiccaia medium Tuscan 🥂😂
On another note, im currently processing and cleaning Rowan berries for wine… took my years to like this wine. Its like extra bitter grapefruit but sometime after a year or more it smooths out and starts resembling dark chocolate, but with more complexity…. on its own it is great, but ive also found it tastes great with raspberry, almost like a rasp choco bar
I am guilty of last point and I will stand by it. first of all, you are mixing up alot of concepts and ideas. arent wine media guilty of bad mouthing natural wines? and yet DRC is essentially a natural wine, made biodynamicly, fermented on wild yeasts and etc, and it is very expensive too and yet I dont see alot or people making fun or dissing DRC. on the other handwhat people like me make fun of is commodity, trophy, investment bank wines that clearly taste like a fruit syrup boiled with charcoal. they are tasteless wines not because they are expensive but because of whom they are made for. I also diss super tuscans not because I hate French verities but because wine media made this syrupy wines Italys most expensive and respected wines, where in reality Italy has so much more to offer but hey, god forbid wine has tannins. than again what do I expect from cultures that drink tea with milk to soften tannins.
Where is she from?
Interacting with wine snobs are the most fun people to interact with.
I sandbag the entire conversation until I feel the time is right to start talking jargon and detail.
Am I making them look foolish by me being a (possibly insecure) jerk? Sure. But it’s still fun.
Fantastic video. Fun and informative as always. Maybe another misplaced snobbery is specific types of wine glass, such as bordeaux.
More importantly, what's the name of your doggo? Love seeing him in the videos.
Hello ! One more snob thing: saying « Petrus is no Château anymore so one shouldn’t say Château Petrus ». Haha!
I once witnessed a bottle being sent back allegedly because «it smelled to cork». After many years I still believe the person was just being a snob and the smell was probably… oaky.
Really clever and creative video! Don’t have anything to add. Really appreciated the guidance of not trying to make someone else bad or dumb through how we talk about wine. Cheers!
Thanks!
Keep up the great work! You do a fantastic job … and I ❤ your perspectives!
Agree 1000% with the Pinot reference. I personally enjoy the “new” world more than burgundy (burn me at the stake my god!!) and far too many times I get the eye rollers. Great video as always!!!
I’m guilty of number three. Hearing people mispronouncing Italian gets me.
congrats for this educational and entertaining video!
Great video…a lot of fun and a pleasure to watch. Down to earth wine education. I love it !!!
Thanks alot again!! This one was very good and entertaining. We at least me learned a lot and I agree wine is about beeing humble not trying to be superior! Most fun with the guy in the mask, Jason? But what was he trying to drink? Poor guy…:):)
Laughed so much! Thanks for the break in my day for 13 minutes of info and fun!
Great scenery and writing ! That was so pleasant to watch 🦇 ☺
As a french girl my snobish behavior is that I always want to correct wine youtubers when they mispronounce châteaux's names or when they say cabernet "franCK" instead of "fran" because the c is silent in that word…can't help it 😞
brilliant!
I've been guilty of probably all of these at some point in time and probably still am at some times. Some of these I have done thinking I was trying NOT to be a wine snob, oh well. We live and we learn, but the important thing as you said is to stay sexy and stay humble as much as we can. Cheers and great video!
I only got around to watching this episode today, and boy did I miss out! Excellently produced in a fun way, and a topic that some people better listen closely to. Kudos!
5:00 doggo is so right 😅