This take just really rubbed me up the wrong way, seems really gatekeepy and inconsistent – anyone in the industry able to maybe express this take differently so it makes more sense?
Branding themselves as an enthusiast shop and then saying that anyone who is an enthusiast is prentenious?
by samdd1990
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F this guy
yeah, stupid take. I shouldn’t take my wine seriously because the guy that sold it to me takes it seriously? What the hell? How do I know this guy didn’t get hired a week ago from the Costco? How do I know he likes the same things as me?
More importantly, you have to take it seriously to appreciate it at all! “Just buy and drink don’t think” isn’t an enjoyable experience for anyone. There’s a lot more to enjoying wine that your caveman perception of taste. And if I don’t take things like region, winemaker, winemaking philosophy, year, etc seriously, then how will I connect the dots on the wines I like? Should I just “trust” the bottle you’re handing me? Would I know that I absolutely LOVE the wines of Medoc from 1990, and work hard to seek them out? no! I’d probably just be drinking beaujolais and natural wine if I grabbed whatever was on trend at the wine shop.
ugh, this guy is the worst kind of “wine authority”
I understand and essentially agree with the first paragraph.
I don’t understand the part about customers “mimicking” behavior, nor the part about “2010 Cabernet Sauvignon” which is so vague it’s basically useless if it’s supposed to be making some kind of point?