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In Reply to: "A SNOB, SIR" The worst kind, an inverted snob! posted by Mike.S. on February 11, 2001 at 16:20:15:
Mike, thanks for the offer on the Chablis...and I have a couple of bottles of Montlouis chenin I'd happily crack with you. (I'm in the U.S., so I guess the happy occasion will have to wait.) My beef is that a huge (and increasing) part of the wine racket has always been the wielding of certain fetishized, laughably-priced wines as, basically, high-end weapons in the class war. (Forbidden word: Yquem.)And it is just laughable that people who in fact can't begin to afford the upkeep on their wanna-be snob rhetoric in the first place should waste their time playing that sucker's game. (Any billionaires out there seeking wine tips via this on-line bulletin board? Didn't think so.) The way to enjoy wine, I believe, is to share YOUR OWN discoveries and queries...not to bludgeon your co-conversants with a bunch of bilious, second-hand status-speak.Anyway, as it happens something like my point was made beautifully (and more temperately, if that's your thing) by Frank Prial in his wine column in last Wednesday's New York Times (Feb. 14)--of course available on-line.
--John D.
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