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"A SNOB, SIR" The worst kind, an inverted snob!

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In Reply to: Re: Wow!! posted by jd on February 11, 2001 at 13:41:49:

jd,
First, it's folk not "folks" and..
Unfortunately, Your choice of wine (plural), belies your ignorance.
Think what you're missing, with this attitude of yours and if you had bothered to pay more attention you would have spotted the phrase "regardless of cost".
Please note the following intelligence:
1. We love all wine!
2. We are interested in all subjects wine!
3. All (any) Wine is my "opium"!
4. We actualy like Beaujolais nouveau (getting pissed on it).
and personally I:
1. Always prefer to drink the "petrol wine", when in Provence, currently 10ff per Ltr. Take your own vessel and they serve it from garage type establishments, from petrol type pumps. I would recommend the Rose. There is nothing like a provencal Rose, in Provence, dry, herby, Lavendery, and quite strong!
2. Want and get plenty of sex!
3. Would love to know, what is your real problem?
4. Would welcome an email from you...genuine offer, I am in UK, I have a bottle of Chablis "Vieille Vignes" 1995, it's a bit young, but I would crack it with you. Yes..In return, please be more polite and open minded. I won't respond to this kind of shit again!

None of us are "connoiseurs", include yourself in this sir,
Mike.S.

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Re: "A SNOB, SIR" The worst kind, an inverted snob! jd 14:44:30 02/21/01 (1)
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.
- Welcome back jd. I understand your 3 points and agree with one! Mike.S. 17:52:15 02/21/01 (0)
  John D.
  Thank you for inviting discussion,
  If I didn't know you better, I would think that your latest post was blunt and to the point. Certainly, it is far more powerfully put, than your previous ones.
  If, like me, you would like to continue with this, can we start a fresh topic, at the top?
  I do have some information to share with you and your "Frank Prial" and I am sure that we can narrow the gap.
  May I suggest something along the lines of:
  "MAGIC?" How can we ALL benefit from virtual ramblings, by turning them into REAL experiences?
  Or,
  "MAGIC?" - Was turning the crap wine and water into the best wine, a miracle?
  These two questions, the answer to one is positive and to one is negative. I dare you to guess which, with explanations.
  regards,
  Mike.S.

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