Get your GEEK on: Wine as a dialog.
For years, you have been instructed what to drink, sometimes beaten over the head with it, by carefully tabulated scores and tasting notes from big wine publications and wine ‘experts’. This one-sided directive, or monologue about the proper and appropriate wines to drink…which label, which region is hot…the absolute best time to drink, which to hold…has been a force in the world of wine. Which is all fine and great and useful in a way. At least we are getting advice on a very complex subject, right? And, familiar taste, a brand you know…a region you can point to on a map, and someone endorses it?! However, what happens when you don’t care for the juice in the bottle? Are you wrong or weird? Freak! (more…)