cdb wrote:

> While we are on this note try Chateau Musar from Lebanon - never
> missed a vintage throughout the fighting, all though it was sometimes
> in short supply. The red is similar to a Rhone or Rioja depending on
> the oaking of the vinatge. The white is good when the weather has
> been mild during the growing season.


Whaaat? Is this the PIC wine list or something?
What's next, huge threads about the best restaurants
or the latest clothing fashions? Isn't the internet
totally full of this commercial stuff already? :o(

Most wine people can't tell a $5 wine from a $40
wine if you swap the label. I used to have a working
association with a winery and the stories they used
to tell were amusing, buying surplus wines, mixing,
adding flavours and chemicals. Some of their award
winning wines were the cheap mixed crap and sometimes
their good wines bombed. The labels have more effect
on the ratings than the contents. Only one wine
drinker in 100 can taste the difference, but the
99% are where the sales come from.
-Roman

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