On Mon 08 Dec 2008 06:00:40p, notbob told us...

> On 2008-12-08, Pennyaline > wrote:
>
>> "Fruit forward" reds are lusher and more heavily fruity than subtler
>> reds that rely on aged flavors and balanced tannins for character. Some
>> wine snobs call the most obstreperous of them "fruit bombs."
>
> "Some wine snobs"? "rely on aged flavors and balanced tannins for
> character"? Seems those zany oenophiles are not letting the grape rot
> grow under their feet and are even more pretentious since I last visited
> the great wine comedy.
>
>
> nb ...aka zinn
>

I've never met an "oenophile" who wasn't pretentios or that didn't think
they were an expert.

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Wayne Boatwright
(correct the spelling of "geemail" to reply)
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