notbob wrote:
> On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:13:45 -0700, Pennyaline wrote:
>
>> Actually, I'm a fennel and anise snob. I don't think they can be
>> improved on, not even with the most forward wine.
>
> I don't know about forward or backward wines. Same for fennel/anise being
> mistaken for licorice. Oh, I can understand the similarity, but they are
> just not the same. Kinda like soy or turkey being mistaken for real beef.
> Sorry! Not in my world.
>
> On that forward crap:


In that post, I meant *forward* in the sense of overly familiar or immodest.