sf wrote:

> > However. I would wager you have never had a really great wine
> > pairing that brings out the best in both food and wine at the same
> > time.
>
> Most people who have opinions like that have only had wine that tastes
> like battery acid. We're lucky that we can find decent wine easily
> and fairly inexpensively, but a large part of the country can't.

That's not really an excuse. Anybody can acquire enough wine knowledge
to be able to buy complementary wines via mail-order.