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> What Max writes is utter rubbish. Wines are not for 'tastsing' but for
> drinking, and can only be evaluated (if they have to be evaluated) in
> the context of a meal. Everything else is a complete waste of time. Why
> do wines have to be evaluated anyway? Are you obsessed with having
> something with more points? Why can't you just drink and enjoy? True
> connoisseurs do not engage in such lunacy. I don't care how many points
> my wine gets by any critic, and I NEVER have tastings, ever. I consider
> this some kind of sick joke.
>
> Grow up, people!
>

So, how *do* you buy wine? By label? Cost? Shape of the pretty bottle?

I taste, and over 50 years of drinking wine, have found I can tell pretty
much how a wine will "drink" with a particular style of food. But I'm not
going to plunk down cash for a case of wine I haven't tasted, no matter what
any critic says. Then after tasting, and deciding it suits my purpose, I'll
buy and 'drink and enjoy'.