"UC" > wrote in news:1159540787.177822.121040
@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:


>>
>> No, the core of snobbery is pretention - making of something what it
>> isn't, and thinking (or portraying) yourself as superior because of it.


Unfortunately, you didn't read or recall the definition that was posted.
Like so many other times, you simply state what you want to be true.



Gambero Rosso's "Italian Wines" book is always a good
> guide. They are based in Italy and know Italian wine types. American
> magazines are worthless for Italian wines. They don't understand them
> at all.

There are, of course, several ironies here. The first is that the key
writer for Gambero Rosso is an American not an Italian. The second is that
until recently he was the same person who reviewed Italian wines for Robert
Parker. The third is that Gambero Rosso has a reputation for liking
international styled wines with prominent oak rather than traditional
Italian wines.