DaleW wrote:

>>FWIW, I took the lack of big fruitbombs to be a sign that they were
>>tailoring their selections to the known preferences of their customer.

>
> I guess, but I thought the point of the article was to provide a
> sampling for a newbie!

But even your newbie comes into the store with a few preferences that
can be articulated. At least, from my reading it didn't seem like we
were talking about wines for the completely uninitiated...

BTW, I put that very question to Lyle himself and this is his response:

"Exactly. Eric Asimov calls up and says he wants a mixed case..He is not
getting Mollydooker, Balbo Malbec and Chateau Pipeau.....because I kind
of know a little (well maybe more than a little) of what Asimov likes
and it would again defeat the purpose of the exercise....if another one
of my clients came in who likes somewhat spoofy wine maybe I would
change it up a bit and give him a Hill of Content Shiraz, Woodward
Canyon Cabernet and Palacios Les terrases or stuff like that."



Mark Lipton
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