Once again...

I have opined in the past about the possible merits (or lack thereof) of this publication. Well, it's making the rounds one more time:

Helping you to pick wine with confidence

If you feel so inclinied, read my original comments about this 'Gold Medal' guide. Reading back, I find my one of my statements quite ironic, especially when juxtapozed with the closing comment of this 'Confidence' article.

My words:

" In my experience, it indicates that the wine 'shows' well, but more often than not it isn't exactly 'correct' or 'true to form'."

From the article:

"How could I argue against last year's L.A. County Fair top gold winner, a big, beefy, Hahn Estates 2002 syrah from California's Central Coast for $12? What a brawny but nuanced red, out zinfandeling a host of zins in the competition."

Just to re-iterate a point that I have hinted at before, what's wrong with a grape tasting like it should? Furthermore, who the hell wants a Syrah that tastes like anything other than Syrah?!?! I know who...people who don't like Syrah. And I should add that using brawny, nuanced, and 'out zinfandeling' in the same breath 'don't make no damn sense'.