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In the Thread: Wine, women, song.. and audio
Post Subject: No Sooner Had I Posted...Posted by Paul S on: 8/11/2013
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OK, I did invert the results and response to "Parker" influences. Obviously, if the "influences" were better in the first place, more winemakers would be trying to make better (ideally, singular) wine, which we might regard as a better situation in general, and perhaps most particularly so in the case of great properties that presently make (expensive!) "me too" wine. I can remember when Vin Ordinare and "basket" Chianti had terroir, if anyone still cares. All this idealizing does neglect the reality of the herd mentality, however.
And obviously, the same is +/- true of audio products, and even music and recordings, etc., ad nauseum.
As it is, it certainly helps to have some sense of both where one is, personally, and where one wants to go.
OTOH, if one is happy with a sort of "mediocrity plus", and one is prepared to pay the price for it, there has never been a better time to be a wine-o.
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