Well...

[ksmith]

I read in another post (ok, docbrite's, but she doesn't allow comments, so I almost feel as though I'm reading a column) that Chardonnay is the wine that wine snobs have the most contempt for.

Could someone who is more wine-savvy than I am explain why this is the case? Is it because it's a good 'starter wine'--odds are that if you won't like anything, or are just beginning to drink wine, you may like Chardonnay? Is it because there are too many brands and the quality has been diluted? Heck, you could say that about Merlots.

I've tried a few other white wines, and none that I've sampled have the depth and flavor of a good Chardonnay. Forget German wines, unless there's one out there that isn't sweet. As for Chenin Blancs and Pinot Grigios--if you could suggest one that doesn't taste like a glass of water that someone waved a grape over, I'd truly appreciate it.

I don't have much appreciation for delicacy in wines (or beers, for that matter). "Lean," "light," and "spritzy" are not adjectives that will attract my attention.

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[merlinpole.livejournal.com]

There's a store that has tastings most Friday nights a few mile from where I live... a couple other places have less frequent tastings, and this year and two years ago, there was wine samples at the official opening ceremonies marking Mahoney's set up of lots of (artifical) Christmas trees with all sorts of different decorations and trimmings (most for sale literally off the trees or wherever else they're set up) event at the original Mahoney's Garden Center facility in Winchester, Massachusetts, on US 3 (which is a local road and not limited access there), a few mies south of where Readercon has been.