Question from a Wine Consumer I receive dozens of e-mails from my readship every week. Most of them are from people who want to "follow their passion" and leave lucrative careers to become glamorous wine importers with blogs like me. This morning, I received an interesting e-mail from a consumer dealing with wine shop etiquette. What do you think? Dear Wine Importer, The other day I was at shop where I am known, and a schnook of the middle tier came by. My friend at the shop invited me to taste with the schnook. We tried some fairly modern Italian wines, and the expensive ones made me make faces. I was polite, but frank with the poor schnook who was there to try to unload these horrors, which she hadn’t made, nor had she decided to import. So, Wine Importer, I am worried. Should I have kept my mouth shut in the circs, speaking only when spoken to? Should I have let my friend know afterwards what I thought of the wines (the friend values my opinions about some wines from some regions, at least)? OTOH, I think there might be some value to the schnooks knowing that having lots of Tre Bicchieri in your past is not in general something to be proud of, and that not everyone swoons to hear it. That this information might make its way back along the 3 tiers and make a difference somewhere, someday. So, Wine Importer, was I a rude boy? What should I have done? Please advise. Your Grateful Reader. |
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