that's kind of the point. saying bullshite like the "superior wine" is complex, balanced, etc is just a way to make yourself appear more refined than your peers. your brain is naturally going to be biased towards the more expensive or "superior" wine because it's trying to justify that superiority.

it's like when that guy cut a banana in half and told people one plate was organic, freshly grown, and the other was just a regular, wal mart quality banana. they were eating the same banana, but described the "organic" as "fresh" and "tasted like a banana should" but described the "regular" banana has "having a banana flavor, but just wasn't quite tasting like a real, fresh banana."

people just convince themselves that one is better than the other because of the appearance or price or supposed "superiority"

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Posted by tigerfoot

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Posted on 6/24/13 at 12:47 pm to TH03

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it's like when that guy cut a banana in half and told people one plate was organic, freshly grown, and the other was just a regular, wal mart quality banana

I wonder if he owns the best banana shop in the state.

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Posted by Oenophile Brah

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Posted on 6/24/13 at 12:53 pm to TH03

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it's like when that guy cut a banana in half and told people one plate was organic, freshly grown

That is a different argument altogether. "Organic" is a fad.

Just because people use certain(common) words to describe wine they perceive to be superior doesn't prove that wine tastes the same. It just proves that people tend to use familiar terms when describing things.

I do agree that value is largely created by a few decision makers in the wine industry. That is unfortunate but that's the way it is.

R2R's favorite wine is $9. That doesn't mean it's under valued, it just proves he's a cheap frick.