Wines people like—myth busting

Three wine myths, totally busted

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Wines people like—myth busting

Wine writers have an Achilles heel. When you drink different wines every day and don’t pay for the bottle because makers sent it to you for free, you lose sight of the real world.

Wine pundits get bored with a parade of nearly identical efforts. We forget most people do not taste as many different wines or as much wine as we do. We lose sight of what real people think about wine. Here are three of myths we promulgate, and why they are myths:

• Buttery chardonnay is passé. Try to convince major wine makers of that. Their bean counters hunch over Excel spreadsheets