I have discovered the secret to being a wine snob...

[lady_kathana]

The trick is to sound like you know an incredible amount about wine to the layperson. Fortunately, this is easy. Wine seems to be a stupidly complicated thing, with the different labels, countries and grapes all contributing something to the confusion. I have discovered a few tricks though, that make it sound as if I've really studied this and

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[tempusfrangit]

Trader Joe's cheap wine is amazing. :D

[guen_the_cat]

Hehe, yeah. Most people only know what they learned from the movie Sideways. Personally, I buy wine that's never over $12 and I Seriously DO buy wine because of a label. Even better if it has a kick ass label and has a Wine Spectator rating. I have never gone wrong using that tactic. There's a lot of nice wines under $12. Even some good ones under $10.

My favorite grape is the Sangiovese. It's an itallian grape. It has a little spice to it much like some of the South American wines. Most wine lists won't have a Sangiovese, but when they do I get all excited.

[lady_kathana]

Oh, we buy wine because of the label all the time. Or if its an interesting shaped bottle. Sometimes you score something incredible, other time...bleh. That's how I first got into Carmenere. It was part of a blend they carry at Target that said "Oops!". It had the whole story of it being the lost grape printed on the label.

http://www.oopswines.com/web/home.html

[majsju]

Actually, it does exist in France, it was never completely extinct, just almost. And only recently has interest grown to the point where it is financially justified to grow more than a few acres.It also exists in northern Italy, where it was imported by mistake from France.

[lady_kathana]

My story was better, Mr. Actual Factual.

[majsju]

Just illustrating how there is always someone who knows more. And I'm not even that much of a fan of Bourdeaux, I prefer Bourgogne :)

[lady_kathana]

I would never, ever attempt to impress you. I know better. =)

[clytemnestra215]

I actually have a bottle of Oops! Carmenere wine downstairs. I haven't tried it yet, but this makes me feel slightly better about my $10.99 impulse purchase! I had never tried Carmenere, so I thought I'd give it a go. Still haven't opened it.

[miasedai]

Ooo, wine <3 I'm always looking for new stuff to try, especially now when I live in a country of "yes, of course you buy wine at the supermarket *looks at me like I'm a freak*" Oh England. (And everywhere else, apparently. Norway is such a weird country.)