"Skip the insipid wines. Go right to good bottles. Discriminate."
This is my new mantra! In his self described rant leading up to some great Greek white recommendations for summer, Eric Asimov in the New York Times entreats us all to move past the mundane Pinot Grigios in an annual "default to generic summer wines.""Why should anybody who cares about what they eat and drink settle for familiar and icy rather than something full of character?" he questions. "The wine industry has no problem with that sort of unconscious drinking. It feeds sales and increases profits. Hence it promotes the notion of “starter wines,” mediocre bottles that help ease newcomers past the shock of transition until they are ready to try the better stuff. Nonsense. The idea is merely a rationalization for selling millions of bottles of mass-market junk wines. Skip the insipid wines. Go right to good bottles. Discriminate." What an excellent retort to the loud and lazy camp decrying wine snobs and parading their bulk bottles around like badges of honor. The only real act of snobbery is saving the good stuff for ourselves!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/dining/reviews/white-wines-as-greek-as-the-sea.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&
