Consumers Report

I sent the following before but it was not posted.

I believe that a very high percentage readers of this newsgroup are true wine aficionados, I also believe that most wine drinkers are not. That group just wants a wine that taste good to them. It may not be a great wine or even a very good wine but to them it is good because it tastes good. As some of this group continue to drink wine their taste become more sophisticated and they look for wines with greater nuances. I believe that most just want a simple enjoyable glass of wine at a fair price. I believe that the information provided by Consumer Report caters to that very large market. I also note that when a beginner asks for recommendations a good inexpensive wine the wines listed are not often available in middle to small markets. I work for a chain of wine and spirit shops that has twenty five stores that carry wines from DRC to Walnut Crest. Most of the wines we sell are in the $12-$35 range. State law says we can only buy a wines from state authorized distributors so in many respects we are prisoners' of the distributors. We cater to all types of wine customers and have been doing so since 1955 with a great deal of success. Both the Consumer Reports and now Newsweek (From the Wine Spectator) list wine the average wine drinker will enjoy and afford.

I read this in the Columbia Crest Merlot thread. It often happens on Usenet that some answers do not seem to get posted on some newsreaders and seem posted on others. You often find answers without questions when the starting post of the thread does not seem posted on the newsreader you use. Go to Google, select groups, and find alt.food.wine. Your first post likely will show up there. I have read this group using several services, and all of them have this sort of problem from time to time. Some may be worse than others, but I have not been able to tell for sure. A service may often have this problem for a while, and then it suddenly clears up. Since the messages on Usenet groups are put together from several sources, there is room for error. Also sometimes someone blocks posts from certain people, but I doubt if many decide to block themselves other than by freak accident.Usenet is rather archaic compared with a modern BB, because it dates from a period when there was not a modern internet as we know it today. Anyway no harm is done; this sort of thing happens for most of us.