"This is a great wine. But I can't stand it."

Is that any different than saying, "A Rolls-Royce is an amazing luxuary car but I don't like them."?

Dave

PS: Lots of regular posters to this group use the phrase - "A really well-made wine, but not a style that I care for." So we must have a fair share of ideal connoisseurs here.

A true connoiseur will always find the right occasion to drink and enjoy a great wine. Iam tempted to say that they will find the right occasion to enjoy any half-decent wine.

If anyone here finds a great wine rthey cannot stand, email me and I'll send them a delivery address. :-)

That misses the point, doesn't it?

One can appreciate a wine without enjoying it. "Greatness" in wine (or most anything else) is an evolving reflection of contemporary standards and tastes. A specific individual may develop an appreciation for what is broadly considered "great" without developing a personal taste for it.

Dana

Steve Slatcher wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Sounds a like a bit of self fullfilling prophecy. One cannot be a true connoiseur if they don't like X. Truth is most of us have things that we don't like as much as other things. I think that a true connoisseur would find the good in a wine that they didn't care for personally for whatever reason-say the sweetness of a Sauterne or Tokai of which they may say "this is truly amazingly complex . . . , but a bit sticky for my palate"

There have been many wines I've felt were very good wines but not my preferred style. I therefore do not buy them again but I may recommend them to others who I know like that particular style.

Many times I'll taste a wine that is very complex, numerous flavors of varying fruits and other tastes. But the wine itself maybe not be dry, too light or any number of other reasons I do not prefer it. But I still consider it a good wine.