Good taste(2)

How much do you think the same couple spend on the wine for their Sunday dinner at home? Probably not more then 10-15. Most people don't even go above 5-7 euros for their grape juice consumed at home. The problem is not that the 7 euro wine is bad. The problem is that the 25 euro wine in the fancy restaurant probably didn't cost more than 7 euro if it was bought in the shop.

When you thought about that for a while you can then ask yourselves why people don't buy 25 euro wines in the shop to drink at home instead.

I think one of the reasons is that people don't care anymore, or can't. They are not thinking for themselves, and let the "experts" do the thinking part of the job. When it comes to wine people follow the so called wine expert tips, and believe in them too.
- Do you really think that the experts are unaffected by third parties, sellers and marketing professionals?

Therefor I equal 'good taste' with being independent when selecting - and it's not only about wine!

Before I end this article you maybe would like to know how the Swiss/Valais wine was? Extraordinary of course. I'm not publishing any tasting notes here, because I don't think thats important, especially if you can't try them anyway. But if you ever have been in the alps, and remember how clean everything is when breathing the high, unpolluted air. Imagine that in a glass of well composed red containing Syrah, Humagne rouge, Cornalin and Pinot noir; Balanced into perfection as a Swiss made watch.