I am sorry, but I must express my vituperative opinion:
When I began drinking wine at 16 I began with sweet Rieslings, Moselles, and Muscatos with all food and at all occasions. Then, as my palette progressed I did start drinking White Zinfandel. Eventually I became accustomed to an oakey California Chardonnay. A friend in the restaurant business introduced me to reds and my tastes now favor dusty, barnyard red wines.
It is the same with food. As a kid, all I would eat was pizza, hamburger, and steak from anywhere as long as I was hungry. As my palette progressed I became accustomed to more creative culinary morsels and I LEARNED to appreciate good cooking. Yet, I became able to discern a good hamburger from one at McDonalds, and a good pizza from one at Pizza Hut, and a good steak from one at Sizzlers. Since this is a food and restaurant forum, doesn't it rest upon us to educate the uninitiated to the world of good wine and good food. It doesn't always rest on individual likes and dislikes. There is the matter of what is good taste and what is bad taste. Simply put, A White Zinfandel is not as good as an aged Brunello. A meal at Outback is not going to be as good as a meal at Baxter Street Station. By the way, they are both in the same price range. Sorry.
