• This article was written by a renowned wine writer and competition judge, first appearing in the Santa Rosa (CA) Press Democrat.By Dan Berger
I saw a tweet the other day in which a wine commentator decried what he said was the peppery taste in a syrah he was reviewing.
The comment was amusing and led me to conclude that the blanding of American wine was nearly complete.
Before setting off on this diatribe against mindless commentary, let me defend myself by saying that the old Latin phrase beginning "De gustibus" still holds true: About matters of taste there is no debate. You like sauerkraut, I don’t, and neither one of us is "right."
Still, with wine as with a lot of other consumer goods, there is a standard of quality and then there is a lack of same.
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