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\"wine<\/a>I often wonder why some wines are more popular than others.\u00a0 At first, the answer seems obvious and quite self explanatory.\u00a0 After all, quality, like cream, rises to the top.\u00a0 And given a choice and some experience, most seasoned wine drinkers choose the quality product, especially when price is not influencing their decision \u2013 either way.\u00a0 Consequently, when tasting wines with our panel members, prices are never revealed until after the tasting.\u00a0 Yet, I have to believe there\u2019s something more to a wine\u2019s popularity than overall quality.\u00a0 Doesn\u2019t style count for something?\u00a0 I tend to think so.\u00a0 If style didn\u2019t matter, why do some Chardonnays of comparable price and quality outsell others?\u00a0\u00a0 And what about drink ability in a wine?\u00a0\u00a0 Drink ability is that certain something or more particularly that wonderful attribute in a wine that\u2019s hard to define, but easy to recognize.\u00a0 Rarely, does it appear in the biggest, boldest or most dramatic wine on the table, but in the wine that goes down ever so easily and continues to ingratiate the palate with its elegance and sensual charms.\u00a0 Unlike some of the bigger, brawnier wines, a wine with that certain something (or je ne sais quoi<\/i> as the French so elegantly say) doesn\u2019t lose its luster after the first or second glass and begin to wear on the palate; instead, it\u2019s a wine that becomes more alluring and easy to drink as the night goes on.\u00a0 Pouilly-Fuiss\u00e9 and the finer white wines of Macon-Villages offer such drink ability, and more than a bit of style, too.\u00a0 Good Pinot Noir has that quality as well.\u00a0 When faced with a wine of tremendous size and stature versus one of eminent drink ability, I\u2019ll often choose drink ability.\u00a0 There\u2019s something to be said for a wine that you or I could drink all night.\u00a0 Besides, big isn\u2019t always beautiful.<\/p>\n

Don<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I often wonder why some wines are more popular than others.\u00a0 At first, the answer seems obvious and quite self explanatory.\u00a0 After all, quality, like cream, rises to the top.\u00a0 And given a choice and some experience, most seasoned wine drinkers choose the quality product, especially when price is not influencing their decision \u2013 either […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nSome Random or Not So Random Thoughts | Wine Blog from The International Wine of the Month Club<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Drink ability is that certain something or more particularly that 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