http://lindsayronga.com/2009/08/trust-your-gut-palate/ Mostly ranting related to wine... Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:25:12 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://lindsayronga.com/2009/08/trust-your-gut-palate/comment-page-1/#comment-119 stump Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:19:52 +0000 http://lindsayronga.com/?p=90#comment-119 This is an important concept. I work retail in a store with a great reputation built on years of bringing in excellent, hard to find wines from all over the world and hiring great people to sell them. In recent years our reputation has faded, I feel, precisely because buying has been taken over by a personality that takes offense to any negative opinion on their choices. Discussion of wine is stifled - negative opinions are immediately dismissed - not only is this really not fun/big buzzkill, but it impedes our business, builds a negative work environment, etc. Wine enjoyment and appreciation necessitates free, open discussion amongst peers. Noobs learn from oldsters, veterans gain insight from fresh palates. It is totally a social thing. Good post. This is an important concept. I work retail in a store with a great reputation built on years of bringing in excellent, hard to find wines from all over the world and hiring great people to sell them. In recent years our reputation has faded, I feel, precisely because buying has been taken over by a personality that takes offense to any negative opinion on their choices. Discussion of wine is stifled – negative opinions are immediately dismissed – not only is this really not fun/big buzzkill, but it impedes our business, builds a negative work environment, etc. Wine enjoyment and appreciation necessitates free, open discussion amongst peers. Noobs learn from oldsters, veterans gain insight from fresh palates. It is totally a social thing. Good post.

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