Really not that surprising. I firmly believe if you like a wine it is a good wine. But... that does not mean it is good Chardonnay for example. It may be say Chardonnay on the bottle but because it was chosen it does not make it a good Chardonnay.



Many of the lower cost wines tend to use bulk grapes that require some to a large amount of chemistry to make a drinkable product. Many over use the process of adding sugar (chaptalization) to not only raise the alc % but to insure their product taste exactly the same every year.



Many wine consumers like the safety of pulling a cork or unscrewing a bottle top to find the exact same taste that they have been drinking for the last 5 years. To reach that level of repeatability the taste of the actual fruit named on the label is compromised. Hence in this example the quality of Chardonnay is lost to the process.

Once again I will never bad mouth a wine some on likes. If they like it is good wine - but please remember it may not (probably not) be a good representation of what the label says it is.

And I will end this editorial with this important acronym: IMHO. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Wink.gif" alt="" />