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Originally posted by dig420@Jun 18 2004, 04:45 PM
more to do with not caring than being out of the loop.
Booze is booze 
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Blasphemy Dig..
Caring is not the major part of the equation in this case. Back in the day I worked in the wine and liquor biz, here in KC and down in Texas.
We had several excellent wine people (two were sommeliers), so I was constantly inundated with information whether I had wanted it or not. I went from the point of not being able to tell you the difference between Boones Farm and a fine Bordeaux to a semi-expert of sorts.
Because most of my time in the biz was with a small distributor here in Kansas City, I wore many hats and had to be able to communicate in an intelligent manner with customers that knew a hell of a lot about the wines available and what they wanted.
One of the best perks of the job was being able to go back in the wine room with a customer in the middle of the day and pop open various bottles and taste them.
Since I have been out of that biz, I have at times tried to keep up, but there is only so much info that will fit in my head, ya know...
and these days, the space available is being used to keep up with what the hell is going on techwise.