Why do some American people abhor "real" wine?

Question

I don't get it. Wine has been a staple of humanity since jabba the cave man discovered fermented fruits yeild an intoxicating beverage. Jesus drank wine. Still, I am the only one in my circle of friends that seeks out, and drinks good red wines. They consider wine to be "Abor Mist" or "Boone Farms". That is GARBAGE!!! I give them a taste of the real stuff, and they waste my fine elixir and utter blasphemies about it!! They say it's nasty, or sour. What the hell? When did these little feloious wine substitutes get so much credit as "wine"? Women for the most part these days, seem unable to drink anything unless it's doused in a sickening fruit flavor and splashed with neon colored fake fruit juice. What ever happened to the wine lovers? Am I alone?

Felonious, (sp)

Answer 1

I am right there with you, girlfriend. I LOVE red wine. I have 3-4 glasses most every night, do you think that is too much? I have converted about 3 of my friends, though. Now they don't drink anything else. I hate those Foo-Foo drinks. Wine Rocks!!!

Answer 2

Actually there are two different kinds of wine, the unfermented fruit of the vine, or pure grape juice, and the fermented kind that you are speaking of. In the bible, the unfermented wine is the one that is good for you but the wine you are to leave alone as it is not good for you, is the fermented stuff. If you think about it, would you leave a steak out for a couple of weeks and then chow down on it and say it was so great? I very much doubt it as it would be rancid. But then you will take a bottle of juice that has been left out for weeks and drink that up and say it is good. What, because it makes you drunk and stupid? So what is REAL wine? According to what you are saying it is the rotten garbage that most people drink and then go out and either kill themselves or someone else behind the wheel of a car. The REAL wine, to me, is the pure grape juice that is unaltered from its natural state that is so good for you, not the rotten fermented stuff that alters your brain cells and kills them. I agree with you on that one, why do most American people abhor the real wine and take in the fermented stuff that kills more every year than HIV and war combined?

Answer 3

In my own experience, "fine" wine is just not a big part of American culture. People just aren't brought up on the stuff, here. Instead, the typical Yank is raised on Pepsi, Coke, KoolAid, and fruit juices. For my part, I didn't try serious wine until I was in my 30's, and I found it a bit overwhelming at the time. It's definitely an acquired taste.

Answer 4

You're not alone. My husband and I are major connoisseurs. We won't go near Arbor Mist, Boone's Farm, Sutter Home, Carlo Rossi, Turning Leaf or anything in a box. We're not really that snobby about it, we just don't like those wines. We've had good wine and can't go back to cheap wine. You should remember though, that wine is an acquired taste and most people don't take the time to learn to appreciate it. They take one sip and decide they don't like it and go back to their Arbor Mist. Also, most Americans like their stuff really, really sweet for some reason. Beats me as to why. Keep fighting the good fight and getting people to try good wine. The same goes for beer, for that matter. Down with Budweiser and Miller!

Answer 5

it all depends on what is "real".

generally, many folks living in the u.s. take the shortcut and least expensive approach to many things, wine included. in the 60's it was mogen david, ripple, MD 20-20, boone's farm, etc. then came the "italian" wines, then box wines, then all the fruity wines. some people just have not taken the time to explore their tastes and the varieties of wines.

then add all the unique terminology and subjective descriptions that some oenophiles use and you can see why people dont want to experience the good stuff. too many choices and not enough standard way to describe them.

and that's ok. you pay your money, you take your choices/chances.

when i describe wines, i focus on the flavor and the taste, not on region, year, size of vinter, etc.

plus, their attitude leaves more for me.

Answer 6

You are not alone! Keep your friends and join a wine group so you can share your enthusiasm.
If you have some free time, take an enology course from a community college and mingle with future wine makers.
I adore wine and every story it plays out in my mouth.

Answer 7

Thank you God! Finally a man with a sense of taste! My son in law loves "wine coolers" I call my wine cooler a refrigerator. He stopped drinking the stuff when I told him that in Scotland it's known as *itch *iss. I think it's a trace of wine *issed down with lots of pop. Some peoples palates just never mature. Cheers!

Answer 8

To each his own. Most people have developed a taste for artificially flavored, additive filled junk. Just quit letting those types drink the good stuff.

Answer 9

i think of it particularly relies upon on in case you mean the 'known American Wine Drinker' (ie the known guy or woman in the US who might define themselves as a lover of wine, and for whom wine is their popular alcoholic drink) or an 'known Wine eating American' (ie a common US resident, who's taking place to order a tumbler of wine suitable now, even with the indisputable fact that who will in many circumstances greater frequently drink beer, cider, or coolers). once you're asking relating to the latter, then regrettably sure, they had assume a delicate, candied candy, purple wine. they choose some thing that would not take plenty attempt to comprehend, they are in a position to shop of their refrigerator, and convey out for barbecues and ladies' nights on the city. in case you mean the former, and we are speaking relating to the known guy or woman who beverages wine as a interest (with maximum nutrients, in all likelihood a small cellar in the basement, enjoys arguing together with his pals relating to the relative advantages of Californian as against Burgundian Pinot Noir (hint: it particularly is a notably short argument), then whilst they ask for Zinfandel they choose the dark, broody, exceedingly spiced purple. i became fortunate whilst i became working in the retail area of the marketplace that I rapidly have been given promoted to the fantastic wine branch - anybody who asked me became the type to choose the actual stuff. As an aside, in many circumstances people who think of of it as a rose would be greater probable to assert 'Zin' particularly than 'Zinfandel', yet it is not authentic, purely an remark.

Answer 10

1st of all, why are you so friggen worried about what us "Americans" are drinking and doing?
2ndly, if this little problem of your is so awful please by all means
go back to whatever douche bag, pretentious country youre from
and you can drink all the expensive wine you want . noone wants you here anyways. now that we got that out of the way, i suppose
noone allowed to have their own opinions anymore huh? you know lately, this answers thing has been getting flooded with
eurotrash and im sick of it. i hope you and Jesus are having fun
being better than everyone else.