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<blockquote data-quote="Doc Manhattan" data-source="post: 19042" data-attributes="member: 341"><p>Yak, your observations about "projecting" preconceptions about brand onto our tastes have been stirring up a lot of discussion in the world of wine: a new book documents how <a href="http://thepour.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/you-can-please-all-the-peopleor-you-can-make-great-wine/" target="_blank">low-price wines beat out similar high-ticket wines in blind tastings</a>. The responses to this book sound familiar: discussions of elitism, expertise, envy, craft, consistency, reputation, price-point, and ultimately a lot of people saying <em>de gustibus</em> and continuing to drink whatever they want for what they can afford.</p><p></p><p>Jobs and spouses really don't seem to have such a good conversion rate. A lot of those arrangements go badly when people's preconceptions don't match up with the reality. (The plus with pipes is there's not nearly the same hassle getting a new one when the old one isn't working out!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doc Manhattan, post: 19042, member: 341"] Yak, your observations about "projecting" preconceptions about brand onto our tastes have been stirring up a lot of discussion in the world of wine: a new book documents how [url=http://thepour.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/you-can-please-all-the-peopleor-you-can-make-great-wine/]low-price wines beat out similar high-ticket wines in blind tastings[/url]. The responses to this book sound familiar: discussions of elitism, expertise, envy, craft, consistency, reputation, price-point, and ultimately a lot of people saying [i]de gustibus[/i] and continuing to drink whatever they want for what they can afford. Jobs and spouses really don't seem to have such a good conversion rate. A lot of those arrangements go badly when people's preconceptions don't match up with the reality. (The plus with pipes is there's not nearly the same hassle getting a new one when the old one isn't working out!) [/QUOTE]
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