A great deal of shite is spouted and few seem to have the bottle (ho ho) to out it as hogwash
To a certain extent people are just trying to decribe the nuances of flavour but there's a whole heap of Emperor's New Clothesing going on that flids like Alan here lap up.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 21 May 2013, 10:41, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

All this wine nonsense! You get all these wine people, don't you? Wine this, wine that. Let's have a bit of red, let's have a bit of white. Ooh, that's a snazzy bouquet. Oh, this smells of, I don't know, basil.
Sometimes you just want to say, sod all this wine, just give me a pint of, mineral water.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 21 May 2013, 10:44, Reply)

I'll have...a pint of bitter

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 21 May 2013, 10:45, Reply)

Unfortunately real ale snobs are similar. And whisky snobs are far, far worse.

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 21 May 2013, 10:49, Reply)

If he was a flid, he would have no choice but to lap it up.
Or use a straw.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 21 May 2013, 10:44, Reply)