What is the matter with People?

Seriously, what's wrong with folks these days? Who's lame-brain idea was it to pay for a taste of Wine?!?!? Do the old ladies handing out food samples at Costco make you pay for them? No! Why? Because Costco knows there's a good likelihood that you'll purchase that which you sample; assuming you enjoyed it. Same thing applies to wine - I know many folks who'd have no problems at all buying a bottle (or more) of wine from a winery whose wine they actually like! Gasp! What a concept.

Not just that, but what if you think the wine is crap? Why should you have to pay for it? That'd be like a Car Dealer forcing you to pay for a test-drive on a car. While I know it's an outrageous example, it's not too different to the way all too many Wine tasting these days make folks pay up front.

If we ever hope of changing this, then we have got to stop participating in it! Next time you show up to a winery or tasting event where they want to charge you up front for it - just walk away, don't do it!

If enough people start doing this, we can help curb this horrible trend - no thanks to the snobby folks down in Napa.