With me, the sense experience preceeds the intellectual experience. I trust my own judgment. Sally Mohr, co-proprietor of the Boulder Wine Merchant in Boulder, Colorado. Her partner, Wayne Belding, has been a master sommelier for several years. Robert Parker once said if you get a bunch of wine pros together they might argue about style, usability, etc., but not quality.
Quality is quality.
I'm buying for consumption yesterday. My customers are popping the cork and enjoying it right then and there. For wine that is sold retail, it's more pivotal that it's written up in wine publications or rated by critics. But, basically, if there's too much salt in the dish, there's too much salt in the dish. The Italian restaurant upstairs might be totally different from the restaurant downstairs.