Vins Ordinaires

Some people have a rather formidable attitude towards wine, giving one to believe that only a few chosen spirits are equipped with the necessary palate, sensitivity, and imagination to appreciate properly its great qualities and to value the extraordinary variations of fragrance, body, colour, and essence that it displays. This attitude comes about because wine is not, now, indigenous to this country; it is partly caused by the rather English preoccupation with exclusiveness and its attendant snobbishness, and partly because the wonderful wines take so long to mature that they are quite outside the range of the ordinary pocket. Because of its peculiar living qualities, subject to countless variations brought about by climate and terrain, and the more or less lengthy period it needs to develop its character, wine demands a devoted lifetime of a connoisseur.