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I have tried to wrap my head around the Nouveau phenomenon for the past few years, and I just don't get it. Every time I've tried it, its been very tart and astringent (this year's vintage of the duboeuf has a VERY strong urea element to it), and every one of my wine senses tells me that its just wrong. My theory is that its the beverage equivalent of fruit cake. Everyone buys it to give as gifts for the holidays, but the people buying it are never the end consumers. Either that or its some cruel joke that people who are knowledgeable about wine play on the less educated.

@ Southern_bella Ack. I have never considered this wine to be flavored as "sweaty socks," or "Mr. Bubbles" for that matter. It's a nice, easy wine to drink. And like Thanksgiving, it's a fun tradition, that can taste amazing, or not, but it feels like home. A French home that is!

It's not complex at all, but it is light and easy drinking.

I once had a vegan friend who would always try to trick us with tofu and food coloring. "But it was for our own health." I still can't eat tofu.

It is like a Evangelical Christian trying to shove their beliefs down your throat. I like my beliefs and eating dead cow; let's leave it at that.

My position on food: eat whatever kind of food you want. It's up to you. If you choose to be [insert description of diet], you miss out on a lot of very delicious cusine. Your loss. More for me. However:

1.Don't get uppity and preach to me about your diet. I don't care.

2.Don't come into my restaurant and give me an order with 18 mods and subs. You are not the chef.

3.Don't get all offended when people eat [whatever your diet precludes] around you. Don't tell me how disgusting it is and make retching noises. Your attitude is far more offensive than my [whatever food makes you feel superior to those not eating it].

Maybe people should take a step back and look at where the preaching is actually coming from. This BS gets tiresome....

You don't merit a break, Doctrine. I'm neither vegan or vegetarian. I'm just dismayed by people who believe that anyone doing something they don't do is motivated solely by a desire to feel superior. Why would anyone feel insulted by someone else's food choices? Paying attention to your diet is common sense. Failure to do is, in fact, an inferior choice.

I don't get the ideological fervor that seems to come with so many vegans, but it's the proselytizing, not the veganism, that annoys me.

Give me a break BillG...people like you are a prime example of why vegans and vegetarians have a bad reputation. Your post history is full of asinine comments about your self-perceived superiority, a matter which is based entirely on your "moral" decision to eliminate certain foods from your diet.

@sailordave - I completely agree. I believe that people are welcome to enjoy whatever kind of diet they please, and I hope that they respect my diet choices, too.

I attended a vegan potluck Friday evening – and ate homestyle sushi, mango spring rolls, coconut milk ice cream and brownies. All delicious. The brownies were some of the best I've eaten, and that's saying something. If that's an elitist, restrictive, abusive, disordered diet, I'm worried for the world.

people are people, there will always be someone out there who objects to your choices if it different from theirs. I've run into vegans, christians, and jehova's witnesses as well as meat eaters, hunters, anti hunters etc that are annoying. life is full of know-it-alls. laugh to yourself and walk away the more mature person. (especially if they are bigger or drunker than you) ;-)