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We have here too. Or are we "wine authorities"? ;-)

Conclusions are often vague and

To paint it as Old vs. New World is to oversimplify in the extreme. It's more a case of Artisanal vs. Industrial, and examples of each are found in every wine producing region. And to paint it as a modern problem is probably a bit too simplistic as well, since the percentage of quality producers has always been low and it's just the technology of Industrial wine production that changes with time. I can imagine wine geeks in Pliny the Elder's time railing against the widespread use of irrigation in Gaul's wine producing regions and arguing for a more traditional dry farming approach.

My opinion is, if all wines are made more or

That's a distinction that I won't make. Is Beringer White Zinfandel not wine simply because I don't care for it? That reeks of the worst kind of elitism IMO.

We don't

I agree with you insofar as it's true that it's the changable and elusive character of wine that inspires so many of us to waste so much time, thought, bandwidth and money discussing it ad nauseam. But I'd bet that there's at least one or two Internet discussion groups that seriously compare soft drink flavors, maybe even looking for terroir in Coke. After all, there's an alt.food.waffle-house! :P

Mark Lipton