I was hosting an online wine chat the other day when one of the participants volunteered that he knew next to nothing about wine. Loads of people say that, but in this case it turned out that he really didn’t. Did he know which grape varieties he liked, I asked. Sauvignon blanc? Malbec? It was clear from his nonplussed response that he wasn’t familiar with either.
And there’s nothing wrong with that. I can easily think of numerous subjects about which I would equally be at sea – I still can’t get my head round aperture and shutter priority, for instance.
