Am I a wine snob? Too right I am – and rather proud of it

Am I a wine snob? Too right I am – and rather proud of it
Put the work in and soon you will be able to spot a fellow wine snob at a hundred paces. (Image: Depositphotos)
Bob Campbell MW
I was recently accused of being a wine snob.I am indeed a wine snob. In fact, I am rather proud of being a wine snob. I have made many sacrifices over quite a few years to achieve wine-snob status. I have rubbed shoulders with some of the most boring wine snobs in the business.I have embraced the wine snob’s motto: “There are only two sorts of wine drinkers: the insecure and the very insecure.”That piece of essential wine wisdom is the trump card in wine snobbery. Armed with that knowledge, wine snobs can intimidate...

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