Have you heard of these lost, under-appreciated superheroes, "supertasters"? About 25% of the U.S. population are considered supertasters, meaning that they have at least twice the amount of tastebuds that we boring/regular/average tasters have. Now, if two of you live in a house and your significant other can't describe what he or she tasting as well as you can, that doesn't mean you're a supertaster. That might just mean that your spouse just isn't the sharpest tack in the tackle box.

     But would it be better to be a supertaster? Would you sit there at dinner and just get lost in the millions of layers each bite of gourmet food had, washing over you for hours? Many think the experience of being a supertaster is more likely just the opposite. The subtle spiciness of a dish is for you, too spicy to keep in your mouth. The light acidity of a finessed Cabernet Franc is to you, just pure acidity. A little oak on a nice Spanish tempranillo could be like chugging a vile of vanilla.

     So you supertasters, choose wisely. You average tasters, be happy you can enjoy twice the range of foods and wines that supertastes sometimes cannot. Are you a supertaster? Do you have a friend who insists that they can taste a wine from 4 feet away? Comment below.

     Well, I just smashed a bottle of Champagne against the bow of my monitor here to celebrate the first post on our new wine blog - Wine For Everyone.  "Wine For Everyone" does sound a bit like "Hands Across America" or "I'd like to buy the world a Coke", but it is pretty much the tagline to our store.  The idea was to create an environment that didn't cater to wine snobs, collectors, 30-somethings, 10-somethings or anyone in particular.  We wanted a place where everyone felt comfortable talking about, learning about, or drinking wine. 

     Two years later, we're getting this blog up and running to finally get some feedback from you about where you are in the world of wine.  Is it new and terrifying?  Has it been your lifelong passion?  Do you only drink wine to get to the corks and make little action figures out of them?  It's all fine.  Because for all of the layers of B.S. heaped on top of the subject of wine, it is still fermented grape juice.  Tasty, complex, mystifying grape juice, yes.  But fermented grape juice, all the same.

     I've mentioned this in our newsletters before, but hands down, the best wine blog I have found on the interwebs is Eric Asimov's "The Pour" on the NYtimes website.  CLICK HERE to go there now.

     Eric just has a way of writing about wine so that you learn a great deal every post, but aren't made to feel stupid in the process.  My least favorite wine blogs are the ones that suggest that you live in a hole in the ground if you haven't already heard of the Blah Blah Estate Reserve Whammo Cabernet from Doctor whatshisname.  What?  Oh my god!  I haven't spend $80 on the new cult wine!!!  I must be one big ass!

     Alright, rant done.  Have suggestions for other wine blogs?  Let us know.