One thing I could never understand: when wine experts, gurus, aficionados and geeks get together, all they talk about are the great vintages of dry (not sweet) wines of the past, which many of them have never tasted but have only read about.  They laugh at the moscatos, sneer at the blush zinfandels and refer to them as gaudy, common, unsophisticated or call them perfumed harlots; and yet, some of the most sought after and expensive wines are sweet.  Have you ever heard of Chateau d'Ychem?  It is the most famous of all the super sweet Sauternes wines of Bordeaux...