> Its like buying La Ferrari which all experts praise, when all you need is to drive 80kmh to next town. Any car driver can easily appreciate the difference be

> Its like buying La Ferrari which all experts praise, when all you need is to drive 80kmh to next town. Any car driver can easily appreciate the difference between a Ferrari and, say, a Ford. You can't say the same about wine. Now, since you're making a utilitarian argument here - what is the point of becoming a sommelier when all it does is make you so sensitive to the taste of wine that you need to spend hundreds of dollars for "a really good one"? On the surface, this sounds like a huge waste of time and money to me. Perhaps having such a fine taste is pure bliss. My suspicion though is that sommeliers are just bullshitters that use their knowledge of expensive produce to get into the company of wealthy people - and earn a decent living.