james laube's wine flights

Hold the Puns, Pass the Cliches

Posted: Dec 19, 2006 11:00pm ET

It sounded romantic the first few times I heard it. Then, as years passed and I got older and knew better, it became a trite cliché. I'm talking about the expression "My wines are like my children," which is still often uttered by winemakers when asked to pick which of their wines is their favorite.

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