@Lizgabay Yes and no. A given #wine should conform to broad stylistic and regional expectations, but should also express vintage and other (preferably pleasant, but you never know) surprises.

Personally, I don't want a wine manufactured to be flawlessly consistent each year. Industrial wines are like this, and that's fine for many people.

But I value the way that wines express place, and place is variable.

@BinTwoWine @Lizgabay Interesting.

In some cases you'll get regional style whether you like it or not — if the wine is, say, Chianti Classico or Gigondas or whatever and subject to a tasting panel and strict appellation rules. Wines that don't pass end up being more broadly appellated, so the consumer has less hint of what's inside.

Consortiums arguably preserve style while scrubbing individual winemaker expression and creativity. Some shrug it off, but it's a commercially important decision.