MY FRIEND LORI LIKES to share great wines with friends and she isn’t above refusing a bottle from anyone if she thinks it’s subpar. Lori is a self-proclaimed “wine alpha” with strong opinions and preferences when it comes to wine. Hers is an outlook I understand since I’m often a bit of a wine alpha myself.
The subject of wine alphas, or “wine bullies” as Lori likes to call opinionated wine drinkers, came up in conversation recently when she and I and our respective spouses along with some friends were dining at a favorite...