Any wine snobs?

Alrighty, time to confess...I'm an amateur wine snob. I know, I know, it's not everyone's cup-o-noodles, but I was curious if anyone else here was as well.

If so, what vinyards have you visited? What are your favs? I've only toured Nappa and the Rhein region in Germany, but I know there are a lot more people who have been to a lot more regions than me. Any exciting stories?
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"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do" -Mark Twain

First off, I'm a beer guy.

Anyway, I went to Paris in '03 for a Grad school trip and did some wine tasting. Gal in my class was was very much into wine and she gave me a basic crash course while we were waiting to be served.

Here's the part that goes to show you what kind of tastes I have for wine. Every time they'd bring a "lower" grade wine, I'd think it was ok. Then they'd bring out the high-end stuff and I thought it was worse.

The entire event I pretty much had everything bass ackwards.

Have you tried anything from the local Dublin winery http://www.duplinwinery.com/ ? They have a scuppernong that I find pretty tastey and the wine snobs I know say it's pretty good too.
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Procrastinate now, don't wait until later.

Found 2 local wineries that have tastings

http://www.glenmariewinery.com/tastingroom.html

http://www.benjaminvineyards.com/

It's definately something you have to build to. I was strictly a beer guy until a few years ago when I took the plunge into wine so I can feel where you're coming from. Now I'm rather partial to wine over beer.

That said, I went through France without once stopping at a vineyard, so I should have my wine lover's card revoked.

I have yet to find an NC wine I liked, not saying they don't exist. Wink

Generally too sweet and such. Kinda like many of the German selections, but not quite as refined.

Thanks for the links. I actually didn't know about Benjamin vinyards.