Who You Callin' Pedestrian?

The following is a reconstructed conversation featuring Adam and Wine Enthusiast aka WE.

Adam: I really do enjoy Riesling.
WE: Well, once you've been drinking wine for a while, you'll start to appreciate the good stuff.
Adam: That's interesting. Ann's reading Richardson and according to him, "As sugar became a cheap, staple food through the nineteenth century and its luxury status was forgotten, sweet foods began to be associated with the poor more than the rich. Today, the medieval status of sugar as the food of kings and the aristocracy has been reversed: the poorest people eat the most sugar. Those who consider themselves to be individuals of taste and discernment assiduously avoid sugar in all but its most expensive and exclusive forms ('bitter' chocolate is desirable, since its sweetness is tempered and thus made sophisticated.) A taste for sweet is seen as infantile, old-fashioned or low-class: only the lowest of the low would favour a sweet German wine over a crisp dry sauvignon blanc."

Plasticann's post showdown analysis:
Score one for Bakun. I enjoy all things sweet including Riesling. I wonder how appalled the elites would be if I were to add some simple syrup to sweeten a glass of that "crisp dry sauvignon blanc." Next up...I'll become a proponent of Riesling in a box.