 Maybe it has something to do with the sideways BS, but I like Merlot every bit as much as I like Cabernet Sauvignon. I do, too. I love Merlot, and it really did get that bad rap from that movie, and I never forget being in that movie theater when the guy, you know, just poo-pooed all over Merlot and made Pinot Noir the grape of that decade.