![Our hypothetical rich client might even have ordered a Pommard, because it was listed at a higher price...He would have never learned [about other wines]. A man who is rich in his adolescence is almost doomed to be a dilettante at table. This is not because all millionaires are stupid but because they are not impelled to experiment.](/assets/img/quote-photos/our-hypothetical-rich-client-might-even-have-ordered-a-pommard-because-it-was-li.jpg)
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