This is a total hack job.
Annette knows A LOT about wine. So to state otherwise is just false. I’d take her knowledge over most folks in the world.
I’ve known her for years, having taken the WSET diploma with her in 2006/2007, and we started in the Master of Wine Program (a very difficult program to even get into!) together in 2008. The woman is no fool - and I would bet she has more knowledge than most self-described experts.
I understand that it hurts some folks to know that wine is a commodity and has commercial value. For some reason, this reality is offensive to so many. But the fact is, even merchants that are blabbereing on with fancy tasting notes about fakes wines they taste with their “besties”, are ultimately only doing so so that you BUY the wines, or BUY from them.
I wonder if the video editing cut out some pertinent info about her background. Certainly, from what was shown, she was portrayed as someone who does not have a wine background at all.