The alternative varietal rant

We tasted a Muller Thurgau this week. It was actually well-received, selling more than any other bottle on the tasting. I got a little bit annoyed over one recurring question. 'Is it like (insert common white varietal here)?'

My answer was generally something along the lines of, 'It's like Muller Thurgau.'

Surprisingly (yeah, right), this was an extraordinarily dissatisfying answer for most inquirers.

But aren't we at a wine tasting to, you know, taste wine? Isn't the point to try to expand our horizons a little? To try something new and find that it is the best (or worst, or something in between) wine you've ever experienced?

/end rant