Thanks for earnestly debunking my flippant comment on British stereotypes!

I was trying to make it so that if the British had had the historical, social and ecological means to produce quality food as they once did before partitioning the land, using it as pasture and food for cattle, and displacing the peasantry to cities to become industrial wage laborers, they would be indistinguishable from the French in their food snobbery.

The wine bit is pretty interesting, and makes sense when you think about it from a historical perspective. In my experience, the countries with the stronger opinions and sometimes asshole behavior wrt to wine are the ones who have it pretty easy to grow (except for Georgia, they're the real non-snob wine homies). AFAIK there are no regions in great Britain where the weather/soil/topography allow decent viticulture, so that may also be a reason why the British can't say "traditional British wine" (at least for now, I believe because of climate change I will taste a decent Pinot Noir from Wales in my lifetime, if the water wars or depression don't kill me first)