Max Preschel asked:
Dear Sirs,
After the discussion, I still am at a loss to figure out why there is a special beracha for wine and a special beracha for bread.
Thank you for your help.
The Kollel replies:
Greetings,
The Gemara concludes that wine and bread have a special blessing because they makes a person feel full and satisfied. (Wine also makes man happy, but that is not a reason for giving it a separate Berachah.)
Other foods (such as olive oil, as the Gemara mentions) might nourish, but they do not make a person feel satisfied like bread and wine.
Our Sages understood that the element of making one feel satisfied warrants a special Berachah.
I hope this was helpful for you.
Y. Shaw