Comments on: Where in the wine world are we? Rant edition http://www.drvino.com/2008/02/19/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-rant-edition/ wine talk that goes down easy Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:57:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Jeffrey http://www.drvino.com/2008/02/19/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-rant-edition/#comment-73452 Jeffrey Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:21:15 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/02/19/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-rant-edition/#comment-73452 Te Whau, Waiheke Island, NZ. Te Whau, Waiheke Island, NZ.

]]> By: Paul Sharp http://www.drvino.com/2008/02/19/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-rant-edition/#comment-72370 Paul Sharp Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:26:29 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/02/19/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-rant-edition/#comment-72370 Sorry Guy's that's Te Whau vineyard, Waiheke Island New Zealand and yes that is Rangitoto island in the background. Goldwater is not far away but the view isn't so good from there. Sorry Guy’s that’s Te Whau vineyard, Waiheke Island New Zealand and yes that is Rangitoto island in the background. Goldwater is not far away but the view isn’t so good from there.

]]> By: Steve http://www.drvino.com/2008/02/19/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-rant-edition/#comment-72367 Steve Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:16:58 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/02/19/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-rant-edition/#comment-72367 As an architect, I also take offense! But not at the building; at the prospect of being SHOT! Sorry Jennie, but perhaps they couldn't afford the SEATTLE SPACE NEEDLE as their tasting room. Thoughtless bastards! Perhaps they couldn't even afford panoramic windows as these fools decided to put their money into the WINE instead! Alternatively, the building could have been designed by local architecture students as a further cost savings. Hopped up on theory they may have been investigating theoretical concepts such as an absence of a presence/ presence of an absence where the panorama is REVEALED by denying it. (Yes, I may have spent too much time in architecture school) Still, we’re left with potentially one of the most sophisticated tasting rooms yet imagined; a fact that you may have missed since your BIG BRAIN was planted to a bar stool. Did it swivel? Why not just PERP WALK the furniture maker as well?!! Yes, this is a serious CRIME. Who could be so uncaring, so cold blooded, so ruthless as to deny THE JENSTER the simultaneous pleasure of sipping wine in her perfect viewing machine? I know it’s a major inconvenience but did you ever think of detaching yourself from said stool, walking 10 feet glass in hand into the open air and trying out this concept al fresco? I’m sorry, I know it’s not air conditioned which would come in handy as you’re obviously PACKING HEAT! In solidarity with Gradnick and SERVICE PROFESSIONALS everywhere I have to say that this vineyard could only be Goldwater Estate. As an architect, I also take offense!

But not at the building; at the prospect of being SHOT!

Sorry Jennie, but perhaps they couldn’t afford the SEATTLE SPACE NEEDLE as their tasting room. Thoughtless bastards! Perhaps they couldn’t even afford panoramic windows as these fools decided to put their money into the WINE instead!

Alternatively, the building could have been designed by local architecture students as a further cost savings. Hopped up on theory they may have been investigating theoretical concepts such as an absence of a presence/ presence of an absence where the panorama is REVEALED by denying it. (Yes, I may have spent too much time in architecture school)

Still, we’re left with potentially one of the most sophisticated tasting rooms yet imagined; a fact that you may have missed since your BIG BRAIN was planted to a bar stool. Did it swivel? Why not just PERP WALK the furniture maker as well?!!

Yes, this is a serious CRIME. Who could be so uncaring, so cold blooded, so ruthless as to deny THE JENSTER the simultaneous pleasure of sipping wine in her perfect viewing machine? I know it’s a major inconvenience but did you ever think of detaching yourself from said stool, walking 10 feet glass in hand into the open air and trying out this concept al fresco? I’m sorry, I know it’s not air conditioned which would come in handy as you’re obviously PACKING HEAT!

In solidarity with Gradnick and SERVICE PROFESSIONALS everywhere I have to say that this vineyard could only be Goldwater Estate.

]]> By: gradnick http://www.drvino.com/2008/02/19/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-rant-edition/#comment-72178 gradnick Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:08:06 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/02/19/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-rant-edition/#comment-72178 Speaking as a bartender, I take offense!! But this raises an interesting point: the view, or the wine? I presume Jenise visited this location for the wine, but it was the environment that seems to have left the more lingering aftertaste. This lends more weight to it being a New Zealand vineyard, where an impressive panorama (even a compromised one) can be longer lasting than the vino (with notable exceptions, of course). Anyhoo, my guess is Goldwater Estate. Speaking as a bartender, I take offense!!

But this raises an interesting point: the view, or the wine?

I presume Jenise visited this location for the wine, but it was the environment that seems to have left the more lingering aftertaste. This lends more weight to it being a New Zealand vineyard, where an impressive panorama (even a compromised one) can be longer lasting than the vino (with notable exceptions, of course).

Anyhoo, my guess is Goldwater Estate.

]]> By: Kelly http://www.drvino.com/2008/02/19/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-rant-edition/#comment-72154 Kelly Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:00:18 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/02/19/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-rant-edition/#comment-72154 That's definitely Rangitoto, but I know you don't get views like that of Auckland's islands from the Kumeu area, so I'd agree with Waiheke, tho I don't know what winery!! That’s definitely Rangitoto, but I know you don’t get views like that of Auckland’s islands from the Kumeu area, so I’d agree with Waiheke, tho I don’t know what winery!!

]]> By: Morton Leslie http://www.drvino.com/2008/02/19/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-rant-edition/#comment-72117 Morton Leslie Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:01:21 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/02/19/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-rant-edition/#comment-72117 Cool climate viticulture with unusual (for US West Coast)endposts and wire arrangement. What are the three tall poles for? Nets and bird protection? Structure has a "homebuilt" look to it. Roof of winery wouldn't work where there's snow. Either over a lake,or a bay or a wide valley filled with fog. Not rugged enough scenery to be Puget Sound or Okanagan Valley. I pretty much eliminate US and Canada. I think New Zealand is a good guess. Vines up, lush look, grass in the vineyard, bird protection. Yeah, Terry's New Zealand is a good guess. A Kauri would be the clincher. Cool climate viticulture with unusual (for US West Coast)endposts and wire arrangement. What are the three tall poles for? Nets and bird protection? Structure has a “homebuilt” look to it. Roof of winery wouldn’t work where there’s snow. Either over a lake,or a bay or a wide valley filled with fog. Not rugged enough scenery to be Puget Sound or Okanagan Valley. I pretty much eliminate US and Canada. I think New Zealand is a good guess. Vines up, lush look, grass in the vineyard, bird protection. Yeah, Terry’s New Zealand is a good guess. A Kauri would be the clincher.

]]> By: Craig http://www.drvino.com/2008/02/19/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-rant-edition/#comment-72109 Craig Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:35:11 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/02/19/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-rant-edition/#comment-72109 There's been no response to Terry, but that's certainly Rangitoto and I'd guess the vineyard's on Waiheke too. There’s been no response to Terry, but that’s certainly Rangitoto and I’d guess the vineyard’s on Waiheke too.

]]> By: vikushla http://www.drvino.com/2008/02/19/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-rant-edition/#comment-72095 vikushla Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:51:29 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/02/19/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-rant-edition/#comment-72095 I know that woman well, Rimutaka prison. I know that woman well, Rimutaka prison.

]]> By: Lar Veale http://www.drvino.com/2008/02/19/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-rant-edition/#comment-72042 Lar Veale Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:34:43 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/02/19/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-rant-edition/#comment-72042 Tasmania Tasmania

]]> By: Terry from Onati, Basque Country, Spain http://www.drvino.com/2008/02/19/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-rant-edition/#comment-71984 Terry from Onati, Basque Country, Spain Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:54:23 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/02/19/where-in-the-wine-world-are-we-rant-edition/#comment-71984 Looks like Rangitoto Island in the background, so must be the Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand (former staging ground of the America's Cup). So I'd have to say the photo is either from the wineries on Waiheke Island, also in the Hauraki Gulf, or from the Kumeu wine area just north of Auckland. Looks like Rangitoto Island in the background, so must be the Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand (former staging ground of the America’s Cup). So I’d have to say the photo is either from the wineries on Waiheke Island, also in the Hauraki Gulf, or from the Kumeu wine area just north of Auckland.

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