Wine tweets and a Parker vid
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@pete_wells: Never again will I say there’s no good cheap pinot noir. Drinking Latitude 50 from the Rheingau in Germany. Twelve bucks.
@lancearmstrong: Sitting here with @johanbruyneel at his house. Glass of wine, cheese and crackers. Now going to bed. Night, y’all. http://twitpic.com/2e0z4
@TishWine: Getting excited for April Fools 09. At DregsReport.com, we’re cooking with gas. Laughing gas. Homepage going up later this week.
@peterliem: Finally not working, for once. Listening to Sonic Youth and drinking my friend’s French moonshine: a 1995 mirabelle that his dad made.
@TQThomas: @spume I always think acidic whites with Sonic Youth, but maybe that’s only with Goo. Here, Kings of Convenience and Sant’Agata Ruché good.
@ericarnold: having a monster, spicy ramen from the deli down the block. My insides are on fire like in the Family Guy ipecac contest. But in a good way.
@billdaley: Any Lake Michigan types out there know when smelts will be swimming into the Chicago area? Miss smelts, morels, ramps. Miss them badly.
@FrankWine: is mulling marketing a t-shirt to wine bloggers that reads, “I’m Alice Feiring’s Bitch.” This post is meant in good fun, kids. 😉
FrankWine is riffing off this video from Tina Caputo, editor of trade pub Vineyard & Winery Management, entitled Robert Parker’s Bitch. She interviews several winemakers about the influence of–you got it–RP. Check it out (26 minutes):
Robert Parker’s Bitch.
On March 25th, 2009 at 9:09 am ,bill wrote:
Paul Wagner’s over-simplification of wine sales is misleading. To blame the idea of points on distributors and making or breaking a wineries sales is far-fetched. Most of the time, the distributor acts as conduit for the wineries to the consumers.
The fact is that retailers and consumers are lazy. They do not want to do research on their wines and the producers, and they do not trust their own palates. Points end up making them not have to think about the scary decision they have to make about selecting a bottle of wine to drink. This is true of the retailers and their customers. The retailers that don’t use the point system to sell wine are the true heroes. There are endless producers that do not submit their wines to be rated, but sometimes their wines will get rated anyway. But the retailer that is willing to sell a wine on flavor, history, and terroir is one to be commended because it is a true reflection of the work that actually went into producing that bottle of fine wine.
In my opinion, scores are for grocery stores where a knowledgeable sales staff is often absent.
Randy Dunn is a true soul man of the CA wine industry.
On March 25th, 2009 at 5:18 pm ,Un video excelente… « La otra botella wrote:
[…] 25, 2009 · No hay comentarios Lo và durante mi visita de hoy al blog de Dr. Vino y no quiero que nadie se lo pierda. Tina Caputo ha creado este interesante video de casi media hora […]
On March 25th, 2009 at 5:30 pm ,Dombeya Wines wrote:
Bill,
The points thing is a problem. No-one on the comsumer side really understands it,apparently everything falls between 90 and 95 points ( heaven forbid your wine is below 90) and it being manipulated to advantage by a lot of people because as you say, it is the lazy/easy way to sell wine.
Cheers
On March 26th, 2009 at 3:49 pm ,Bernie Bearnaise wrote:
This topic is an evergreen and no amount of retreads will retire it. First I would say that Robert Parker made his fame with Bordeaux. The high priced tier of Bordeaux is a world wide collectors market. Markets can go up and down but at least if you are collecting First and Second growth Bordeaux you can enjoy drinking it when it drops. The Wine Advocate does a significant service by tasting as many wines as humanly possible and giving them tasting notes with the score and a prediction of aging potential. Dr. Jay Miller is one of better wine critics in my opinion but I’m not sure he would agree 100% of the time with his publisher Mr. Parker. The scores will have done their job however. I must say that I agree with Robert Parker a majority of the time. Whenever I taste a wine I try to predict the alcohol percentage. It is pretty easy to do and good for the ego. When swirling and smelling the scents of the wine at first I must clear the alcohol hurdle which is fairly strong. I will notice the lesser smells once the wine has calmed down a bit in the glass and the alcohol evaporates somewhat. It is a good idea to decant a young Bordeaux wine and let the distracting odors leave the wine. Some wines I could enjoy by themselves especially those with the long aftertaste that soothes the primal brain. I was hooked on fine wine after one sip of Chateau Ausone that was an epiphany. A great scoring wine may pique my interest but I will more often try a new wine because of a recommendation by someone I respect. One day as I stared at a shelf of wines from France I saw this small article that replaced the normal shelf talker which stated how this particular wine was the talk of a Boston wine show and had great quality for about $12. I opened it that evening and was sorely disappointed and I wanted to make it my mission to keep others from making the same mistake. Just the other evening I was tasting a few inexpensive Bordeaux wines and there it was again but in the 2006 vintage. I tasted it expecting the worst but it wasn’t bad at all and offered pronounced dark berry flavors and fine tannins which reminded me of St. Julien style. You just never know until you try the wine yourself. We all deserve a second chance. BTW, the Wine Spectator gave it an 88 and I concur.
On March 27th, 2009 at 8:14 pm ,AC wrote:
@ Bernie: 1860 characters in your comments make for 13.28 tweets. guess you’re not ready for twitter yet