Comments on: Wine tweets and a Parker vid http://www.drvino.com/2009/03/24/wine-tweets-and-a-parker-vid/ wine talk that goes down easy Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: AC http://www.drvino.com/2009/03/24/wine-tweets-and-a-parker-vid/#comment-224700 AC Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:14:09 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=3537#comment-224700 @ Bernie: 1860 characters in your comments make for 13.28 tweets. guess you're not ready for twitter yet @ Bernie: 1860 characters in your comments make for 13.28 tweets. guess you’re not ready for twitter yet

]]> By: Bernie Bearnaise http://www.drvino.com/2009/03/24/wine-tweets-and-a-parker-vid/#comment-223699 Bernie Bearnaise Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:49:14 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=3537#comment-223699 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. 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.

]]> By: Dombeya Wines http://www.drvino.com/2009/03/24/wine-tweets-and-a-parker-vid/#comment-222909 Dombeya Wines Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:30:24 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=3537#comment-222909 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 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

]]> By: Un video excelente… « La otra botella http://www.drvino.com/2009/03/24/wine-tweets-and-a-parker-vid/#comment-222907 Un video excelente… « La otra botella Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:18:05 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=3537#comment-222907 [...] 25, 2009 · No hay comentarios Lo ví 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 [...] [...] 25, 2009 · No hay comentarios Lo ví 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 [...]

]]> By: bill http://www.drvino.com/2009/03/24/wine-tweets-and-a-parker-vid/#comment-222557 bill Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:09:53 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=3537#comment-222557 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. 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.

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