Comments on: John and Dottie bid farewell to the WSJ Tastings column

By: Melissa and James: Two Master Sommeliers Review Victory Brewing Company Dinner at Meddlesome Moth | SideDish

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:26:15 +0000

[...] that Melissa and James have teamed up to write together. I hope to make them the new “Dottie and John,” the duo who, for 12 years, wrote a tasting column for the Wall Street Journal. There first [...]

By: cometsgirl

cometsgirl — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 22:00:36 +0000

I have sorely missed Dorothy and John this past year. Now when I come to the wine section in the Wall St J, I simply move on. I refuse to read anyone else’s take on wine. Wall St J made a serious mistake in letting them go. My respect for the Wall St J dropped dramatically.

By: Jay McInerney, wealth porn, and the WSJ wine column | Dr Vino's wine blog

Jay McInerney, wealth porn, and the WSJ wine column | Dr Vino's wine blog — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 21:10:14 +0000

[...] Teague, on Saturday (even though rumors had been flying on the internets for months). They replace John Brecher and Dorothy Gaiter who left the paper in December after writing the column for 12 [...]

By: Jean Wilson

Jean Wilson — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:46:26 +0000

I just kept hoping they would reappear somwhere else. I miss them.

By: Linda Q.

Linda Q. — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:53:24 +0000

Wow, I was out of the loop. I wondered what happened to my automatic emails of John’s and Dottie’s column. It’s like the loss of a friend – a friend who was entertaining and expert in one of my passions.

By: Steve Feuerstein

Steve Feuerstein — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:07:13 +0000

PASSIONATE PEOPLE ABOUT A PASSIONATE PRODUCT

I had the good pleasure of interviewing John and Dottie on one of my former shows back in ’05 on the social-political radio program Speak Your Piece!

They were about as classy and engaging interviewees that one will find about a lifestyle product without sounding hokey and contrived.

Their professional and personal passion resonated throughout. I think there is only much to be grateful for and little to find at fault.

In short, good people with diverse talent sharing wine insights for the masses.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:45:26 +0000

RE: April 12, 2010 comment above.

Does Chaim perhaps work for the New Street Journal?

By: Sia

Sia — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:27:13 +0000

I started drinking wine long b4 discovering the column but must say that my adventure in wine grew with the column. I have now moved to Europe and continued to read the column online. How sad to see a great column go…. and the hell with Murdoch.

By: Jim Comly

Jim Comly — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:16:10 +0000

Avoid flame wars…

By: Chaim

Chaim — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:09:43 +0000

Come on people. They wrote the worst wine column around. It was self-centered, poorly sourced, uninformed, and almost infantile in its approach to wine. There were more “we”s and “our”s than there were sentences. I stopped reading it long ago when it got so self-indulgent. I didn’t care to read about their anniversaries, birthdays, or daughters. For what other columnists do you know their daughters names (Zoe and Media) or where they vacation?

By: Jim Comly

Jim Comly — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:06:07 +0000

OK, I found it. Here is a piece on OTBN from them in Feb 2010:
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=45205181694&topic=13061

Here is the Facebook page;. Click on Boxes at the top right, and then select between the two dialogues.

By: Jim Comly

Jim Comly — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:52:38 +0000

@Keith
My sentiments and my experiences reflect yours. Tried many new wines, celebrated OTBN many times.
While heading towards one OTBN, I searched for and finally found an old friend who had given me a bottle of wine when she left our company about 20 years ago. I opened that bottle on OTBN that year. I found that my friend had opened her own winery (wwwlmontemaggiore.com) after a career in computer science. Would never have found her without their column
The newer wine writers at the Murdoch-ing WSJ are much more conventional and are much less original and fun that John and Dottie.
I wonder if there is a place (blog?) where many of us could share comments like yours and mine about their influence on our quality of life. I guess it would fill up pretty fast!
Facebook fan site, anyone?

By: Keith Q

Keith Q — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:34:38 +0000

I know this is late, but I felt I should post something as well. I too was distressed that they were moved to Saturdays but still read the column, and have for close to 10 years.

Because of John Brecher and Dorothy Gaiter, I tried Spanish sparkling wines, Chilean and Argentine reds, opened long held French Bordeaux’ in February and spread the word to friends and family about new discoveries.

The Journal has continued its slid into a Fox-like instrument, sadly.

By: Richard Gilbert

Richard Gilbert — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:38:31 +0000

I will surely miss the thoughtful wing insites. You inspired me to try new things and enjoy them. Thanks Dick

By: Anthony Skey

Anthony Skey — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:49:56 +0000

This is a great loss for the WSJ and its readers. D & J’s column on their 12 best wines put me in touch with some small, California gems, with whom I still correspond. I’m no longer in a hurry to read the Friday edition. All good things come to an end.