Comments on: Wine diplomacy: UK tasters diss wine, then pour it for Obama

By: What passes for news in the Winedom « Artisan Family of Wines

What passes for news in the Winedom « Artisan Family of Wines — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:01:12 +0000

[...] Wine diplomacy: UK tasters diss wine, then pour it for Obama. [...]

By: Steve Howe

Steve Howe — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:20:01 +0000

If they are really into wine, I imagine that Obama and his wife have tasted lots of wonderful wines along with a number of not so good wines.

By: Thomas Pellechia

Thomas Pellechia — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:42:02 +0000

My concern here is with the original descriptor followed by the second descriptor. To this palate, soapy often means high pH. But the second descriptor talks of a once soapy wine suffering from high acidity.

If I were in charge of that cellar, and my palate was the arbiter, whoever ran the cellar would have been run out of the cellar by now.

By: Diana Combs

Diana Combs — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 02:31:31 +0000

I have two thoughts about this. One is, he also drank Bedell wine at the Inaugural dinner, and that stuff I have tasted. I thought he could do better. So yea, he needs another sommelier.

My other thought, though, is that this country has a lot of people who feel financially stretched to the limit. Do they care what Obama drinks? Probably not. If the Queen, in her antiquated role, drinks better than our President, it just goes along with the disconnect between a crown and the people. But this country really doesn’t have voters who want a President that’s disconnected.

Let him have his bad sommelier. Its better than bad political decisions…

By: Quizicat

Quizicat — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 15:55:37 +0000

If they really wanted to diss him they would have served English wine.

By: gabe

gabe — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 02:05:19 +0000

From what I understand, the Barack and Michelle are both really into wine. I wounder if Barack would send back a bottle of premox’d White Burgundy at Buckingham palace.

Anyway, I hear this is President Obama’s favorite wine:

https://plus.google.com/u/1/116729181883043250425/posts/UnvfdzVrQrd

By: Christian G.E. Schiller

Christian G.E. Schiller — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:46:57 +0000

Here is what was served for President Obama’s 2013 Inauguration http://schiller-wine.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-wines-and-food-at-president-obamas.html on schiller-wine