Harvest photos, Muscadet, frauds, wine course — sipped & spit
SIPPED: quality
The Muscadet region, known for quantity over quality, now boasts three sites officially recognized as superior, as crus, including Clisson. So glad the authorities are catching up! [larvf.fr]
SNAPPED: fun pics of the 2011 harvest in the Loire (one of which is above). [Wine Terroirs]
HAMMERED: $500k of Lafite
A vertical of 25 solid cases of Lafite from 1981-2005 sold for $539,280 to an “anonymous Chinese phone bidder” at a Christie’s auction in Hong Kong. Great way to dump those ’91s! [WSJ]
SIPPED: going postal: The budgetary crisis at the US Postal Service puts wine shipping on the table. [NYT]
SPIT: frauds
Mike Steinberger summarizes the recent reactions–and adds his own–to Parker’s recent report on tasting fraudulent wines. [winediarist]
SIPPED: edumacation
My next NYU wine course runs Oct 12 – Nov 16. Registration and details.