Nice comprehensive write up of the event, including reviews of each of the seminars and ending with tasting notes from the Grand Tasting. I dig Brad’s writing style, and his unabashed enthusiasm is as real in person as it comes across in his writing. Enjoy.
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Cheers!
I keep trying to get him to join up here. I think he has very good palate and is an excellent writer when he doesn’t take it over the top. I miss his TNs.
I like Brad a lot, but when doesn’t he take it over the top? ![[scratch.gif]](/uploads/db3686/original/2X/4/42a16863a8714da3c1604419e3eb9206bb87aa50.gif "scratch"){kind=small}
Or this…I left New York’s decaying anatomy of a tombstone skyline in the dust for Paso Robles, California, the anti-New York. It reeks of such belligerent non-New York-ness that it comes out smelling sober. A pastoral baptism in fermenting waters- God love it.
Love the enthusiasm, and seems to be a real good guy- but where is that damn edit button??
Great enthusiasm. Only off-lined with him once and was wondering the same thing…and whether I really tasted the same wines?
RT
No kidding…
JD
I’ve met Brad twice now, and he is a good guy, but tasting notes like that have no usefulness for me. I’ve never tasted a blue river rock or had an ice skater skate across my tongue, so there is no reference point for me. ![[wow.gif]](/uploads/db3686/original/2X/7/7d450e9830889c8943b674446a21b7254cad657e.gif "wow"){kind=small}
He seems enthusiastic and good spirited. Can’t fault a guy too much for that demeanor.
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This one’s a beauty: “Think concentrated urine the Sunday morning after a weekend bender that got way out of hand. Pee shaded robe aside, this was a helluva wine (albeit one that is not for everyone) conceptually reminding me of what hefty, dry Sauternes would taste like.”
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Yeah he’s over the top but I’m an asshole sometimes. None of us are perfect. Invite him to be a Berserker.
But you live in …Paso Robles, California, the anti-New York. It reeks of such belligerent non-New York-ness that it comes out smelling sober!!!
Again…enthusiastic, yes. Good guy, I’m sure. Would I like to pop a cork or two with him, sure. But his notes are to writing what Thomas Kinkade is to art. A lot of people like it, but its just not for me…
Thomas Kincaid? Unkind! I enjoy his prose. It adds a certain music to the typically tedious verbiage most notes adhere to. And I find I am usually pretty in synch with his palate.
Don’t hate…celebrate! ![[welldone.gif]](/uploads/db3686/original/2X/f/fc9709a841aa9379fd892a9cf0b535b05f473b86.gif "[welldone.gif]"){kind=small}
Not a hater- think I have said I am sure Brad is a good guy etc…but his writing is a bit much sometimes…call it prose or what you like. I always like seeing his posts, just to see how much I can get through- guess you can tell how far it was this time. I didn’t quite make it to any of the actual tasting notes.
Can you tell me what this even means??- It reeks of such belligerent non-New York-ness that it comes out smelling sober!!!
Methinks it’s time for a Bulwer-Lytton Tasting Note contest.
funny. He’s the only guy I’ve ever blocked.
alan
His notes are fun, a bit long-winded but he exudes pure enthusiasm.
Most of this stuff is allegorical anyway, I get the analogy of “an ice skater skating across my tongue”…
Keep it up Brad!
Zuccarino was my only block and that was on ERP. Mostly for over use of emoticons. Here he was just entertaining and his emoticon usage went down. Never met Brad, e-mailed a few times. He likes Pepiere Muscadet. Can he be that bad?
Blocked from what?
I like Brad’s style of writing; the passion and interest shines through. I don’t use his notes as a reference point because, even though I like the notes, they mean nothing to me in terms of describing whether it is a wine I would enjoy.
I think that is what often separates the tried and true critics (Suckling, Robinson, Tanzer, Parker, Meadows, Matthews, Laube, etc.). When they describe a wine, I can get a sense, irrespective of the score, if whether I would like the wine.
The new media gurus - whether Brad or GV or others - have fund and interesting descriptions but leave me in doubt. Of course there are exceptions. I think Rusty Gaffney describes Pinots in a manner that can guide one whether it is their “style” or not. For other posters, I think FMIII and Richard Jennings provide good descriptive notes.
So why hasn’t Brad joined the fray here?
T.