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I will out bad bloggers that don’t know wine…
this blog - BB works because the bloggers hear know wine…unlike out of town bloggers that want to be parasitic after they got kicked out of their own AVA
yes, like Robert Parker, who would like to weed out irresponsible reporting of vintages…his quote in the last WA…
“I should have known better. When I was in the Rhône Valley in early September, several French newspapers came out with stories about the deplorable quality of the 2008 Bordeaux vintage. These pre-harvest reports resonated in other areas of the world press, as well as on those notorious blogs that can be authored by anybody who can string a noun and verb together, and by many who can’t. As most reasonable people know, it is absurd to try and judge the quality of a vintage before a single grape is harvested, or even before the châteaux have made their selections and final blends. And, as I have learned for the last thirty years, you taste and judge with an open mind. Factoring in economic conditions as well as anything else not related to wine quality is hazardous to writing a measured and thorough report on the quality of the wine.”
There was a critic who once, based on the weather in September, said that “the prospects for anything higher than (an) average vintage are doubtful.”
The critic: Robert Parker
The quote: from October 1993 (WA 89) less than one month after harvest of the vintage. He based this upon a visit in September, when there was no wine to taste.
There are many irresponsible people in the wine world, including many bloggers, retailers, wholesalers, critics, even consumers, but lets not add hypocrits to the problem.
Wow, what a train wreck. Were we reading the same thing? That may not be the most most informed wine blog (takes one to know one, full disclosure). But I think you’re way overreacting John. That’s opinion, not defamation by the way.
John,
If someone says Finger Lakes cannot make good red wine, or good wine in general- remember what Ted Nugent said “Let the idiots speak, so we know who the idiots are” We got bigger problems in the industry than an idiot outing themselves. Did you get the last Wine and Grape Foundation e-mail? I did not know it was their mission to promote a grocery store chain, if I was a grocery store owner not from Wegmans I’d be pissed about where my tax dollars were going!
It looked as though some comments were removed, but I saw nothing inflammatory about what was there. I’ve followed that blog for a few weeks and (as someone who has been on 100’s of winery visits, tasted thousands of wines, spent countless hours with FL winery owners and wine makers) am amazed he has only been to the area 2x- he does a better job than I would have. It does disturb me that Thomas Pellechia (someone that I consider to be THE authority on the region) did not hear about the event- an example of the “bigger problem” I brought up.
Wow, it looks to me to be a very complimentary and informative post which repeatedly makes the observation that FL rieslings age gracefully, and provides information so others can attend similar tastings scheduled in the next few months.
John, are these the comments that got you all hogfizzled?
Tom,
Some critics have said that > Finger Lakes Rieslings tend to hold up as they age, maintaining structure and quality, but not necessarily improving > – just changing. In some cases I think this is right, but in others I think it misses the mark. The Wiemers offer an example of a wine that, in my view, improves and becomes more interesting with age. And I recently tasted a Red Newt '99 that was moving into a gorgeous mature phase.
What do you make of the idea that FL Rieslings tend to change rather than improve as a rule?
Posted by: Evan Dawson | May 15, 2009 at 11:08 AM >
Because if it is, Evan is saying:
Tom, Some critics have said > that > Finger Lakes Rieslings tend to hold up as they age, maintaining structure and quality, but not necessarily improving > – just changing. In some cases I think this is right, > but > in others > I think it misses the mark> . The Wiemers offer an example of a wine that, in my view, improves and becomes more interesting with age. And I recently tasted a Red Newt '99 that was moving into a gorgeous mature phase.
And here, he is simply asking others for their opinion vice or versa.
What do you make of the idea that FL Rieslings tend to change rather than improve as a rule? >
I thought he made his admiration for FLR’s pretty clear in his post.
it’s what you don’t see that has been going on for a long time…I sent the prick wine he asked for three times FedEx tried to deliver…then he asked me to send him another case…he makes statements that there is s funk in all the REDS in the fL’s on other occasions…
You hit the nail on the head… this was a polemic rant to prove what no ones knows I am doing behind the wine world …I have to “Stand My Ground” … when I am done… things will be much different…in NYS…
As for Thomas Pellechia …it’s a dam shame they treat him like the way they do…it’s only hearing his stories that I will not be ignored nor bullied by the old guard in the fL’s …thing are going to change…
What you all are seeing is just a slice of the pie…if we are even talking about the same organizations…
Daniel,
I have chosen to walk with the law a long time ago when I was at the crossroads …
PS: If anyone liked the shorts they are over 20 years old…and still kicking…for the full pic you have to wait for the wine-makers went wild calender, now that I see people love some flesh… must be over 18 to purchase…
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