Thurs night I was meeting up w/ my niece, Cris, and her husband Kyle Hurla at Vinology to share some wines and some small plates. The guy in the wine cellar, when I asked about David, gave him a head’s up that I was going to be back in later. So David let him know that he would be in about 7:30pm to meet me. The opportunity to meet a Venerated Icon is one of life’s rare occurrences.
I’ve known David forever in Cyberspace, back when I had to log in with my punched card reader. We started way back on USENET: alt.food.wine, Thru the Squires board, the Parker board, WCWN, WLDG, most recently WineBerserkers. Our exchanges were always cordial and David struck me as somebody I’d love to meet. So David joined us to share our wines and apps.
He was an absolute gem to visit with.of course, very knowledgeable. We were there for well over an hour. It’s always a pleasure to meet one of your heros.
Tom
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He’s such a great person, and a joy to speak with. Glad you had the opportunity.
One of my favorite people on the face of the earth! I’ve known him for 44 years. I was leaving the wine job at Rex Wine & Spirits in DC and he was taking it. We worked together there for a few months during the transition.
David has profound wine knowledge, great breadth in the whole world of wine and incredible depth of knowledge specifically about German wines. He’s got monumental tasting experience as well as an amazingly acute palate.
None of this is as important as David being an exceptionally kind and considerate human being. Thank you for this post. I need to reach out to David, it’s been too long.
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