Trouble with Grenache

WINE TALK
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Let me just state for the record that I hate posts that only provide a link to something else. No offense Hank but next time could you (and those of you who do this) provide the first paragraph of what you are linking too? While you might not want to offer your views just yet, give us a hint to what we are supposed to click thru to…
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Why sure…

here’s a link, via the internet, which will lead you to an article about a recent Parker grenache tasting in Spain. Seems the poor fellow can’t make anybody happy.

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Sorry I raised your anger level to “hate”.

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Thanks, Hank - it does help to have a bit of info on the link, and actually I should do the same on my link on New Zealand wines.

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Grenache with sushi!
And people take wine advice from this guy?

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It’s not you Hank, it’s me… (oh shit, I think we just broke up…) :smiley:

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Yeah I think the author left that without comment on purpose. It sticks out.


Congrats to the Beckman folks for getting poured at the White House though. Good for them.

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Can someone summarize the link so I don’t have to check on a suspect link? Thanks

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sure…

A Robert Parker tasting in Spain and a White House state dinner ignite a grape controversy.
By Elin McCoy | Thursday, 10 December 2009 | 14:51


Plush fruity grenache, one of the most planted red varietals in the world, caused twin taste-and-politics controversies last month.

A Robert Parker grenache/garnacha tasting during the Wine Future-Rioja 2009 conference in Rioja, Spain, in mid-November angered local winemakers, and some boycotted the event. Others, including me, were underwhelmed by the much-touted wines.

Then a California grenache and green curry prawns pairing at President Barack Obama’s first state dinner on Nov. 24 drew boos from the wine blogosphere.

So what’s the trouble with this grape that Oz Clarke called “the wild, wild woman of wine, sex on wheels and devil take the hindmost, the don’t-say-I-didn’t-warn-you” varietal?

Both the pleasures and problems with grenache were on display at the Parker tasting Nov. 12. This was the hot ticket item at the two-day conference in Logrono, Spain, where about 1,000 top trade and press people from 50 countries had gathered to consider the future of wine, as well as kick around climate change, the financial crisis, branding, neo-prohibitionism in Europe and social media. About 530 of them put out the extra 217 euros to attend the tasting

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California too has a fashion for the grape, with many of the 100-plus bottlings now produced more interesting – and cheaper – than the two at the tasting. While the 2006 Alban Vineyards Pandora tasted like cherry cough syrup, the 2006 Sine Qua Non Atlantis was tannic, green, acidic and sweet, all at the same time. They confirmed my prejudice against musclebound grenache.

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Apparently, its all about the soy sauce…

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As someone whose wines are based on Grenache it is disappointing, but i see this as a small sample set. I too am not a fan of high alcohol wines in general. 18.5alcohol for a grenache…it had to be fromdownunda

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Wow so much hatred and fear of tinyurl. BFD.

It’s not like it was to lemonparty.

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Tru dat.

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Wrong varietal. Try Nebbiolo* [rofl.gif]

*See TN in sig line.

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“This was Parker’s first visit to Spain since 1972 . . .”

Can this be right? With the awful influence he’s had on Spanish wine, he hasn’t been there the whole time?