http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/current-affairs/decanter-wine-top-rating/ anecdotes for the gourmet proletariat Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:57:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/current-affairs/decanter-wine-top-rating/#comment-22 Fri, 19 Aug 2005 16:58:51 +0000 http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/current-affairs/decanter-wine-top-rating/#comment-22 um...that's sistah, BTW um…that’s sistah, BTW

]]> http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/current-affairs/decanter-wine-top-rating/#comment-11 Wed, 03 Aug 2005 02:29:06 +0000 http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/current-affairs/decanter-wine-top-rating/#comment-11 What do you mean, if we aren't careful all the wine will taste like Coca-Cola. The time is already here. I hate to say, I have seen the enemy, and the enemy is us! The people driving the wine industry know more about branding and supply channels than they ever will about making or enjoying any type of wine, let alone something interesting and not cut from a mold. Small regional producers that practice their craft with passion have a tough uphill battle these days. Thankfully there are still some that view wine as a pleasurable addition to our daily lives, a joy that can be expanded upon by intellectual pursuits as well if you so choose. Keep drinking the roses, Rieslings and Grenaches from the honest and earnest producers and forget all of those Australian Shirazes with some kind of cute varmint on the label that might as well be a California Shiraz with some kind of bitchin' vintage car on the label or any other formulaic wine that smothers the taste of the grape with a boatload of oak chips, tannins from a bag and micro-oxygenation. There, I feel much better now, thank you. What do you mean, if we aren’t careful all the
wine will taste like Coca-Cola. The time is already here. I hate to say, I
have seen the enemy, and the enemy is us! The people driving the wine
industry know more about branding and supply channels than they ever will
about making or enjoying any type of wine, let alone something interesting
and not cut from a mold. Small regional producers that practice their craft
with passion have a tough uphill battle these days. Thankfully there are
still some that view wine as a pleasurable addition to our daily lives, a
joy that can be expanded upon by intellectual pursuits as well if you so
choose. Keep drinking the roses, Rieslings and Grenaches from the honest
and earnest producers and forget all of those Australian Shirazes with some
kind of cute varmint on the label that might as well be a California Shiraz
with some kind of bitchin’ vintage car on the label or any other formulaic
wine that smothers the taste of the grape with a boatload of oak chips,
tannins from a bag and micro-oxygenation. There, I feel much better now,
thank you.

]]> http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/current-affairs/decanter-wine-top-rating/#comment-10 Wed, 03 Aug 2005 02:27:54 +0000 http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/current-affairs/decanter-wine-top-rating/#comment-10 Tell it like it is, bruthah! Tell it like it is, bruthah!

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