Comments on: Der Wine Snobs Muss Entwaffnen http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/the-gluttons-manifesto/der-wine-snobs-muss-entwaffnen/ anecdotes for the gourmet proletariat Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:18:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Maggie http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/the-gluttons-manifesto/der-wine-snobs-muss-entwaffnen/#comment-1174 Thu, 23 Feb 2006 16:57:49 +0000 http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/the-gluttons-manifesto/der-wine-snobs-muss-entwaffnen/#comment-1174 JM - Oh you gentle soul, you. You were so good, because of that wide-eyed enthusiasm. Don't ever lose it. No matter how many 16% bottles of glob surround you. JJ - I still am so bummed I keep missing you when I'm in Portland. Must stay longer next time to visit the shop. Aus - I am jealous. With so many new consumers, those snotty old farts'll be outnumbered in no time. And you can be their Pied Piper....<em>Lucky!</em> JM - Oh you gentle soul, you. You were so good, because of that wide-eyed enthusiasm. Don’t ever lose it. No matter how many 16% bottles of glob surround you.

JJ - I still am so bummed I keep missing you when I’m in Portland. Must stay longer next time to visit the shop.

Aus - I am jealous. With so many new consumers, those snotty old farts’ll be outnumbered in no time. And you can be their Pied Piper….Lucky!

]]> by: Aus http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/the-gluttons-manifesto/der-wine-snobs-muss-entwaffnen/#comment-1173 Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:49:29 +0000 http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/the-gluttons-manifesto/der-wine-snobs-muss-entwaffnen/#comment-1173 Why are you people making me feel so inferior for not knowing Maggie? Just kidding, I work in wine in Ireland, a traditionally very small market, now growing exponentially. That traditional core can be riddled with these snobiferous rudentia. But now there are so many more who just want a good bottle with a little vital information, that my job is far more about people skills than oenological extrapulation....oops! I meant "...than guff". Why are you people making me feel so inferior for not knowing Maggie? Just kidding, I work in wine in Ireland, a traditionally very small market, now growing exponentially. That traditional core can be riddled with these snobiferous rudentia. But now there are so many more who just want a good bottle with a little vital information, that my job is far more about people skills than oenological extrapulation….oops! I meant “…than guff”.

]]> by: JJ http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/the-gluttons-manifesto/der-wine-snobs-muss-entwaffnen/#comment-1172 Tue, 21 Feb 2006 23:36:22 +0000 http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/the-gluttons-manifesto/der-wine-snobs-muss-entwaffnen/#comment-1172 One of the main reasons we had to set up our own shop was because people kept asking why we didn't have our own shop (money, duh). One of my only talents is the thing that Ravi described before about Maggie making him feel comfortable with wine. I am a white male, but even when I was a 25-year old sommelier at a famous restaurant, people still thought I was the busboy when they would ask to speak to the 'man'. I can hardly imagine how much harder it would have been if I was a woman. There are clearly two separate worlds in wine. And yet it is a shame, because divisiveness only brings you down (hello, Democrats!). Major props to M. regarding what's actually important. Sophistication is a byproduct of evolution, but it is not survival. One of the main reasons we had to set up our own shop was because people kept asking why we didn’t have our own shop (money, duh).
One of my only talents is the thing that Ravi described before about Maggie making him feel comfortable with wine.
I am a white male, but even when I was a 25-year old sommelier at a famous restaurant, people still thought I was the busboy when they would ask to speak to the ‘man’.
I can hardly imagine how much harder it would have been if I was a woman.
There are clearly two separate worlds in wine. And yet it is a shame, because divisiveness only brings you down (hello, Democrats!).
Major props to M. regarding what’s actually important. Sophistication is a byproduct of evolution, but it is not survival.

]]> by: JM http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/the-gluttons-manifesto/der-wine-snobs-muss-entwaffnen/#comment-1171 Tue, 21 Feb 2006 22:03:06 +0000 http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/the-gluttons-manifesto/der-wine-snobs-muss-entwaffnen/#comment-1171 Great, great post. I guess I'm a very niave person. I will never understand why ANYBODY would try to make ANYBODY feel inferior about ANYTHING. One should become an expert so one can SHARE. How can you serve someone if you don't have a GENEROUSITY OF SPIRIT? Katie-que, I loved, loved, loved customers like you when I, yes, worked for Maggie. Turning people on to cool things is the best part of the job. And yeah, Maggie's the best. I learned a ton from her in a very short time. I was gonna whine about not being able to get that Monferrato Rossa around here, but I guess I'll just uncork - er - unscrew another Uva di Troia. Great, great post. I guess I’m a very niave person. I will never understand why ANYBODY would try to make ANYBODY feel inferior about ANYTHING. One should become an expert so one can SHARE. How can you serve someone if you don’t have a GENEROUSITY OF SPIRIT? Katie-que, I loved, loved, loved customers like you when I, yes, worked for Maggie. Turning people on to cool things is the best part of the job. And yeah, Maggie’s the best. I learned a ton from her in a very short time.

I was gonna whine about not being able to get that Monferrato Rossa around here, but I guess I’ll just uncork - er - unscrew another Uva di Troia.

]]> by: ravi http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/the-gluttons-manifesto/der-wine-snobs-muss-entwaffnen/#comment-1170 Tue, 21 Feb 2006 19:32:36 +0000 http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/the-gluttons-manifesto/der-wine-snobs-muss-entwaffnen/#comment-1170 I'm young, male, and have many visible body mods. I was raised in a restaurant and know a ton about wine and food. But Maggie is the only sommelier who ever made me feel welcome. Ever! Coast to coast. That's huge. I miss buying wine from her (yes, I actually had the distinct pleasure). You guys read and love this site, but you have no idea. She's the best I ever saw. She knows and she listens and she has a wicked palate. She's so good at picking the right wine it's spooky, or psychic. I’m young, male, and have many visible body mods. I was raised in a restaurant and know a ton about wine and food. But Maggie is the only sommelier who ever made me feel welcome. Ever! Coast to coast. That’s huge. I miss buying wine from her (yes, I actually had the distinct pleasure).

You guys read and love this site, but you have no idea. She’s the best I ever saw. She knows and she listens and she has a wicked palate. She’s so good at picking the right wine it’s spooky, or psychic.

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