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[Wine Tasting] The Emperor of Wine: The Rise of Robert M. Parker, Jr., and the ...: Finally, one can be surprised by at least two serious omissions: the relationship between Parker and Bordeaux star oenologist Michel Rolland is hardly mentioned whereas it is a key element in today’s wine world. Also, Parker’s praise of Château Le Pin in Pomerol which helped transform an unknown property into one of the most expensive wines should also have been mentioned as it is a more relevant example than some of the California wines Mc Coy mentioned.

[Pilot Car] Pilot Car » Senior center Mike McCloskey skipped practice to have ...: an increasing number of wineries throughout the world are making wines that taste very similar and that ignore native grapes and native culture.Rolland is the consultant to many such wineries, and Parker has awarded high scores to many of their wines, thus ensuring their high prices and rapid sales and encouraging others to emulate this approach to winemaking.But it is also true that there are more good wines available now, made in widely varying styles, than ever before — and many of them are made from indigenous grapes.As Parker told me last week, “The diversity of wine styles and the number of artisanal winemakers are far greater now than when I started writing about wine 25 years ago.”How many world-class wines were made from Italy’s indigenous grapes —

[New World Wine Maker Blog] What on earth is non-interventionist winemaking really? | New ...: I shall step on a slightly taller soapbox to proclaim: I believe that ALL wines - artisanal and mass-produced alike - are valid expressions of the grape, and of the winemaker’s craft. There is no way to define a cutoff between these arbitrary classifications;

[Fruit of the vine naturally] Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 ...: Unless you are related to one of the winemakers in the book or are just so passionate about the history of California wine that you don’t mind digging through a truckload of pea gravel to find two or three marbles, buy a bottle of wine from one of these great vineyards instead of reading the book… it will cost a lot more than the book, for a good reason.

[Reign of Terroir] Mondovino, The Series: A Viewer's Guide | Reign of Terroir: add farm worker observations about working conditions and the absence of overtime with an explore of antiseptic environment of Opus One, all capped by a sunset barbeque with former farm worker, now winemaker, Luis Ochoa, his wife and neighbors outside their trailer/winery…. This is the merest hint of the brilliant cross-cutting hilarity Mr.

[The Pour] Fraudulent Brunellos? Shocking! - Diner's Journal Blog - NYTimes.com: Anybody who’s ever tasted through a large number of brunellos di Montalcino can’t help but notice the diversity of styles and flavors under this denomination. They range from wines that are clearly identifiable as sangiovese ”” pale ruby, fresh and acidic, lean and somewhat austere, with flavors of bitter cherry and smoke ”” to impossibly dark, dense wines that are plush, plummy and taste like chocolate.

[DVD Talk DVD Reviews] Mondovino: The Complete Series : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video: There is snobbery in the attitude of the small French winemakers interviewed by Nossiter, yet it's a snobbery born not of superiority, but of the intimate multi-generational knowledge of how to use refined methods to cultivate and reward refined tastes. This knowledge is taken for granted by those such as Mondavi, whose methods and "secrets" were codified long ago - normalized to maintain rising profits that depended upon a branded predictability.

[kaylah2021382] Watch Mondovino Movie Online « kaylah2021382: infantile tastes (“easy to drink wines”) and who favor oak to “terroir”(the earthy tastes in many French wines)are changing the way wines are made forever. It seems the small wineries are being bought out by the big corporations, synthetic methods are used, everyone is creating a McDonalds Bic Mac wine that is predictable, doesn’t need ageing, and caters to wine critic Robert Parker’s personal tastes and biases (he loves the big California wines so the Europeans are emulating that model.)

[The Pour] Italy Announces Findings in Brunello di Montalcino Probe - Diner's ...: Spain, which like Australia, has suffered from Parker’s blanket scoring will avoid the same fate because of the remarkably varied character of its many wines. The Southern Rhone had better watch it: Parker has made possible a wave of ultraboring wines which make a mockery of the region’s ancient knack for character.

[Life and style: Word of Mouth blog | guardian.co.uk] Is wine criticism just bunk? | Life and style | guardian.co.uk: I remember the first time I met Tim, he was all up in my face about, "Pairing of Food and Wine", and pushing "Salt" and its virtues down my throat like a Goose being prepared for Foie Gras Harvest, but though some of what Tim is saying is true (most of the time, right?), and some is for you to personally digest for yourself, consider this: I created a 5 Year long focus group, asking questions and recording the results based on personal information as well as likes and dislikes of a particular wine paired with different dishes or components. And, Salt does what Tim says it does: "Makes Tannins Softer" (all acid for that matter).

[Mark's Wine/Family/Business Blog] Mondovino-A review « Mark's Wine/Family/Business Blog: I understand that this is going to be a major concern with wineries, but I have to admit that almost every wine drinker I know from the serious to the casual, seem to have similar tastes to Parker. If he were constantly rating wines highly that the wine consuming public didn’t like, then he would lose his following rather quickly and people would pay more attention to other publications which the filmaker seems to leave out for the most part, with a small reference of Wine Spectator and their 2M+ yearly readers.

[Eat Wine] What is terroir, really? « Eat Wine: Although vines have been planted in Chile for nearly 500 years by the Spanish, the focus on terroir-driven wines simply didn’t exist here until fairly recently (say last 10-20 years). The focus was producing wine in volume without the rigorous studies, diligent planning, and careful execution of projects where Terroir was the guiding force from the beginning.

[Wine Whines] Wine Whines: The next big wine movie: Mondovino: It is these questions that Mondovino helps us to explore, by exposing us to the passionate opinions of those who have the most at stake, the winemakers themselves.

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