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Originally Posted by tbomachines
How do you feel about WS's wine scores? Just curious. I find they're pretty good, especially James Laube. Interested in seeing what you think of the Tito's too...I haven't had it as I don't drink much of that sort of thing.
Over the weekend I ordered Ketel from a bar and it was definitely NOT Ketel. Stupid bars putting crap into different bottles to make money and most people are too drunk to realize it. They recently had a crackdown in Jersey with this and they found that a ton of bars were doing it, including a bunch of TGI Fridays. But I digress.
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At the winery I am part of we don't participate in pointed judgings. We love fairs and "people's choice" style competitions and frequently win. We don't have any Screaming Eagle aspirations. We are looking to produce moderately priced, young, fruit forward drinkable wines. We have 13 year old Chard, Syrah, Merlot and Zin vines and are planting Tempranillo, San Gio and Garnacha on my land. We make mainly varietals but will be blending more when the grapes on my property produce a usable crop. The Temp will start to come in usably next year, the others will follow a couple of years later.
The days of snob appeal are waning. People are figuring out that if they like it, it doesn't make a whit of difference what some douche in a Harris Tweed jacket thinks. In this country we forget that the vast majority of wine made and consumed on this planet is made and consumed by poor people. Leave it to us to turn it into some status deal.
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