Honest, Abe?

originally posted by Thor:
...but now I think my interest in further exploration is pretty much over.
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Especially because the wines aren't exactly cheap, are they.

Not that I've tasted them.
 
My sample size is small, but I think, perhaps, if Scholium made wine in France, that vlm might call them hipster wines. The wines tend to make me think that vines, and not abstract intellectual constructs, are the foundation of good wine-making.
 
They make me think that, and also that it can be beneficial to know what the hell you're doing before you start asking people to pay for your hobbies.
 
If I planned to charge $65 for Verdelho, or whatever they go for, I wouldn't call it a "project." The prices are bizarre.

On the other hand, maybe these people will discover something interesting.
 
originally posted by Thor:
I trust someone will let me know when they do.
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Don't be hanging around looking for a call from me on this one. Who should we appoint to follow these wines for us?
 
Uh, I guess you mean me? I must come off in cyberspace a bit different than in person, because around here at restaurant people don't seem to be much affected by my guru status. If they remember my name correctly, that tends to be a good moment.

re: Pepe '01 Trebbiano, I kept listing as long as I could, until basically the pricing just went way too far north. I took it in at two price bumps, but then when the third came around, I passed. Anyway, I liked it a lot, and recommended it to those tables where I thought it would find a happy home. Sometimes it was met with hostility, basically because of the texture (more akin to a red wine in tannin structure than a white) and I just figured it out with the guest. I just try to chart a course between selling the wines I like and giving people a fair shake. At times it doesn't work out and you have to take the hit. That's when you hope somebody who knows what is going on happens along to the bar, so that they can have a gratis taste.

Mostly, I just like to see wines I admire appreciated by others. I try to suss out what people are going to be cool with and go from there.
 
originally posted by Levi Dalton:
Uh, I guess you mean me? I must come off in cyberspace a bit different than in person, because around here at restaurant people don't seem to be much affected by my guru status. If they remember my name correctly, that tends to be a good moment.

re: Pepe '01 Trebbiano, I kept listing as long as I could, until basically the pricing just went way too far north. I took it in at two price bumps, but then when the third came around, I passed. Anyway, I liked it a lot, and recommended it to those tables where I thought it would find a happy home. Sometimes it was met with hostility, basically because of the texture (more akin to a red wine in tannin structure than a white) and I just figured it out with the guest. I just try to chart a course between selling the wines I like and giving people a fair shake. At times it doesn't work out and you have to take the hit. That's when you hope somebody who knows what is going on happens along to the bar, so that they can have a gratis taste.

Mostly, I just like to see wines I admire appreciated by others. I try to suss out what people are going to be cool with and go from there.
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In cyberspace, you are an iconic figure. Is this news to you?
 
Uh, I guess you mean me? I must come off in cyberspace a bit different than in person, because around here at restaurant people don't seem to be much affected by my guru status.
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But...I read it right here on Wine Disorder! Cannot SFJoe be trusted?

You've more guts than me. I would be terrified of serving anyone who I didn't already know to be of bizarre tastes such a wine. But I guess that's why one works in New York, and not, say, Boston.

But in any case, you didn't quite answer my question: on which side of the adore/despise bifurcation did you fall? The former, I'd assume.
 
originally posted by Levi Dalton:
originally posted by Chris Coad:

In cyberspace, you are an iconic figure. Is this news to you?
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Of the sort of icons that were burned, melted down, or otherwise knocked over, I assume you mean.
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Your modesty is disarming. Surely you are aware of your position in the Pantheon?
 
originally posted by Thor:

But in any case, you didn't quite answer my question: on which side of the adore/despise bifurcation did you fall? The former, I'd assume.
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I actually don't think it is an adorable wine. The '03 Pepe Trebbiano might be adorable. The '01 is no kitten. It is interesting. I like interesting. I liked the wine. But I think other people might see it as flawed. I see it as a wine that, by analyzing it as you drink it, can lead one to a better understanding of wine in general. It is like when Kandinsky looked at his painting upside down. Anyway, I think that it needs a lot more time to really come into it's own, and I think it is a shame that for a combination of reasons, it is really just too expensive now.
 
originally posted by Thor:

I'm a little dismayed at the conditions in that store, given the rather elevated markups on everything, but the selection is certainly impressive.
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What are the conditions that cause you to be dismayed?
 
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