Some wines

[Dan McQ]

Can we get Jim to post Overnoy on Cellartracker?

 

[Thor]

The blessing with Schildknecht is his loquaciousness-induced tardiness, which allows extended market opportunity even for us cave-dwelling misanthropes. But I admit it would be better for me if he covered Australia instead of [take your regional pick].

 

[Florida Jim]

originally posted by VLM:

originally posted by Florida Jim:

originally posted by SFJoe:
It's true, Schildknecht is a big problem.

One wonders what series of events led to his jumping on that band wagon.
An obverse harmonic convergence or some such, I suppose.
Best, Jim

Oh he knows about Vatan. In fact, good old Schildy knows most if not all of our little secrets. Let's just hope the rest stay in that 88-91 point range.

I meant the Wine Advocate bandwagon.
I am aware of his acumen.
Best, Jim

 

[VLM]

originally posted by Florida Jim:

originally posted by VLM:

originally posted by Florida Jim:

originally posted by SFJoe:
It's true, Schildknecht is a big problem.

One wonders what series of events led to his jumping on that band wagon.
An obverse harmonic convergence or some such, I suppose.
Best, Jim

Oh he knows about Vatan. In fact, good old Schildy knows most if not all of our little secrets. Let's just hope the rest stay in that 88-91 point range.

I meant the Wine Advocate bandwagon.
I am aware of his acumen.
Best, Jim

Dammit Jim, I'm a statistician, not a mind reader.

 

[Ian Fitzsimmons]

originally posted by Florida Jim:

originally posted by VLM:

originally posted by Florida Jim:

originally posted by SFJoe:
It's true, Schildknecht is a big problem.

One wonders what series of events led to his jumping on that band wagon.
An obverse harmonic convergence or some such, I suppose.
Best, Jim

Oh he knows about Vatan. In fact, good old Schildy knows most if not all of our little secrets. Let's just hope the rest stay in that 88-91 point range.

I meant the Wine Advocate bandwagon.
I am aware of his acumen.
Best, Jim

I presume he's got to make a living. The WA, love or hate it, has to be a pretty good professional platform to work off, if you want to make your living writing about wine. What are the alternatives? The Spectator?

Perhaps if we all chipped in we could endow a chair at, say, UC Davis in wine appreciation and aesthetics, on the condition he fill it. That would take some pressure off him.

 

[Florida Jim]

originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
I presume he's got to make a living. The WA, love or hate it, has to be a pretty good professional platform to work off, if you want to make your living writing about wine. What are the alternatives? The Spectator?

Perhaps if we all chipped in we could endow a chair at, say, UC Davis in wine appreciation and aesthetics, on the condition he fill it. That would take some pressure off him.

One hopes for more from one's heroes.
Such is hope.
Best, Jim

 

[Ian Fitzsimmons]

Yep.

 

[MLipton]

originally posted by Florida Jim:

originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
I presume he's got to make a living. The WA, love or hate it, has to be a pretty good professional platform to work off, if you want to make your living writing about wine. What are the alternatives? The Spectator?

Perhaps if we all chipped in we could endow a chair at, say, UC Davis in wine appreciation and aesthetics, on the condition he fill it. That would take some pressure off him.

One hopes for more from one's heroes.
Such is hope.

Personally, I viewed the move as a logical one to restore (some might say create) WA's credibility in Burgundy and also satisfy the complaints of no coverage of the Loire or Alsace. TBPG is nothing if not a savvy businessman (though his savvy is called into question by his increasingly intemperate rants over there -- but that's all hearsay) Of course, it did force him to swallow his scruples and become pointy...

Mark Lipton

 

[Arjun Mendiratta]

originally posted by mlawton:
I have quite a few, from 95, 96, 98, 99, and even some newer - but I'm beginning to lose faith. The 95 and 96 seemed to be falling apart yet still with that spiky sourness when I last opened them. I did have a delicious 98 or 99 St. I Shea, so that's what gives me hope.

I enjoyed a small handful of '98 Seven Springs over the past year or so, but I agree the '99 seems to be quite far behind in its evolution. That said, I don't think any amount of age will ever make Mark's wines delicate.

 

[Jonathan Loesberg]

If the Wine Advocate called and asked me to post literary analyses there for x scazzilion a pop and offered to fund my travel to boot, I would certainly accept. What I wrote wouldn't become any worse thereby. Rating literature on the 100 pt. scale might be a poser, but for x scazzilion a pop and free travel, one worth thinking my way through. I really don't think worse of Schildknecht for doing this. Since TWA almost never publishes anything by him, though, it seems to have been an odd arrangement.

 

[Florida Jim]

originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
If the Wine Advocate called and asked me to post literary analyses there for x scazzilion a pop and offered to fund my travel to boot, I would certainly accept. What I wrote wouldn't become any worse thereby. Rating literature on the 100 pt. scale might be a poser, but for x scazzilion a pop and free travel, one worth thinking my way through. I really don't think worse of Schildknecht for doing this. Since TWA almost never publishes anything by him, though, it seems to have been an odd arrangement.

Good point.
My romantic notions pale beside the reality of living in this world with that job.
Best, Jim