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Then this, from the UK
- Thread starter Ned Hoey
- Start date
Joel Stewart
Joel Stewart
Minor quibble, but the "I don't take drugs, I am drugs.", quote is usually attributed to Salvador Dali.
Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
Pretty much fluff. As I see it, they basically say that they like natural wines. Oh, rah.
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Pretty much fluff. As I see it, they basically say that they like natural wines. Oh, rah.
Yeah, why would anybody feel like making such a statement? Who could be bothered trying?
Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
It's worse than that. The screed verges on anti-intellectual, anti-scientific, pro-anarchic, and actually advocates the "what's in the glass" stance.originally posted by Ned Hoey:
Yeah, why would anybody feel like making such a statement? Who could be bothered trying?
Cory Cartwright
Cory Cartwright
It doesn't even do that. It validates the "what's in the glass as long you can tolerate anything stance." This right here:originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
It's worse than that. The screed verges on anti-intellectual, anti-scientific, pro-anarchic, and actually advocates the "what's in the glass" stance.originally posted by Ned Hoey:
Yeah, why would anybody feel like making such a statement? Who could be bothered trying?
"Natural wines are virtually never submitted to the major wine judging competitions. Because they incite controversy one could easily imagine panels split on a fundamental level. I know I would end up socking someone in the chops in a fit of pique. Their very existence points to an arbitrariness in the way we perceive wines; one persons poison is anothers radical joy. The more orthodox taster will attribute his or her dislike to a technical fault in the wine; the naturalist, so to speak, will either dispute that is a fault or celebrate the fault as a beacon of individuality. As Goethe said certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.
Fault as a beacon of individuality? Give me a break. It's like anyone who doesn't like lambic muscadet or a spritz of hairspray or wines that smell like crap (literally) aren't trying hard enough or have some conformist palate that needs to be liberated. When the author talks of "arbitrary" they are clearly on the side that arbitrary is fine as long as you like what he likes.
Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
Why don't they just dump brandy into it, like they do with that Portuguese stuff they import?