An Intelligent Article About Natural Wine

Yes, an excellent summary of the whole mess. One thing that struck me when reading his description of what Lapierre and Foillard do in the cellar is how at odds with the perjorative image of malodorous goatherds these guys actually are. They're looking at microbiological activity under microscopes and making decisions accordingly. The article also touches on what, in my eyes, it really comes down to: those who are willing to do the hard work (in the fields, mostly, and then again on the sorting tables) vs. those who are willing to take shortcuts and thereby compromise the end product. More charitably, the divide is between those who want to make wines with personality vs. those who want to make wines with no risks.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by MLipton:
... One thing that struck me when reading his description of what Lapierre and Foillard do in the cellar is how at odds with the perjorative image of malodorous goatherds these guys actually are. They're looking at microbiological activity under microscopes and making decisions accordingly.
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It has always seemed to me that good natural winemaking and good lab work should go hand-in-hand. If you want to use wild yeasts, eliminate filtration, avoid artificial boosters of various kinds, you need to keep a close eye on the health and microbial behavior of your wine. The haters who think that all natural activities lead to Coturri, and the yahoos who think that everything that happens "naturally" is for the best, are two sides of the same coin.
 
originally posted by Joe Dressner:
An Intelligent Article About Natural WineKudos to Remy Charest. Remy is a Qubec City wine lover, blogger and bon vivant.

Remy Charest's Article on Natural Wine
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That guy is too reasonable. He's never going to get anywhere in the blogosphere.
 
Tactical flexibility is the key to making excellent wines?

This guy is some sort of genius. Thanks, Joe.*

* That was sarcasm. Fuck that French-Canadian. Everyone already knows this stuff.
 
originally posted by SFJoe:

That guy is too reasonable. He's never going to get anywhere in the blogosphere.
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That VLM guy, OTOH, could really get someplace if only he'd apply himself.
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by SFJoe:

That guy is too reasonable. He's never going to get anywhere in the blogosphere.
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That VLM guy, OTOH, could really get someplace if only he'd apply himself.
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Yep.
I go and pay the big money for the VLMTR subscription version and he posts once a month - maybe.
The ambition of a worm.
Best, Jim
 
originally posted by Florida Jim:
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by SFJoe:

That guy is too reasonable. He's never going to get anywhere in the blogosphere.
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That VLM guy, OTOH, could really get someplace if only he'd apply himself.
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Yep.
I go and pay the big money for the VLMTR subscription version and he posts once a month - maybe.
The ambition of a worm.
Best, Jim
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If you were a follower of the blog, you'd know it has been updated.

I do lack ambition though, that's for sure.
 
See, the thing is, if you just post to a board, your colleagues carry you when you can't contribute. But if you insist on the me, me, me thing of the blog, everyone watches every interval and waits for the next.

The pressure is on.
 
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