Nostalgic Bemusement

[SFJoe]

I stayed in a hotel this week that had a table in my room strewn with magazines. I hadn't had my hand on a Wine Spectator in years.

What a funny magazine! I didn't read it, but I flipped through. The baroness of Bordeaux on the cover, and a whole bunch of points in the back. It was very funny to see the big numbers next to the small font text, and to muse, briefly, on the 93! assigned to the Ruinart, or whatever it was, and the 87! assigned to the Prevost, or whatever it was, as though they were really quite comparable and the same beverage.

Funny stuff. I would never consider them substitutable goods, and probably would have to serve them to totally different groups of friends, because each group would love one and hate the other.

Anyhow, it brought a small nostalgic tear to my eye to think of how I read that sort of text now, and how I once read it.

And then I had to go to a meeting.

 

[Unknown]

so it's the two groups of friends that got rated, not the champagnes

is that what you are trying to say?

 

[SFJoe]

How do you feel about that, .sasha?

 

[Bill Lundstrom]

It's weird, my 100 point friends can be so disapointing at times. But my 88+[?] friends can be so rewarding with a little air and the right food.

 

[Unknown]

originally posted by SFJoe:
How do you feel about that, .sasha?

.87

 

[Florida Jim]

The new publication Mr. Levenburg spoke of recently, should be equally touching, albeit not for nostalgic reasons.
Best, Jim

 

[Lou Kessler]

Be happy that Joe includes you in one of the two groups,you could be totally excluded.

 

[Unknown]

So far, I've only included myself!

 

[Keith Levenberg]

I find Wine Spectator is just about the perfect magazine for the 20-30 minutes between boarding and personal electronic devices.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

originally posted by SFJoe:
...as though they were really quite comparable and the same beverage.

Well, some stores sell both and Wine Spectator aims to help them. Seems logical.

 

[Tom Glasgow]

originally posted by Keith Levenberg:
I find Wine Spectator is just about the perfect magazine for the 20-30 minutes between boarding and personal electronic devices.

So like Joe was saying, Wine Spectator is obsolete.

 

[Levi Dalton]

I like Ruinart and I like Prevost.

 

[JBrennan]

Detroit has the best Ruinart.

 

[Unknown]

besides, when I target different groups of friends, it's a choice between Ruinart and Riunite

 

[Ian Fitzsimmons]

originally posted by JBrennan:
Detroit has the best Ruinart.

Ha.

 

[Brian Loring]

I kinda liked the issue with the baroness of Bordeaux on the cover.... just sayin'

 

[SFJoe]

originally posted by Brian Loring:
I kinda liked the issue with the baroness of Bordeaux on the cover.... just sayin'

Oh, wait, you were in there, too, weren't you?

I thought I saw your smiling mug as I flipped the pages.

 

[Brian Loring]

originally posted by SFJoe:
Oh, wait, you were in there, too, weren't you?

Busted

 

[BJ]

I started my cellar with '96 Condado de Haza based on the WS review. I didn't really understand it, but it sure sounded good.

My memory is actually that it was quite good.

I find the whole "lifestyle" movement to be deeply disturbing. I had a coworker once who was into tanning, expensive gyms, etc. who I can still remember telling me, with great gravitas and excitement, that he was leaving his job (of a fair amount of consequence in an area of actual importance) that he was starting a business in the "lifestyle industry".

Wish us luck!

 

[Jonathan Loesberg]

The word "lifestyle" tells you everything you need to know that is wrong with the concept. "Lifestyle industry," however is the perfect oxymoronic end point since it makes clear that something that can be sold to you has nothing to do with life or style but is exactly appropriate to a "lifestyle."