Louie (And Levi) are in the NY Times!

originally posted by Robert Dentice:
Louie (And Levi) are in the NY Times!Congrats! And I must say it is cool of Eric to acknowledge a new media type / free source of information.

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Nice article. And it is great there is a podcast that doesn't assume that most listeners know nothing about the subject. This is the downfall of way too many cookbooks . . .
 
Awesome and well deserved. I appreciate the massive logistics Levi must have to put into making this work, and he is a great interviewer.
 
He is a conscientious interviewer.

A very great wine book could be made of an edited selection of transcripts from these interviews, because they provide such a detailed, first-hand perspective. I can't think of another such collection now that comes close.
 
I love the closing quote from Aubert de Villaine. Classy guy!

It's funny, the acoustics of these are so good I had always assumed Levi had found an actual recording studio. Even cooler to have all these personalities stop by your pad.
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
He is a conscientious interviewer.

A very great wine book could be made of an edited selection of transcripts from these interviews, because they provide such a detailed, first-hand perspective. I can't think of another such collection now that comes close.
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Thinking about this some more this morning: I've read a certain amount of wine lit, and have never seen a comparable compilation of first-hand accounts by vignerons, across regional and national boundaries, of their considerations regarding soils, vineyard management, and vinification process. The tapes are like a contemporary oral history of this agricultural sector, with critics' comments providing some perspective from the demand side of the market.

With the help of a decent publisher, and interviewee consent, it seems as though Levi could establish a distinguished position in wine scholarship with a book like this.

My humble opinion.
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
He is a conscientious interviewer.

A very great wine book could be made of an edited selection of transcripts from these interviews, because they provide such a detailed, first-hand perspective. I can't think of another such collection now that comes close.
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Thinking about this some more this morning: I've read a certain amount of wine lit, and have never seen a comparable compilation of first-hand accounts by vignerons, across regional and national boundaries, of their considerations regarding soils, vineyard management, and vinification process. The tapes are like a contemporary oral history of this agricultural sector, with critics' comments providing some perspective from the demand side of the market.
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"Great Winemakers of California; Interviews with Robert Benson" did something like this with a mixture of 2/3rd generation and new wave winemakers in the 70s, but just for California. Was interesting topical reading then, and interesting history now.

There's also "The Winemaker's Hand" by Natalie Berkowitz, which covers winemakers across the globe; but it's both more compressed (less material per winemaker) and more diffuse (ranges from recipes to profiles of their careers.

Yeah, I agree Levi's interviews could be turned into a really interesting book. And it would capture a time and place in wine history much like the Benson book.
 
With the help of a decent publisher, and interviewee consent, it seems as though Levi could establish a distinguished position in wine scholarship with a book like this.

My humble opinion.
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Ahh...it all comes down to consent, doesn't it?
 
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