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Daily Wine News: A Humble Dream
Posted by Wine News | Posted on 08-23-2012
| Posted inAlder Yarrow shares his dream of “creating a restaurant wine list. Not a mammoth tome of hundreds of bottles, mind you, just a nice compact list that would fit on a single page and might be appropriate for a neighborhood boutique restaurant with a serious interest in wine.”
Steve Heimoff wonders why “wine snobs” have such a bad name.
“The wine I want to drink reveals a lot about where my head is.” For Tim Fish, wine is his mood ring.
Pancho Campo is back, with a broadside about the wine industry’s current marketing efforts. Tom Wark replies.
Wine Enthusiast reports: “Patrick Ricard, the chairman and former chief executive officer of the French alcoholic beverage conglomerate Pernod Ricard, passed away on Friday in the south of France after suffering a heart attack. He was 67 years old.”
GrapeRadio chats with Maggie Harrison of Antica Terra and Lillian.
On WineBusiness.com, Liz Thach, MW wonders if souther Oregon should wineries “should proclaim a signature grape or two — much like their northern wine neighbors in the Willamette Valley have done with Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.” Apparently, vintners in Souther Oregon are producing some tasty Tempranillos and Malbecs.
In Western Farm Press, yet another report on California’s 2012 vintage — which has been a “remarkable growing season” so far.
In case you missed it, WineLines Online has been spending the past couple of weeks exploring California’s Central Coast.
Shanken News Daily reports that David Kent has stepped down as president and CEO of The Wine Group (TWG), a position he has held since 2001. He’ll move on to become vice chairman of the company. Wine Group veteran Brian Vos has replaced Kent.