What’s good wine language?
I’m a newbie when it come’s to wine, and I havent been drinking more then 50-100 wines since I became wine “aware”. And therefore it frustrates me when “wineknowers” writes about wines in this way; “it’s a typical Barolo wine” or “just like you would expect from a Bordeaux wine”.
If you are a wineknower, and have a real interested in wine you might know what they mean. But with the global warming, new production methods, new people making wine, is there really a “standard” taste to a region or a grape? I would say no, wouldnt you?
My real problem is that it seems like they taste and almost just judge the quality of the wine; I know what a “typical” west-Bordeauxwine taste like, let’s just cheking the quality of the bottle; bad, okey, good, very good, perfect.
Language is a fantastic tool when it comes to wine, what would we like to read?
Gary Vaynerchuk at Winelibrary TV is the one triggering my interest in wine again, not because he is handsome and energetic, but because he had a new way of convey wine. An interesting one, that was way more up-to-date for us young people, then alot of other reviewers.
What do you think about the language used in the winebiz?
So, until later; Trust your pal!
Filed under: Gary Vayerchuk, Winelibrary, Winetalk on May 8th, 2008
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