Comments on: The Trouble with Wine Porn

By: Paul Caputo

Paul Caputo — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:14:50 +0000

For me, wine is about the magic, not the price. The magic that comes from understanding the grape, the place and the people that merge every year to continue a tradition. It is fair to say that the first growths receive more than enough attention and not enough is being done to publicise the small producers, however I have no interest in sitting down to write or read about commercial brands designed to move volume. With this in mind I would rather media attention focus on the world’s great wines than try to give credibility to mass produced and uninspiring wine. As with most things, the answer lies between the two.

By: Tone Kelly

Tone Kelly — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:22:12 +0000

This has happened in the drinks industry before. The big beer companies largely eliminated all the small producers by the early 1970′s. They thought they had won. However, shortly after that the microbrew industry started and now we have more choices than ever.

By: Corklife

Corklife — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:28:59 +0000

Constellation Brands did a study about wine consumers being overwhelmed and yet it continues to suck up as many brands as it can! Hilarious!

By: Michael Davis

Michael Davis — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 04:52:06 +0000

As former wine retailers, we constantly saw our customers baffled by a sea of bottles with no context. This is exactly why we started the Wine Guild of Charlottesville. Now, we taste through about 100 wines a week and pick the best one or two. Our members then get an email telling them in great detail why the wine is so special. Plus, they can go back and read the email or see the review on our site when they pop the bottle. It really increases the enjoyment to have that story fresh in your mind as you sniff and sip. Thanks for a great post. Looking forward to your new book.

By: grapemaster

grapemaster — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:31:08 +0000

one of the perquisites of the wine business is that we get to try all these trophy wines and i have and i am glad that i did. but not because i was taken up in the raptures of a $600 wine, au contraire, and i will tell you all that what you imagine you are missing is just that, imagined. oh sure, these icons are indeed better than your daily quaff, but at what price? nothing unfolds that you haven’t experienced in a lesser wine, but maybe not all at once. and even if wines were priced uniformly by the bottle, i would still use the everyday rhones and little bordeauxs and burgundies that accompany everyday life. i will try to plan for that mag of romanee-conti the night before i die. that’s an occasion wine best paid for by my heirs.

By: FrankMc

FrankMc — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:47:04 +0000

What’s the deal with attaching porn to what should be the best of food and wine? What’s next? Architectural Porn for buildings designed by I.M. Pei? Nothing like attaching a word that is connected to degrading women with something as positive and life affirming as food & wine.