Questioning the Sensibility of Bordeaux’s New Found Irrelevance
May 20, 2010 by adamjapko
Filed under Featured, Wine Industry, Wine Marketing/Selling, Wine Media, WineZag
Eric Asimov helped me feel old, out of the loop, and crusty today simply because I prefer Bordeaux. Please do not crucify me en masse, and allow me to cling to a hard earned 51-year-old point of view that many of the world’s finest wines are products of Bordeaux as you join me on a visit [...]
Blind Tasting Series Report Part II: 2000 Bordeaux
May 16, 2010 by adamjapko
Filed under Featured, Wine Reviews, Wine Tastings, WineZag
The kaleidoscope of quality wine in market channels at any given time serves as decoy and easy distraction from the simple truth of Bordeaux’s classic performance and superior drinking experience. My cellared claret sits ignored and unmoved for long stretches of time while I uncork wines with age-worthiness generating far less confidence. The second flight of 2000 [...]
Stop H.R. 5034 and a New Dark Age for Wine Consumers and Retailers
April 25, 2010 by adamjapko
Filed under Featured, Wine Business, Wine Industry, Wine Marketing/Selling, WineZag
The very recent introduction of H.R. 5034 into the House of Representatives is no less a bad dream for wine drinkers and retailers than a resurrection of the Berlin Wall would be for East Germans or a rekindling of Mao’s Cultural Revolution might represent for China’s citizens. The bill essentially awards blanket validity to State laws, without [...]
