tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31735534.post4185853374818090041..comments2023-10-15T16:28:31.347+01:00Comments on The Joseph Report: No country for old wines: how Robert Parker & the "natural" wine movement are threatening the wine worldAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00489507739203968378noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31735534.post-5448297905746554692013-06-14T18:57:37.959+01:002013-06-14T18:57:37.959+01:00I disagree that wines need to be of DRC or Lafite ...I disagree that wines need to be of DRC or Lafite price or quality to be aged. There are plenty of humble wines that are worth ageing - including Muscadet and Bourgueil. But without sufficient SO2, no wine - whatever its price or pedigree - will be worth keeping at all.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00489507739203968378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31735534.post-51153572936394155452013-06-13T01:49:20.944+01:002013-06-13T01:49:20.944+01:00I dunno, some of "Natural" wine shops I ...I dunno, some of "Natural" wine shops I have been to have old vintages of Emidio Pepe, and will have old vintages of Bourgueil and even Muscadet! Displaying and selling aged wines that most thought couldn't age. <br />I also don't see those naturalists celebrating styles of (unsulfured)wine that should (or shouldn't) be drunk young influencing Brdx or Cali Cab producers..<brAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31735534.post-35054099029461315342013-06-12T20:03:01.459+01:002013-06-12T20:03:01.459+01:00I agree Robert, Vive le spectrum, Variety is the s...I agree Robert, Vive le spectrum, Variety is the spice of life.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362846501337314814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31735534.post-72175940858375873472013-06-11T13:29:20.859+01:002013-06-11T13:29:20.859+01:00Thank you Fabio for the kind comment. I think we a...Thank you Fabio for the kind comment. I think we are in general agreement but it will be a pty if a readiness to drink old wines at least occasionally becomes too much of a niche activity. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00489507739203968378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31735534.post-20122226601519289602013-06-11T12:02:26.519+01:002013-06-11T12:02:26.519+01:00Robert,
STILL on a roll? Do you not have anything ...Robert,<br />STILL on a roll? Do you not have anything better to do than write interesting thought-provoking articles? :)<br />I like to think that the mass-market for wine, which RP has been so influential in creating/expanding over the last few decades, is not the only market out there. There are also niche or minority wine markets, for example people who like old vintages! Perhaps there are Fabiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08029558448422815096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31735534.post-10397751050873359312013-06-11T10:00:57.699+01:002013-06-11T10:00:57.699+01:00Thank you Tista. Thank you Tista. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00489507739203968378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31735534.post-30136331367260657382013-06-11T08:44:21.778+01:002013-06-11T08:44:21.778+01:00A great article, Thank-You Robert Joseph.
Your an...A great article, Thank-You Robert Joseph. <br />Your analogy with music is comprehensive. Some like "Free Jazz", to quote another of your music analogies, some like hard rock, some only listen to teen pop, and most listen to what they are told; There is a good chance some of the above have an appreciation of Beethoven too. <br />It becomes a problem only when a dogmatic free jazz artistTista Kaapstadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05688874234140917301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31735534.post-47412933024254610602013-06-11T08:27:22.960+01:002013-06-11T08:27:22.960+01:00I generally prefer younger wines too,. And I don&#...I generally prefer younger wines too,. And I don't listen to classical music every day. But when I do encounter a delicious older wine - or hear some Beethoven or Mozart, I know how sorry I'd be if they disappeared from the scene.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00489507739203968378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31735534.post-1571078953320944442013-06-10T14:07:03.165+01:002013-06-10T14:07:03.165+01:00I agree with most of your comments but would say t...I agree with most of your comments but would say that I've seen more interest in old wine in Australia than in the UKAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00489507739203968378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31735534.post-68507111477913641762013-06-10T13:38:52.563+01:002013-06-10T13:38:52.563+01:00Funny how opposite ends of a spectrum have more in...Funny how opposite ends of a spectrum have more in common than they realise. I remember once drinking a 1961 Palmer with The doyen of wine writing in Ireland, T.P. Whelehan and he said that as a young man (in the 50s & 60s)drink classed growth Bordeaux the common perception was that if you could taste fruit in the wine it wasn't ready to drink and needed to be aged longer until it became Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362846501337314814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31735534.post-28799795940522603022013-06-10T11:35:55.221+01:002013-06-10T11:35:55.221+01:00Very interesting post. Don't you think that t...Very interesting post. Don't you think that the problem also extends to people entering the wine trade today and wine journalists - they too have little or no experience of drinking old wines as we are increasingly steered towards wines that can be drunk young either because they are 'natural' or accessible in a way that old wines are not being both rare these days and normally Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02579075634695825260noreply@blogger.com