tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post3390045470421461032..comments2024-03-18T04:47:16.199-07:00Comments on The Gray Report: Hoage rewrite #1: The question storyW. Blake Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-81497941106345350512010-11-19T10:35:34.349-08:002010-11-19T10:35:34.349-08:00To me, there is a more interesting question, and o...To me, there is a more interesting question, and one that I think few natural wine advocates would answer honestly: Are you more likely to praise a wine you know has been made with methods of which you approve, and conversely, are you more likely to pan a wine you know has been made with methods of which you disapprove?<br /><br />I assert that natural wine lovers are utterly predisposed to hate Kent Bensonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-42506151392550379382010-11-16T16:51:54.444-08:002010-11-16T16:51:54.444-08:00Mark: You have changed my statement in an importan...Mark: You have changed my statement in an important way. I did NOT say I would not "feel less about a wine." I wrote that I would not disavow the fact that I liked it.<br /><br />Almost all wine is an artificial product; that's why the "natural wine" movement is so powerful. But it's a very slippery slope as to what's OK or what's not. A hundred years ago thereW. Blake Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-57356460665552601472010-11-16T13:04:54.760-08:002010-11-16T13:04:54.760-08:00Totally agree with what Jeff V said in his comment...Totally agree with what Jeff V said in his comment to the original post.<br /><br />There has been lots of debate about wine 'styles' - big and juicy versus lean and mean, etc etc. I like many styles, so for me that is not really the burning question. <br /><br />However, I do admit I would rather consume a wine - in whatever style - that is honestly made versus manipulated as if it Mark Sinnott, Issaquah WAnoreply@blogger.com